...to give up her bus seat did not occur on a whim. “Rather, she was part of a longstanding effort to create change” (Loeb, 2010, p.2). The social movement for African Americans’ rights was successful due to many people working together towards a common goal. Rosa Parks worked together with others such as E. D. Nixon, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Cars Porters union, local teachers, and the Montgomery African American community (Loeb, 2010). The Chicano Movement is another example of a united group and their long journey to accomplish rights for Mexican Americans. On the morning of March 3, 1968, over a thousand students walked down the streets of East Los Angeles (Muñoz, 1989). By the end of the day, ten thousand students had joined the movement. The protest “disrupted the largest school district in the nation” (Muñoz, 1989, p. xi). The protest lasted a week and a half. It was the first large scale protest of Mexican Americans and its major purpose was to “protest racist teachers and school policies, the lack of freedom of speech, the lack of teachers of Mexican descent, and the absence of classes on Mexican and Mexican American culture and history” (Muñoz, 1989, p. xi). “It was the first loud cry for Chicano Power and self-determination, serving as the catalyst for the formation of the Chicano student movement as well as the larger Chicano Power Movement...
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...During the plane ride to our vacation destination, I found myself wondering how different Mexican culture would be compared to American culture. Is Cancun, Mexico rich in traditional culture or now too Americanized to experience the true meaning of their culture? Traveling to Cancun was the most eye opening experience of my life. Traditional customs and family values of the Mexican people changed my perspective on how I viewed my own traditional American family values. Never traveling out of the United States before I couldn’t hide my excitement and nervousness as the small plane began to descend onto the runway. Dan, my husband having been out of the country a few times before found my excitement to be quite amusing. Grabbing our luggage, my husband and I made our way through customs and headed towards the big glass doors into a seemingly different world. My first thought was how hot and humid the air was in this tropical paradise filled with sweeping palm trees and the salty smell of the ocean breeze. We exchanged our US dollars for Mexican pesos and jumped into a cab headed for the resort we would be vacationing at for the next five days. The cab driver let us out at the entrance to the resort and politely said...
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...RN Grand Canyon University: NRS 429v Date: 8/31/2012 What is a heritage assessment? A heritage assessment is a subpart to the overall nursing assessment. Assessing a patient’s heritage allows the nurse to obtain more information about a patient’s culture, including beliefs about health and values, this is important to providing cultural health care. One’s heritage includes information about their cultural beliefs and practices of the family and ethno religious community (Jarvis, C., 2012). Through a heritage assessment the nurse can obtain a vast amount of information about the patient/ family, including but not limited to, where ancestors were born, how many siblings they have, if the family originated in another country, how often time is spent with family, religion, if the patient prefers the company of people with the same values and religion or ethnic background, what type of foods the patient prepares, and the patient’s native language. This paper will discuss what the author learned from completing a heritage assessment tool, the usefulness of a heritage assessment tool when assessing a patient/ family/ community as a whole. This paper will also compare the health traditions of three different families (and cultures) to include, health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration, while identifying common traditions based on the author’s heritage. What the families ascribe their traditions to will also be discussed. To begin, what was learned from the heritage...
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...According to Rochelle Koop the reason why Japanese fall asleep in meetings is because “Japanese believe that by closing their eyes, they can hear more effectively, because they are screening out the visual stimulus and focusing only on the sound” (Koop, 2011, p.109). After I was reading this case study, and I wondered what would be my reaction if people stayed silent after I spoke? A lot of things came through my mind. For example, as a Hispanic I would think that Japanese falling asleep during my speech is rude and disrespectful. Probably, I would walk away and leave the office. But I have to consider that not all cultures and customs are the same as ours. On the other hand, I would put my mind working and begin thinking that Japanese are probably evaluating my speech, are visualizing my ideas, or that like the author states, “I’m so boring that this key person is sleeping” ( Koop, 2011, p.109). I have to think that in the business world, I might find people that will like my speech and others that won’t. As I always say that this world everything is not rosy. I might have my ups and downs, but always with a positive mind. I will try to make a better speech for the people and that I will make sure that they don’t stay silent. People’s opinion is...
