My family is Nigerian therefore I am a Nigerian‚ Nigerian culture has affected my personal identity positively‚ it affects my education‚ the way I see life‚ my belief and traditions. My family’s customs and traditions definitely played a vital role in my pursuit for quality education. Growing up in a family where education is fundamental and the absence of a college degree is unacceptable‚ several factors underlie my being and my approach to life‚ this lifetime of experiences has shaped the way I
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Living overseas has shaped my identity and values. Being a missionary kid has definitely shaped my worldview. I have valued my relationship with the Lord. There have been ups and downs in my faith‚ but I have never let go of the Lord. My biggest identity is being a child of Lord in any situation and circumstance. I have said my farewells to countless people from a young age. It affected me in numerous ways; it was sad to see people leave me‚ understanding was difficult‚ I felt alone and abandoned
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your cultural identity. Culture is the traditions or customs you use in your life. Something that you do at the same time‚ every time or very often. Tradition is also something that comes close to your culture. A tradition becomes something you do annually ‚ weekly or even monthly which has to do with your culture as well. My cultural identity is a unique one based on the influences of technology‚ food‚ tradition. Which is some of the things that is used within my Cultural Identity. In my cultural
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been dealing with what my identity is or what defines me. I have been interested in what I let define me‚ or what things in my life make me‚ me. This cultural background paper is about the values‚ experiences‚ worldviews‚ and different identities that have shaped me throughout the years. It makes you think hard about the things you let into your life‚ or even the values you developed through your family or on your own. Unfortunately‚ there are things that influence our identity in a negative way and
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The word Culture has many different meanings and for a long time it only seemed confined to my ethnic background. My teachers in grade school would ask me what my culture was and the first and only thing I would think of is that I’m a white American. Yes‚ that is what I am‚ but also a Woman‚ a sports geek‚ a music lover‚ a California native‚ a waitress‚ a student and many more. From the moment I was born‚ I was put into multiple different culture groups. Some which were by choice while others I chose
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My Cultural Background Alta Burwell Saint Leo University Abstract Being adopted‚ I will focus on my family that raised me. My adopted mother was very unique in the fact; she was in her sixties when she “obtained” me. Nothing about my adoption was legal. My whole childhood was rare and why I began questioning it around age 12. I was blessed and I was miserable while I worked through my childhood‚ family issues‚ school‚ and church
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My cultural background is Native American‚ Scottish‚ Irish‚ and Canadian; I have been taught a lot about our cultural background throughout my life. I have also been lucky in the area I grew up. I grew up in a very culturally diverse area. Many of my friends from elementary school through high school were from many different cultures. I grew up eating food at friends house that to this day I still cant pronounce. I feel as if my up bringing has led to me being very open about other cultures and has
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Defining my own cultural identity by Stefanie Öttl Culture is one of the most difficult concepts in the human social sciences and there are many different ways of defining it. It is often argued that culture is a learned behaviour pattern shared by a specific group of people. Culture is about shared meanings‚ and language is the privileged medium in which meaning is produced and exchanged. People sharing one culture interpret the world in roughly the same way. Defining my own cultural identity seems
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and what we are as a person. We interface with cultural difference on a daily basis. So what exactly is culture? Good Question! I will attempt to identify my own cultural and explain what cultural means to me. So‚ lets start by defining the term culture. “Culture is a particular society that has its own beliefs‚ ways of life‚ art‚ etc.”. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ 2015) My cultural identity consists of several parts. I am most foremost a female that has a variety of racial genetic makeup of African-American
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My way of defining culture is something that makes up your background or something that shapes you. The times of my life have been good and sometimes bad‚ so that’s how my cultural identity is made up. I have multiple things that makes up my cultural identity‚ but here’s a few I’ll tell you about. My cultural identity mainly revolves around Food‚Clothing & Music. Boy boy boy don’t I like getting new clothes and trying on new things well shopping is another thing that makes up the way I am I enjoy
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