Cultural Autobiography I am Feena. I am a local year-one student studying Business Administration. I was born in Hong Kong. When I was a child, I was a shy and introverted girl and I seldom talk with my classmates or relatives. I had no friends and I was alone during the rest. Also, I was ignorant with English. I had no idea what the teachers were talking about during English lessons. At that time, I was empty and helpless. It was also formidable for me to cope with a substantial amount of homework in English. Losing motivation, I started to skip school by pretending being ill. It was an extremely bad cycle, as my situation got worse with poor academic performance and improper attitude. One day, the teacher announced the students who got …show more content…
I attended a three-week English class. During the class, it is casual for students to speak up, having open discussions. There are few in-class activities and games in each class to reinforce students’ memory. When it comes to a topic, the teacher will ask the opinion of students from different countries. He always asks me the things about Hong Kong, but I can’t answer all the questions completely. I realized that I don’t get known of many events happening in Hong Kong. I found that I actually only focus on my study and rarely care about the society by reading newspapers for many years. I feel guilty for being indifferent to the political and social issues of Hong …show more content…
For example, in Japan, there is only one tank of water for the whole family to take a bath. It is shocking but also interesting. I also discovered that people from different countries have their own inclination in speaking. For example, Korean girls speak softly and tend to listen to others’ saying before they talk. Also, the Spanish girls speak loud and are eager to disclose themselves to others. I rejoice to get along with the Spanish as I can feel their passion all the
There were many days I would wake up and feel like not attending class but I would get up and go anyways. The
Ethnic Autobiography Obesity is a problem that is far more prevalent within the African American community than other racial and ethnic groups of Americans and this is particularly true among younger people (Delva et al., 2007a). The exact explanation for this is elusive and has both genetic and dietary components (Delva et al., 2007b). The proposed project is in two distinct phases. The first phase is to collect information, both through conducting surveys and through reviews of the literature, to determine why this is the case.
This became a very trying time for me as an individual. As someone who excelled in high school found this to be quite depressing. I allowed this sensation of abjection and anxiety to negatively impact me which caused me further academic struggles. Prior to
Native Americans Native Americans are very different from other tribes. They eat, live, dress and do many things differently. The things I’m going to be talking about in my interesting paper is What they eat? What they wear? Where they live?
I was born a mystery, no one thought a small Native American girl living in a tribe would grow up to be the most famous Native American. In 24 short years I would accomplish more than people would in their whole life. Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info., relevant relationship info., etc.): I was born in 1788 in the Shoshone tribe, my mother worked cleaning the house and gathering food, while my father was the tribal chief. My brother’s name was Cameahwait and my sister’s name was Pine Girl, I had a wonderful family.
I had to change my way of writing and the way I use to learn in Haiti. Had to take ESL classes to improve my vocabularies and be able to understand when I’m being spoken to. Because I had stayed in NC for only one year. During my 5th grade years, life wasn 't going as so. so my mother and I move to New Jersey,
Everything began when my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. As her condition deteriorated, the task of caring for my younger brother and niece fell on my shoulders while my older sister worked to support us. I also had to help my mostly bedridden mom care for herself. Consequently, I was extremely busy at home and therefore, often missed school.
On my first day of school, I was terrified because I knew no English, everyone looked different, and I didn't know anyone. It was very hard to make friends because I didn't understand what they said and I couldn't communicate with them.
Friends became a problem, as suddenly they were getting boyfriends and girlfriends. They left me and their other friends for the ones they supposedly loved. So I lost a few friends. Then it was that year when it was a dramatic change in the standards for all classes. Common Core was introduced, and soon we were being taught stuff that was taught in the eighth grade before.
From the moment of my birth, I was declared a girl and my parents immediately attempted to raise me to be every aspect of my gender, from behavior to beliefs. In sociology, this is known as gender role socialization, which is the process of socializing boys and girls to conform to their assigned genders’ attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, values, and norms. My parents taught me how think and behave like a girl through the way the way they dressed me, how they did my hair, and the toys they allowed me to play with. However, having been raised with a brother, I also picked up on some of his supposed gender roles. I am exactly who I am due to the way I was socialized by my parents and others around me.
I was presented with a whole new curriculum and teaching styles. Needless to say, my school grades went down since I was still adapting to a new language and school system. My first two school years in the United States were by far my worse but that did not stop me from succeeding. Even though I was young, I was able to understand what I was going through. I knew that I needed to not just put in the same effort as other kids my age but far more.
The background of my cultural identity I am an African American female but that isn’t all there is to know me for. I am an African American girl who is very interactive with my religion and also my culture. Cultural identity can be hard to explain because some people don’t know what’s really in their culture and they fail to see , and understand it. I know what my cultural identity is because of my ethiopian flag, the baked macaroni, and the movie the lion king.
All my life I have been on the move from one city to another living no more than three years in each. And each brought me unique experiences, that when people ask “well which do you like best?” I could not possibly decide, as you cannot compare a city with one another for each was during a different time in my life and in different circumstances. The one thing they have in common- Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Panama City, Sydney, New York and Buenos Aires- is the presence of the international communities.
Cultural Narrative Culture is recognized as a noun and according to the dictionary it is defined as, “The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation or people.” In other words, culture is the identity of a particular community that is learned by previous generations and is implied by certain institutions. Culture never remains the same because the future generations keep on evolving their beliefs and ways, of which they do things. There is a probability that your culture may differ from mine, and that is what makes our cultures so great! Our culture is what allows us to stand out and differ from one another.
Personal Cultural Heritage Item Cultural heritage is what influences the values and fashion choices we adopt (Goddard, 2015). It is influences our family traditions and our family members. Most importantly, cultural heritage influences our zeitgeist or spirit of times that fits into our own history (Goddard, 2015). There are some people that take an interest in understanding their culture and their influences while others do not. The purpose of this assignment is to discuss my family’s cultural heritage.