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    important. My identity was established as a child when my parents gave birth to me and raised me, taught me, and became a role model for me. They helped me create my beliefs, and shape my identity to become a good person in society. My parents taught me what is right and wrong, and helped show me the right path to take in life. For example, they taught me how to tie my shoes, how to clean up after myself, some home remedies for illnesses and injuries, etc… During my childhood when I was young, my parents

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    What is identity? Search it up and you will find being who or what a person or thing is, is called identity. The meaning of identity cannot be put into words. You have to go on a journey to find out who you are, if you want to define identity. How does one live life to the full if they don’t know who they are? Everybody is different and everybody has different aspects of their identity that make them who they are. I will explain how one aspect of my identity has shaped my life experience, and the

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    ask to my parents all the time. On my birthday they always tell me the story about how hard it was for them when I was born and now I am about to tell you the story. My parents had me at a very young age. They did not finish college, imagining what they went through while telling me the story was having me put in a lot of knowledge about the real world. You make one little mistake and it is over for you because, you cannot go back and fix it. Now I know why my parents push me and motivate me and lead

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    will I know which one is my own? My answer is clear, I’m not sure, I’m just stuck to what came my way. I have adapted to the cultures both my parents and grandparents have exposed to me. Growing up I was exposed to both my parents cultures. Both my parents had semi-similar cultures. They taught me many qualities that basically shaped who I am today. I grew up hearing and listening to what my parents telling me is acceptable for me to do and what is not acceptable for me to do because of this I learnt

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    Mexican American student that comes from two loving Mexican parents. My mother was born in Tijuana, Mexico and my father was born in Zacatecas, Mexico. My parents worked very hard to come to the United States, looking for the American dream. They are dedicated to their family and want the best for their children. My parents have not stopped working, always trying to arrange their work schedule with my two siblings and I school schedules. They taught us that the only way to go forward is to work, to put

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    Reading & Writing: My life changed by Experiences The article called “Literacy: A Lineage” by Melanie Luken and she wrote about her experience of her love for reading and writing. She became interesting to reading and writing because of her dad who one, which inspired and encouraged her to became interesting to reading and writing. She enjoyed writing the poems about her dad and her that they went to riding the bikes. She has developed her ability to understand her literacy of reading and writing

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    My Identity Self-identity is molded as a young age, but continues to change as we get older. This is something that as we are growing up do not realize. During a person’s lifetime, many of us pause to think what influences a person’s identity. What makes us the individual that we are? I would say that it is our home, where we live with our parents and siblings. Why do we have trust in certain things? Why do we believe the way we do? I would say it is based on the way we were taught and raised

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    My parents are the biggest influences on my life. They have raised me differently than anyone that I know. Tiny differences in many different cultures have made me who I am. The have taught me how to reach for the stars, and I need to be focused in order to them reach them. I must work hard in order to be successful in life, but hard work always pays off. My mom and dad were born in the north and in England respectively, so my upbringing is different than a traditional southerner. My parents did

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    relationships with others. Bronfenbrenner (1990) uses the example of the child’s parents can affect his beliefs and the child can affect the parent’s beliefs, he calls this bi-directional influence. Religion Although both Both my parents were raised with religious backgrounds, my mother went to a catholic school, and church and was taught by the nuns about the bible. and mMy grandparents were also very strict with religion, and my dad was also raised in a very Christian household where there was no cussing

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    A Fairy Tale In my first high school I was one of only two students in my class who had a parent who was black. As a teenager I have been constantly bombarded by blind remarks and questions of “What ethnicity are you?” “You have an exotic complexion” “You have a very Pacific Islander vibe” “Are you from Hawaii?” and “Are you hispanic?” Though these questions may seem derogatory to some, they never bothered me. This is because one of the most important lessons my parents taught me was to be proud

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