...The earliest memory I have are that of going to rounds with my father, in the local hospital. My father was a Physician and since it was rural hospital, nobody seemed to mind my hanging around with my father. Every afternoon on weekdays he would see patients from 4pm to 8pm. It was an informal affair; there was no system of appointment, no insurance plan, and no payment plan either. It was strictly first come first serve, pay what people could and if money was short-lot of times they would bring along farm animals or vegetables. My job as a teenager was to act as a receptionist, look around to see who would need to be seen first and tell my father. I loved and enjoyed working with my father. It was also a job that was full of compassion and deeply satisfying. It’s a pleasure to see people getting better before your eyes. In 1975 we left our country for a better life. Since then I have traveled and lived in many countries including, London, Greece, Beirut, Thailand, Singapore, Malta and many more places. I believe living in a foreign country for so long has helped me to understand people much better and their culture and it also has made me stronger and wiser towards people. I am very privileged to be born in a family where education is very important. Education started with my maternal grandfather when no electricity was available in those part of the country. His passion for education started when he was in kindergarten. According to my mother her grandfather was rich enough...
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...Tsandi Royal homestead which is a Cultaral heritage museum. The region share a border with the Etosha National park , the governemrnt in 1996 passed a legislation that enabled the Uukwaluudhi people to form a conversacy to manage wildlife and tourism. The region has so many animals such as kudu, zebra, black rinho and so many bird species. There is the Baobab Tree heritage centre and campsite in Outapi town. This tree is over a 1000 years old abd it has been used for so many puposses such a chapel,fotess, landmark and a kindergarten. In the present day there is a kiosk which rents braai stands and sells wood, there are also campsites in the area. There is the Omugulugwombashe monument, which was constructed by the government a place of commemoration of the liberation struggle for independence. This is the place that were the war started in 1966. The region ids home to the Mighty Ruacana Falls. There is the Hippo Pool, this is located next to the falls. There are 10 camps which are lacated under Mopane trees(http://www.omusatirc.gov.na). As a councilor ro win back the respect of the people I shall use the ethical concept of respect.Resoct is defined as a feel or understanding that some one is important, serious and sould be trated in a certain way (http://www.merriam-webster.com). Under this principle I shall get some people and to observe respect at the cultural museum and to have infomaation on the people that book at the heritage centre so that we preserve our culture...
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...“Everyday Use” Alice Walker clearly depicts two contrasting meanings of heritage through characterization and symbolism of her two daughters, walker highlights the difference between two interpretations of African American culture and heritage. The gist of the story in “Everyday Use” is how mama bit by bit rejects the superficial beliefs of Dee, her older and extraordinary daughter in admiration of the values about heritage from her less fortunate daughter Maggie. With a more profound thought walker is going into the contrasting culture and heritage of African Americans and superficial African Americans. Mama narrates the story, Ms. Johnson or “Mama” is a woman whose everyday life is part of her culture and heritage. Mama describes herself as, “a large, big-boned woman with rough, man working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill a hog as mercilessly as a man”(155). With knowing that only has a second grade education we can say that she has no choice but to follow tradition and heritage, and stay in the home like she grew up in and work the field as other before her did. Even as mama is more or less forced to do so, still she has a great understanding and value of the concept of heritage and culture. In knowing Mama’s love and compassion for her heritage she gives the quilts to Maggie, because Dee wants the quilts to preserve and display her heritage of her ancestors. Mama gives the quilts to Maggie because Mama knows that...
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...Conflict Essay “Everyday Use”-Alice Walker Alice Walker authored the short story entitled “Everyday use”. In this story we get a set of characters, round (Mama) and flat (quilt) and several supporting characters, like Hakim-a-barber. Walkers “Everyday Use” is set somewhere between 1960’s America right around the time the civil rights movement was taking place. The setting takes place at Mama’s house primarily with the exception of a flashback to their old house that burned down. The plot of the story reveals the characters cultural pride and ignorance towards the changing times. The themes in “Everyday Use” are, the meaning of heritage and the power of education. Additionally, the author creates different conflicts that arise throughout the story in which they are: man vs. man, man vs. society, and man vs. himself. Man vs. Man is first seen between Dee and Mama due to the fact that Mama doesn’t meet up to Dee’s standards. This coincides with the theme, power of education. Mama struggled to send Dee to a good school, which could have ended up doing more harm than good in regards to their relationship. Mama herself was denied an education and her youngest daughter Maggie lacks in that department. Therefor, giving Dee the advantage of being the only one educated which makes her arrogant and condescending. The education that Mama generously gave to Dee only created a bigger wedge between them and the family. Dee with her knowledge and way of the world becomes a...