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...Intercultural Business Training at Farnham Castle in Surrey including intensive language ... Page 1 of 3 Crossing Cultural Barriers Developing the International Manager Working Effectively with International Colleagues Going to Live and Work Abroad Intensive Language Tuition Global HR Support Programmes How culturally aware are you? Back to categories Back to articles One of our leading intercultural trainers, Philippe Nitzer, has devised this short quiz for you to test your knowledge... 1 In Spain, the main purpose of a business meeting would usually be to: a) make decisions by discussing in length the pro's and con's of an option b) reach agreements by consensus between everyone concerned c) brief their team about something already decided by specific decision makers 2 You are asking a question of your junior Japanese colleague and he/she looks down and answers you after a few seconds. You think the chances are that he/she: a) has something to hide and is looking for an answer that would boost him/her in your eyes b) is paying respect to your position and your question c) hasn't got a clue what the answer is and feels ashamed Click here to watch sample workshop videos. 3 In Italy, the majority of people think that a good manager should: a) have at hand precise answers to most questions his/her subordinates may raise about their work b)be able to direct his/her subordinates to those who may have the right answers to most of the questions they may raise c)...
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...Contemporary Literature Final Paper Never Marry Me Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Never Marry a Mexican” details the life of a young, Chicana woman who struggles with an intense yearning and contempt for love and the union of marriage. It opens speaking about her childhood and recounts individual, life-altering events that have led her to foster her adult beliefs as well as her disillusionment with marriage. She has internalized events that occurred in her parent’s marriage and used these to alter her faith in the structure of the traditional, heterosexual marriage contract to the point that she no longer believes it has held up to the norms of society. The protagonist in “Never Marry a Mexican” does indeed love marriage, but because of the events that have transpired throughout her life she chooses to lash out in unusual fashions. Psychologically, she has had to cope with her inability to achieve her ultimate dream, of marrying a white man. She seeks to become something better than she believes that she is capable of on her own or even with a Mexican man. Sandra Cisneros uses the protagonist to show her readers the psychological struggles that women, more specifically, colored women have to contend with on a regular basis. The protagonist makes it clear to the reader that, in this particular case, male infidelity plays a large role in psychologically harming women who otherwise would likely be open to marriage. For example, at one point in the story the protagonist says...
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...and contrast the two. The second reason is even though they both have people they each have a totally different feel to them. Self-portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States has an almost confusing feel to it. Kahlo is standing between Mexico and the U.S., and seems lost in and confused about where she belongs. The right side, the U.S., is dominated by industry, and the left, Mexico, is represented by landscape and the Mexican culture. The painting has variety and unity. I think that if I looked at this painting without knowing the title and the intension I would say that this piece has only variety, but because I understand what Kahlo wants to communicate, the variety is unified. Model with Unfinished Self-portrait has a simpler feel to it. It seems to be more peaceful and relaxed. A painting to look at and enjoy, not deciphering the “true” meaning behind it. I think the most confusing part about this piece is the title. Without looking at an outside source to see what the artist looks like, is the model sleeping or is the model sitting at the table. My first guess would be that the model is the one asleep and the artist is the man at the table. The first thing that I noticed about the two is the bright colors that both artists have used. In Self-portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States the pink dress and the bright greens and reds really stand out. The rest of the colors in the painting have a monochromatic harmony using shades...
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...However, Filipinos can also fall under the second category I identified as shy regulars. A prime example would be my family. Although they have identified as Catholics all of their life, my family, especially my mom, still chooses to sit at the back and just be a listener, not a ‘worker’ like me. Although she is an individual person, she sometimes reminds me of the people from the Aegean culture who relied on the prophecy of Delphi. Shy regulars usually just sit and absorb the sermon then go home after their duties have been met. The majority of the church from the center back belonged in this...
