... As I reflect on my up-bringing, I remember my parents teaching me the differences between what is right and wrong. As a result of this learning experience, I discovered my conscious, my inner self that tells me I have done something wrong or right. This feeling comes in the form of a nagging voice that tells you things are not as they should be and it does not get better until you make changes. As a child, my grandparents owned a pastry shop and wood yard. My grandmother made cakes, pies, bread, pastries and sold other items in their store. I learned at an early age not to bother things that did not belong to me after eating the profit from the store. I would be place on restriction or some form of corporal punishment, depending on the severity of my infraction of the rules. My family were firm believers in “Spare the Rod, Spoil the child” (Proverbs 13:24, KJB). I was raised by both my parents and paternal grandparents. As a child, I witnessed my grandparents taking care of family members during illness and end of life times. When my grandparents were in their golden years, my parents took care of them. This caring gift did not only extend to the family, they took in a neighbor when his family could not care for him until it became too much for my parents. I knew as a child in elementary school that I wanted to be a nurse. I wanted to care for those who were unable to care from themselves. The results of the Ethical Lens Inventory Report reveal my personal...
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...ways modern technology that can give family members a little release of their shoulders. First they have this app called “Glide”. This app allows you to send video chat and regular texts. Yu can say what you want to say on a video and sends it out. It’s very useful when you want to check up on a family from anywhere, day and night. Someone from far away you can video text your grandparent’s from anywhere if you have trouble visiting them. You can always video chat and see their faces and make sure their doing fine. You can video text them at work, on a vacation or even before you go to sleep. Second theirs is a unique web cam that look just like celling fans lights. It’s called a wireless convert cam. You can keep an eye on your kids when you’re on a date, when your kids come home from school and just to check on your family. You can watch from any touch screen devices. So it’s worth it. Finally, “family Maps”. If you are with the phone company AT@T, then you can add family maps to your plan. This allows you to keep track of your kid’s parent and grandparents, as long as they have their phone devices, they can be track from anywhere, just by a map on your phone as long as you’re the account holder. The unique part is that it doesn’t matter if their phone on and off, you can still keep track of where your family are. Pretty clever. There are ways to improve safety for your family. Technology may not improve a 100%, but improve just enough to know your family is...
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...* Summery: The short story “ Another Language “ by Craig Cliff, starts with an introduction of the main character, a seven-year-old boy named James. He is living in New Zealand with his Mother, Father and his brother Daniel. Every Saturday James is visiting his grandparent, Baba and Dedo. James decides to find out why Dedo always is sad and quiet. When he asks his grandfather, James is introduced to the expression ‘stuttering’. Dedo tells James, that he stutters when he speaks the language Serbian, and that’s the reason for his move to New Zealand. James finds his grandfathers words unreliable; therefore he investigates the matter by himself, by hanging out with Marcus Collins. - The only associate James knows with stuttering-problems. At a visit in the grandparents’ house, James tells his grandfather about Marcus and the stuttering that only appears when he talks. Dedo seemed uninterested, which is frustrating for James. When James talks with his father about the problem, he finds out the Dedo used the stuttering, as an excused for not talking about his past. * Characterization James is a bright seven-year-old boy. He has a cheerfully and delighted personality, especially towards his family. He has a burning desire for his grandfather, Dedo, James wants him to be like his other grandfather, who is telling stories: (pg. 9, l. 63) “I desperately wanted him to tell me a story like my other grandfather, my mum’s dad, but Dad’s dad never seemed interested in stories. ...
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...me the opportunity to look deeper into my families’ career and educational goals. According to my great-grandma Ruby, my ancestors left Ghana in 1876 and to work on plantations in Mississippi. After moving from Crystal Springs, Mississippi my grandparents moved to Chicago, Illinois to find better job opportunities. My grandpa ended up securing a career as a machine mechanic at Oscar Meyer. While my grandma attending night school to be a nurse, she worked as a dental technician. After completing school, she worked as a nurse at several hospital and doctor offices. Based on her caring personality and great work ethic, she never had any problems during her 26 years as a nurse. After 22 years of service, my grandpa was laid off because they decided to move the facility to California due to cheaper facility costs and labor. The south side location was closed down since it was right in downtown Chicago. As a child, my dad and his six siblings lived a comfortable lifestyle that would be considered middle class. They survived by staying within their means and were able to afford a home and two cars. They were not able to afford luxuries such as traveling the country and paying for their children’s college. Traveling always consisted of visiting a family member in Mississippi. While, working at Oscar Meyer, my grandpa was a member of a labor union and was satisfied with the union’s service and objectives. According to Michael Yates, “unions force employers to pay their workers higher wages...
