Personal Narrative: My Native American Culture
Growing in a NEW YORK, I think it self was a problem for me, especially coming form a different country. I was born in India, Punjab, and moved to America at age 4. Moving to a totally different country was difficult, with all the different cultures and language barriers it was definitely hard to adjust. “Even if you don't know who your ancestors are, you have a culture. Even if you are a mix of many cultures, you have one. Culture evolves and changes all the time. It came from your ancestors from many generations ago, and it comes from your family and community today.” (Axner) Culture does play a big part in life as well as problems within the lifetime. Staying in New York or going back home was a really hard decision to make. I really
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Such as culture differences, going to school was a problem at times, because I was always made fun of. When I told people I was Indian they would make fun of me because they really didn’t understand my culture. Students in my class would make fun of me and say I’m Native American. Being made fun of all the time I wanted to go back home. The way I face these problems was, explaining to everyone what my culture really is. During culture week, I got stuff together and information about my culture. But before bringing it all in front of everyone, I had to have a process. So I decided to get as much as background information I can get and then put it together. At first I thought of going to elders to get some facts about the culture because they do know more, and then from there get some hands on stuff. During Culture week, I presented my information and the hands on products. It was amazing that the kids who use to make fun of me actually learned something new and wanted to know more about my culture. I myself learned, that is so much more to my culture itself, then just knowing so much. The problem I had was that I was being mad fun of and for a reason that no one was trying to understand. And the way I pursued the situation was really reasonable. Problem solving can be a bit complicated but if I approached it differently, I might have got into an argument. But instead of letting my anger over come, I thought about
Such as culture differences, going to school was a problem at times, because I was always made fun of. When I told people I was Indian they would make fun of me because they really didn’t understand my culture. Students in my class would make fun of me and say I’m Native American. Being made fun of all the time I wanted to go back home. The way I face these problems was, explaining to everyone what my culture really is. During culture week, I got stuff together and information about my culture. But before bringing it all in front of everyone, I had to have a process. So I decided to get as much as background information I can get and then put it together. At first I thought of going to elders to get some facts about the culture because they do know more, and then from there get some hands on stuff. During Culture week, I presented my information and the hands on products. It was amazing that the kids who use to make fun of me actually learned something new and wanted to know more about my culture. I myself learned, that is so much more to my culture itself, then just knowing so much. The problem I had was that I was being mad fun of and for a reason that no one was trying to understand. And the way I pursued the situation was really reasonable. Problem solving can be a bit complicated but if I approached it differently, I might have got into an argument. But instead of letting my anger over come, I thought about