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...African indigenous education A major shortcoming of African traditional education is that it focused almost exclusively on the clan or tribe and hardly prepared its recipients for outside contact. Practically, this meant that the skills and knowledge possessed by a given ethnic group could not he easily transmitted to another tribe (Tiberondwa, 1978). Moreover, the absence of literacy implied that the accumulated knowledge and skills could not be preserved in a written form. This prevented the transfer of the same from one locality to another and from one generation to the next. Many wise Africans have died with their own wisdom. A close examination of traditional methods of teaching further reveals that customary education was wanting or deficient in this area. Tiberondwa (1978) has rightly observed that among sorne tribes in pre-colonial Uganda, for example, there was too much reliance on inculcation of fear and punishment as a means of teaching. Among the Ankole, "slow learners and offenders were killed to discourage slow learning and scare young people from committing similar offences" (Tiberondwa, 1978, p. 10). This means of teaching could only produce learners who, out of fear, were obedient and submissive. They committed to memory ideas that they did not understand and the values they had no right to question. Indigenous education thus tended to kill the spirit of initiative, innovation and enterprise, that of which are (or should be) promoted by modem education...
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...and sister" (par. 3). She makes her feelings clear when she attempts to "take" the quilts Mama had promised to Maggie: "Maggie can't appreciate these quilts... she'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use" (Walker, 103). By using the quilts for purposes other than their original intent she believes that she is respecting her heritage, but this is not the case: her desire to put them on display is "really not quite so different from the white capitalist cashing in on ethnic artworks" (Sexton, par. 4) Not only is she conforming to the worst of American ideals, but she is rejecting and disrespecting her own cultural heritage-- all under the pretenses of preserving it. It is in this sense that she is the "embodiment of the struggle for a unifying identity," because she has not yet come to understand her place in society as both an African and an American. In great contrast with Dee, Maggie is a simplistic and good-hearted person. These characteristics add dimension to the story, and make her a "more likely bearer of sacredness, tradition, and true value than her "brighter" sister". She understands the true meaning of heritage. Just as her sister asserts, Maggie is "backward...
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...HERITAGE ASSESSMENT PAPER Lara G. Heier Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429 4/9/2016 The Heritage Assessment tool is used by healthcare professionals in order for them to find out the patient’s cultural, religious and ethnic background. Culture is defined as an element of ethnicity, consisting of shared values and behaviors associated with a particular group. (Edelman, et al, 2014) In order to improve the quality of care, it’s important to understand the patient’s culture and the health practices they traditionally use. Regarding the Heritage Assessment tool’s usefulness, it will allow the healthcare professional to understand the patient as a whole due to the fact that it addresses the individual’s heritage, cultural, religious and ethic background and behaviors and how they may relate to the patient’s views on health and wellness. To be Culturally Competent, one has to be able to provide healthcare based on the total patient situation- ethnically, culturally and spiritually. The Heritage Assessment Tool is designed to open up dialogue in order for the healthcare professional to have a better understanding of their patient and allow them to provide more effective healthcare with the patient’s own health traditions having been assessed. This, ideally, will result in a holistic approach to healthcare. (Giger & Davidhizar, 1990) Common Health Traditions Based on the cultural heritage information received from the Heritage Assessment Tool filled...