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...The reader can infer this because he says, “...a woman's place is sleeping so she can wake up early with the tortilla star, the one that appears early just in time to rise and catch the hind legs behind the sink, beneath the four-clawed tub, under the swollen floorboards nobody fixes, in the corner of your eyes,” (Cisneros 31). Alicia’s father wants her to take care of everyone in the family and, technically, give away her childhood because she had to think of the others and not herself. Because of the culture that is explained during the novel, it was acceptable and expected of Alicia to not think of herself and to take care of the family when her mother died. This means that society wants the first thing that she should do in the morning is to think about everyone else and to take care of them before herself. Even the Lois faced discrimination for not following society’s standards. Lois was Sire’s girlfriend in the novel. Esperanza saw them walk around the neighborhood and described her as a small girl that wore makeup. Esperanza even said that she saw Lois in a store and she was not wearing any shoes, and when she does wear shoes, Sire has to tie them for her. Cisneros states, “But Mama says those kinds of girls, those girls are the ones that go into alleys,” (73). The reader can infer that everyone talked about how girls, like her, were probably an “alley” girl. They called them this because in their culture if someone did not know the smallest things about being a mother,...
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...Tyler Hardman 11/8/2012 Psych 111 Dreaming A dream is a succession of images, sounds, ideas and emotions that we experience involuntarily while sleeping. Everyone has dreamed at least once in their life, even if they don’t remember it. As a matter of fact everyone experiences six to eight dreams per night, and out of the eight hours of sleep we’re supposed to get each night, two of them are spent dreaming. People aren’t the only animals that can dream. Actually, every mammal is known to have dreams at night, and even some birds. Dreams usually occur during the “rapid eye movement” stage of our sleep, when brain function is high, almost as high as when we’re awake. We most likely remember the dreams that we have during the REM stage because the brain is functioning at such a high rate, but we also dream during other stages of sleep. Those dreams are just harder to remember because the brain is not functioning at the level that it would be during the REM stage. As we all know, dreams can range from exciting and pleasurable, to scary and terrifying. I know that I personally have woken up terrified from a dream, and didn’t want to go back to sleep because I didn’t want to encounter what I was dreaming about again. Usually, we can’t control what we dream about. However, it is a proven fact that a person can induce lucid dreaming if they work at it. Lucid dreaming is when the person who is dreaming is aware of the fact that they are dreaming, and can therefor control...
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...The following biography is divided into 3 big stages that I consider very important in my life. The first one is about my childhood. The second stage talks about when I lost my innocence forever and became a teenager. The final stage is where I am entering right now, and I will analyze where I want to take my life to, what are my desires, my wishes, etc. "The beginning" I was born in a horrible town named Leon, Guanajuato. It was horrible when I lived in there, now is much better. I was the first one of 3 brothers. My parents' names are Armando Saavedra, a hotel manager, and Rosa Maria Ramirez. At the beginning there wasn't much money, my dad was working very hard, but he was beginning to grow inside of the company. Our situation however was easy because I've never really have economical problems. We had a small car and a small house, but we were doing great with a lot of love in the family. In kidergarden, I remember I was a very shy kid, I didn't have any friends at all. I was a good student maybe not the best, but I was good. But I had a lot of problems to socialize. I think I was pretty aggressive, I enjoyed destroying things, always messing around. Now that I think about it, I was a bad boy. I did a lot of tricks and pranks, for example I unintentionally killed my cat, and also once I crashed my dad's car when I was 4 years old. But the truth is that I never meant to do it, I had good feelings, but I was a rookie in this game called life, and I made a lot...
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...Disconnect Tomas Rivera’s book …And the Earth did not Devour Him captures the pains and triumphs of stories of Mexican farm workers told from an unnamed protagonist. Tomas Rivera’s book deals with many social problems, such as class, religion, sexism, and race, and finds a way to highlight each one through the young boy’s stories. The protagonist, who is young, tells these stories at a time in his life when he is transforming from an adolescent to an adult. The young boy, whom is the main character, seems to observe or deal with all of these issues. The issue that is most pronounced within him is folk religion; folk religion deals with superstitions and practices that are done by the believer which are not authorized by their church or religion. The young boy’s family, who are migrant workers from Mexico, finds much support for their lives through folk religion, particular the folk Religion of Catholicism. The family uses their folk religion and religion to not only help them through their struggles, but cover up the truth of their difficult situation. The young boy’s life is so consumed with religion, religion superstitions, and it faultiness that he begins to question their religion’s very ideals. The young protagonist comes to the realization that religion and its unauthorized practices only hinder him and his families’ very existence and in response disconnects from religion entirely. The first step to understanding the protagonists religious disconnect, and realization...
