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Personal Narrative: My Cultural Background
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 made me so interested in aspects of other cultures especially their customs and food. I feel as if my anxiety derived from not doing things by myself, honestly I have never been one to go do something totally alone. I have always done things with

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