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...Heritage Assessment Paper Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS 429 V Jen Costello October 6, 2013 Heritage Assessment Paper Because of the multicultural population dynamic existing in our country today as well as the increasing diversity of culture expected in the future, nurses need a streamlined means to determine both patients and families’ cultural history as well as current relative cultural practices to better meet the needs of the population they serve. The utilization of the health assessment tool serves to be an efficient means in which to accomplish this endeavor. This paper will explore and compare the cultural influences and views of three families of various cultural backgrounds to include their cultural beliefs of health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Additionally, this paper will also distinguish as well as evaluate their common health traditions and evaluate family traditions. Heritage Assessment Tool It is important that nurses have a framework to comprehensively and systematically assess a patent as well as a families’ heritage and cultural background in order to better understand the values, beliefs and attitudes they embrace toward health care. At the same time it is equally important that the nurse understand the specific considerations, approaches, and manners in which health care should be...
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...Johnson to help point out the struggle between the preservation of her heritage and the living of it. This limited omniscient point of view not only showcases Walker's ability to subliminally influence us to take sides for Mama and her youngest daughter Maggie, but to also show the inherent struggle between the families everyday perception of objects that Mama's oldest daughter Dee sees as something to be maintained and cherished for as along as possible. The point of view through Mama's eyes accentuates the innocent eye point of view by showing her naivety and simplicity to the outside world that Dee has always so thrived in and her lack of ability to understand old heirlooms that she would see preserved to keep the heritage alive she lives everyday. Mama Johnson is first presented immediately as someone who can be trusted through her knowledge of things presented to her firstly by describing her misfortunate youngest daughter Maggie by saying “She is not bright. Like good looks and money, quickness passed her by,” as well as stating she “was never a good singer” and “never could carry a tune” (Alice 163). These blunt observations helps the reader trust what Mama Johnson says because they are things personally significant to her and personal within her life and about her family. She does not sugar coat the truth or try to mask what is in front of her because she has no reason to hide what is her heritage because it is the life she lives everyday. When Dee finally arrives...
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...Heritage Assessment In 2012 the United States Census Bureau estimated there will be roughly 20 million new immigrants living in the U.S. over the next two decades (Plumer June, 2013). The results will be an increase of different cultures and traditions which healthcare workers will need to consider within their practice. The goal of this paper is to show the reader the usefulness of the Heritage Assessment tool when it is used to evaluate the individual’s needs in relation to culture and tradition. The author of the paper will share with the reader the interviews of families from three different cultures (the first being her own) and explore the common health traditions of their cultures and how the families subscribe to the traditions. Heritage Assessment tool The usefulness of the heritage assessment tool is to give the provider a way to understand the role of culture and traditions and how it affects the way a patient views health and illness. The tool uses simple questions regarding cultural background of an individual such as: the relationship of family members, religious beliefs, ethnic activities and language. At the end of the assessment the nurse will have a better idea of how the individual identifies with a particular culture and traditions. Mexican and Iraqi health culture and traditions The author of...
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...In this paper, I have included three families of three different heritages. The families are the Williams, Vargheses, and the Wiezinskis. Each are from a different heritage, the Williams being from Germany, the Vargheses from India, and the Wiezinskis from Poland. All of the information is different and shows how diverse our world is. All the names used in this paper have been used with the full consent of their owners. I will start with the Williams. The main person whom which I interviewed was Jon Williams. His mother was Anna Claudia and his father was Hugbert Williams both from Germany. He does not know his grandfather on his mother’s side but he does know his grandmother. His grandmother was Veronica Koopmann. His father’s father was Greichi Williams, and his grandmother on his father’s side Schreiezch Bell. Jon was an only child in his family. All of these people in his family are from Germany and are 100% German. Jon Williams grew up in the suburbs of Tampa and later moved to the suburbs of Chicago. Both his father and his mother grew up in Germany. Jon was born in the US after his mother and father came to America in 1987. His mother was 27 and his father was 30. He still remains in contact with relatives, parents and his children. Jon has 2 girls and 1 boy. The places where his relatives are varied, a few live in America but most of his relatives are in Germany, in the city of Berlin. He usually visits his far away relatives once or twice a year and goes weekly to...
