Personal Narrative: What I Learned My Culture

Throughout my life, I have struggled with accepting my cultural identity. My parents were born and raised in India, but I was born here, in the United States, and hence, born an American citizen.

My “outside” cultural influences I have: America is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world culturally. We have German-Americans speaking German, Filipino-Americans speaking Tagalog, Irish-Americans speaking Irish, Scandinavian-Americans speaking Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, etc., Welsh-Americans speaking Welsh, Japanese-Americans speaking Japanese, Iraqi-Americans speaking Arabian, Mexican-Americans speaking Spanish, and all Americans united in the common goal to create the best possible nation in accordance with our Constitution.

The actions of Cliff Hall in the loan application of Meridian were grossly unethical and unprofessional. His actions include misrepresentation of the fact that he was previously denied credit and misrepresentation of his financial condition and performance. His actions were leaning toward a more favorable application result without considering the potential ramifications of his unethical behavior. If an audit were mandated, his unethical actions would be uncovered to the detriment of his current and future creditworthiness. He may not be

For my inter-ethnic encounter, I interviewed one of my best friends from high school Ashley Arias. Ashley is nineteen years old, so she is a year younger than me. She is currently pursuing a nursing degree at Notre Dame of Maryland University located in Baltimore, Maryland. She is originally from Virginia but now lives in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Her immediate family includes her parents and her younger brother. She also has a bulldog that she has had for three years. I have known Ashley for about seven years, but we have been really close for about five of those years starting during my junior year of high school.

My bucket filled with images represents my surface and deep culture unique to me. I found out where I got my passions and which people influenced my culture, and what I need to do to continue to keep my culture and faith to be something I’m proud of.

Is usual to hear people associating common behaviors from a cultural background to how they expect an individual to act and react to certain situations. So I was really curious to see the results of the self-assessment comparing me to my cultural profile. I was born in Venezuela, and I lived there for most of my life, for that reason I wasn’t really surprised when my answers were almost the same to my cultural norm. The dimensions that I’m most similar to are in leading, trusting, disagreeing, evaluating, and persuading. In “leading”, the scale measures between egalitarian and hierarchical, and my cultural norm and individual answer is more hierarchical than egalitarian. Also, in “trusting” Venezuelans (including me) are definitely a relationship based society, where trust is built by affective connection, for example is very common that most of the business partnerships in Venezuela are made between friends and family rather than with individuals with

My Early cultural influences from when I was a kid was always say thank when you receive something, have good table manners when we are eating dinner, no elbows on the table because that disrespectful, don’t talk back when you been called on, respect your elders, eat whatever being served to you because that food isn’t cheap, whenever grandpa and grandma are here they get the front seats and so on. My Ideological influences would be school and be getting an education is important because schooling can lead you to great things in life, it can lead you to get a nice job that pays well, a nice home for your family, nice material things that you would enjoy. Education has a lot to offer, especially helps kids who are on the low; it helps them get

One particular negative experience that relates to my cultural heritage happened about a year ago, when my school took us on a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure. Since I went to an Orthodox Jewish school we were required to wear our school uniform which consisted of a very long and modest skirt and our school shirt. As my friends and I were walking around six flags, a random girl yelled out to us, “Hey, Love your skirts!!! Where did you get them from?” To anybody else this would be a compliment, however, her expression showed otherwise. She said it in such a sarcastic way which made us realize that she was actually mocking us. Once my friends and I heard this, we immediately got offended that she was making fun of our Jewish heritage!

The Canterbury Tales; written by Geoffery Chaucer in the middle ages stands out as one of the key pieces of poetry from the time. The Canterbury tales consist of many tales told by pilgrims on their way to The Cathedral of St. Thomas A. Becket in Canterbury. Thirty pilgrims gathered for the voyage to the cathedral and all agreed to tell two tales there and two on the way back. The pilgrims on the trip all come from different background and all have different professions that will make each of their tales’ unique. The Friar’s tale carries unique components and lessons. The Friar’s prologue and tale will be elaborated in the most detail here.

What is culture? Culture is the idea of what is wrong or right, the concept of what is acceptable within our society. Culture serves us as a guide, taking us to the "right way" and helping us to make sense of things that surrounds us. There are many different cultures around the world. A lot of them are similar in specific ways and others are just completely different, this difference explains why we think that people from different backgrounds are "weird".

I find myself very lucky to have such a diverse cultural background. My mom was born in Nicaragua, and lived there until she had to move due to the revolution. Her father's parents moved from Lebanon to Nicaragua, in search of opportunity. We treasure, not only the Nicaraguan culture but the Lebanese culture as well. My dad was the only one of his sibilant to be born in the United States. His parents moved to Miami from Cuba, also in search of opportunities. All of my grandparents, and their parents, made extremely hard decisions for their families.

“It doesn’t matter where you’re from; it matters only where you want to go.” Life isn’t worth living if you are not willing to accept the challenges thrown your way. How I grew up wasn’t precisely easy, but instead rousing. From getting adopted out of China, learning a new culture, and facing some hindrance. Nevertheless I couldn’t have done this own my own, but with the help of God all things are possible.

Ok so I remember being that naive girl at the store looking watching a mom with her hair up in a messy bun (not the ones we try to make look messy) with an adorable toddler besides her face was as red as a cherry from screaming. I Kept thinking lady can’t you get her to stop crying, gosh why isn’t she listening to you. Boy did I not realize what being a mom is really like those moments are real, raw, and happen so common. Flash forward to having my son, I am so sorry! Thats a great lesson to me not to judge, we never know whats truly going on. Being a mom is the best thing in the world although its the toughest. Sure you don’t sleep and under your eyes you look like you went a couple rounds with Mike Tyson or you forget when’s the last time you

Culture encompasses many facets, such as: language, ethnicity, religion, class, power, history, geography, gender, lifestyle, values, beliefs, and traditions (Culture and health, 2016). I had to put my own cultural beliefs aside when caring for an older gentleman who was a Jehovah Witness. It was early in my nursing career and this older gentleman was admitted to the hospital with a very low hemoglobin. He needed a blood transfusion, but because of him being a Jehovah Witness, it was against his religious beliefs to receive any blood. This was very difficult for me to understand, since this was not my belief system. Even though it was not my belief system, it was my obligation and duty as the nurse caring for him to honor his wishes

Being brought up in the city of Los Angeles has introduced me to various cultures and ethnicities ,while it has made me more understanding of other cultures and their beliefs , it has given me the false assumption that the rest of the country is as understanding as we are. I myself have been racially profiled at the airport , for my indian like appearance; however when they learned that i did not possess an accent they quickly excused my father and I. Although we were not offended by the experience , it questions how much people know about the cultures that they constantly encounter. The officer probably assumed that we were Muslim even though we are Christian , and as well assumes that the religion as a sector is violent and not only the jihadist. While we do have a lot of diversity around us, our ignorance towards these various cultures and religions obstructs our acceptance and creates stereotypes , that judges races as a whole instead of individuals. Each individual in every culture has the capacity to be peaceful or violent , but it is our pessimistic perceptions of these cultures that prohibit us from full acceptance and