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...April 2, 2016 On January 21, 2016 the perpetrator, Tanya Marshall was arrested and charged with Domestic Battery against her partner, Joseph Rios. Tanya is a 29 year old Mexican American woman and mother of two boys aged 5 and 3. My meeting with her was scheduled for 1:30pm and she, along with her two sons, arrived at exactly 1:30pm. Upon seeing her and her children I noticed that all three of them were dressed appropriate for the cold winter temperatures. Once I made eye contact with her, though, I noticed the dark circles under her eyes. Clearly she hadn’t been sleeping well and I thought that possibly it could be because she’s stressed out and because she’s not eating well. Tanya answered the basic questions without any problem. Such questions consisted of : “How old are you?” and “Are these your only children?” When I inquired about what led to her arrest she became a little hesitant. Not in a rude way she was polite the whole time, it just seemed as if it bothered her to remember the incident. She began sharing that on Jan 21st of this year, she’d just dropped her sons off at her mother’s because she was supposed to go into work that day. When she was driving away from her mom’s house, she remembered that she’d forgotten her lunch at the apartment she lives in with her sons and boyfriend. Her boyfriend, Joseph, was there during that time. She claims that they had both been in a bad mood that day but they avoided each other ll day until then. Tanya states that she...
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...Go, Bryan Psychology 1 Professor Travelbee 23, January 2012 Article Review: Freaky Sleep Paralysis: Being Awake in Your Nightmares Did you ever awaken and find yourself unable to move? Perhaps you sensed a presence in your room or a pressure on your chest. I never knew that it was just a sleep paralysis until Professor Travelbee informed us about the Limb paralysis reflex. It is a common disorder that affects millions of people. Most believe it occurs as we are on the edge of REM sleep. The disorder has been connected with such hallucinogenic events such as alien abduction or an evil presence. Sleep paralysis is an inability to move or speak, occasionally accompanied by hallucinations, for up to several minutes upon awakening or just before falling asleep. I have had this about five times in my life, and I truly believe its Demons! It is the scariest thing you will ever experience in your life! The worst time that it happened was when I slept on my living room couch one night, and sometime around 4am I awoke to hearing footsteps getting closer to me. I could open my eyes, but could not move, no matter how hard I tried. Suddenly, I heard a whispering in my left ear could not make out what it was saying. I could only feel its presence, but not see it. My heart was pounding, and I struggled to get up, but could not, and then I felt it holding me down on my chest, I tried to fight it, but it was too strong. Because it was a deep, dark, cold thing, all I knew to do was...
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...4 Main Idea • • • • • What is a main idea? What is a topic? How do you recognize the difference between general and specific ideas? What is a stated main idea? What is an unstated main idea? Everyday Reading Skills: Selecting a Book Copyright ©2010 by Pearson Education, Inc. 118 CHAPTER 4 Main Idea What Is a Main Idea? The main idea of a passage is the core of the material, the particular point the author is trying to convey. The main idea of a passage can be stated in one sentence that condenses specific ideas or details in the passage into a general, allinclusive statement of the author’s message. In classroom discussions, all of the following words are sometimes used to help students understand the meaning of the main idea. thesis main point central focus gist controlling idea central thought Whether you read a single paragraph, a chapter, or an entire book, many experts agree that your most important single task is to understand the main idea of what you read. Topic Main Idea Major Detail Major Detail Major Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Recognize General and Specific Words The first step in determining the main idea of a selection is to look at the specific ideas presented in the sentences and try to decide on a general topic or subject under which you can group these ideas. Before tackling sentences, begin with words. Pretend that the sentence ideas in a selection have been reduced...
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