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..."Everyday Use” - Literary Analysis Alice walker writes about the importance of inheriting family heritage and how it passes on to generations. This story is based on conflicts of two generations; on the bonds of a mother and daughter and their legacy which is symbolized as two hand stitched quilts. The narrator, Mama introduces us to her two daughters who have conflicting minds. Mama is disappointed on the behavior and the tension that takes place when Dee forces her to make a difficult decision about who gets the quilts. The story unfolds when Mama’s eldest daughter Dee, returns home for the first time after finishing college and starts claiming for possessions. The younger Maggie has never left home and is shown to be of quiet character, who was severely burned in a house fire when she was a child due to which her sympathetic and generous nature is over shadowed by her ugly scarred face. Dee, being stylish and blessed with good looks is the centre of agitation between the family and invokes jealously. Her feet appear "as if God himself had shaped them with a certain style." (385). Around Dee, the younger sister is a coward and since the fire she walks with "chin on her chest, eyes on the ground." (384) . The narrator is protective around her daughters hoping that Maggie becomes self confident and stands up for her right. The narrator fantasizes about reuniting with Dee on a television talk show and day dreams about Dee expressing gratitude to Mama acknowledging what all...
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...Themes of the story:Identity, heritage, racism and prejudice are the main themes of the story. Billy/William is strugglingbetween two identities as the names show. William Jacob is the white boy doing well in school,being a great football player and an talented artist. Billy is the aboriginal boy who left his pastwithout looking back, being hated in the eyes of his own people for trying to be somebody else.Even though no matter how he acts, his skin will always be black and his eyes brown.He is raised by aborigines, so he will always be affected by the black heritage. He is raised in thiscertain way, and even though he tries escaping it, he will not succeed. While the heritage affectshim, the people around him will also judge him because of his looks. The story proves that peoplewill always be prejudice towards him, even though he tries his hardest to become white. He will bereminded of his past every time a black aboriginal looks him in his eyes.The racism towards aboriginals is very extreme in this society. All the aboriginals look like drunkenbastards, and it’s almost impossible to escape the stereotypes. That’s why the government andpolice are trying to stop the aboriginals committing crimes - ALL of them, even the innocent ones.The Past:The Past is a poem about a man sitting in suburbia, in a home with an electric heater. He falls intodream about his past, where he was sitting in the nature in front of a campfire. He is probably alsoan aboriginal who has moved away from his...
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...Heritage Assessment Arielle N. Bakhiet, RN Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429V-0101 October 11, 2015 Introduction The goal of health care providers is to return patients to the optimal health so that the patient and patient’s family can achieve a positive result. Healthcare is individualized to the patient and is further personalized to meet the needs of families with specific cultural considerations. In the United States, we are a nation of many cultures that are able to co-exist with each other, but that does not mean that the traditions of the past are forgotten. On the contrary, the traditions are what make up the individual’s core. Heritage, by definition, are traditions, achievements, and beliefs that are part of a history of a group or nation (Merriam-Webster, 2015). The heritage assessment tool is used to have a better understanding of people and family members and how to better help them. The heritage assessment tool was used to assess three different people on their culture, traditions, religious affiliations and languages that are used in their family. The cultures that were featured in the interviews are Filipino-American, German American and Native-American. The heritage tool is used to gauge the needs of the family and develop plans for health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Filipino- American The Romero’s- native to the Philippine’s The Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia that is a made up of a conglomerate...
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...Linda’s Heritage Assessment Paper Cultural differences abound in America today. Approaches to health also differ from one culture to another. People are shaped by their traditions and use traditional ways to satisfy their needs for better health (Agec, 2012). America is a melting pot of different cultures. This cultural diversity comes with differences in health traditions and health decisions. It could be a religious approach to health or a cultural tradition. Health has a different meaning for different people. So, everyone has a different approach to his or her health ( Alpa, 2007). Cultural heritage is an important of one’s economic, social and health issues. It helps one understand someone else’s health heritage, as well as traditional health methods that are used to maintain, protect, and restore health. Applying these concepts makes it easier to deal with a person’s physical, mental, and spiritual beliefs. Different cultures have different values and beliefs of health, disease, illness, birth, and death. It is essential to open a pathway for the effective communication of others values and beliefs, in regards to health, illness, family support as well as spiritual values ( Agec, 2012). Health concerns though practiced in all traditions, varies among different cultures. To become aware of another’s culture and health traditions can enable one to better understand and respect another’s cultural traditions, health...
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