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...The person who influenced my life the most is my mother. Margaret Ann (Tinnin) Williams was born 16 March 1943 in French Camp Californian. My mother gave me my core values and beliefs. Her parents are Roy Donald Tinnin and Clara Velma (McMurray) Tinnin. Her father served in the United States Navy during World War II. Her mother worked in the Post Office Lathrop California. The values she learned from childhood are the same values she taught her children. Do not lie. Do not cheat. Do not steal. Think before you speak. Show respect for yourself and others. These are some of the values she taught me and my siblings. The values she taught us are the same values the Army has. One of the things she always told us is to ‘think before you speak’. My mom would give us an example. She told us about a sermon the preacher gave at church. He is at the pulpit with a can of shaving cream. He takes the shaving cream and says, “You see this can of shaving cream. It is like words.” He takes the shaving cream and pushes down. The shaving cream goes into his other hand. “He says shaving cream is like words. Once you pour, the shaving cream out you cannot get it back into the can. Once you speak words, you cannot take them back. Thou you say you are sorry for what you have said. The words are still in the memory of those who heard them.” She would also tell us “If you do not have anything good to say, and then say nothing at all.” Teaching us about the power words...
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...Jérôme Bauché INTERNATIONAL MARKETING China’s culture and business practices differ from Europe or even North American. As you start making business in China, having an understanding of Chinese business “etiquette” is important to your success. Knowing and practicing common customs will also help you to avoid embarrassment, and focus on the matters at hand on critical occasions. Appearance One of the most visible changes to the human landscape of China over the past few decades has been the change in dress code. Many men now wear suits and ties and women tend to wear skirts and blouses of a modest cut. It is advisable to have smart business attire with you when visiting. Appearance is important within Chinese business circles. Successful people are expected to look successful. Conservative, simple, unpretentious, modest clothing should be worn and nothing flashy or overly fashionable. Chinese people expect the same with women, which means no heavy make-up and dangling, gaudy jewelry. Behaviors and Manners Most Chinese organizations still have a hierarchical management style. You should not neglect the boss by only talking technical issues to the technician, unless you get permission from the boss. Therefore, it is important to know people’s titles and responsibilities. That’s why you have to use family names and appropriate titles. For the first meeting you have to introduce yourself with your full name and your company’s name as well. The Chinese people dislike...
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...Tobacco 2,740 words My grandfather was a proud man; he had accomplished many things in his life, and was quick to tell about them. I spent hours listening to him talk of how he had established his own practice in Chicago, and then spent years as the head of the Veterinarian’s Association. He constantly had a story to tell me, or a lesson to teach me. “I worked my way through all ten years of college. I even lived in the back of an animal hospital for a year or so, and delivered meds. It was worth it though. I had to work hard, but it got me everything I wanted in life.” Between innings of a Cubs’ baseball game he would relive his childhood with me. He was raised in the small town of Belle Plain, Kansas, and raised by his paternal grandparents. His mother died shortly after his birth, so we rarely talked of his family. Instead, he would spend hours showing me the best hands in poker, while I counted the change in his “money sock.” I learned quickly that “A royal flush beats all, but the trick is to play with a wild—then you can get a five of a kind.” But our favorite game to play together was always checkers. I could play for days. He never let me win. I had to earn every king, and learn every trick, fair and square. My grandfather always had something in his mouth, whether it was a type of tobacco, or a red-white, pin-wheeled peppermint. Being the “worldly” man that he was, he changed his method with the times. When I was a very small child he smoked a pipe. I remember...
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...James Austin RHET 105 All My Life For Sale Gold Cross Necklace: This Hawaiian manufactured gold cross necklace is the perfect combination of sophistication and subtlety. The simple, lightweight build of the gold chain in combination with the cleanly designed gold cross presents a stunning necklace. This necklace was purchased and resided in Maui with my grandfather for about 15 years. Worn daily, this necklace has been all around the world including incredible destinations such as Ireland, France, England, Africa, Japan. This necklace has given strength and power to my grandfather to help overcome life obstacles while also providing security when accomplishing great things. When it was past down to me, this necklace has seen many of my accomplishments like my confirmation and graduation. Having seen many beautiful sites and endeavors, this simple gold cross necklace has provided me with a gateway to my grandfathers past accomplishments and always reminds me to never stop working hard. Price: $1,000 Gold Notre Dame Mini-Helmet: This miniature Notre Dame gold football helmet will be a prized possession for any true Notre Dame Football fan. The details in the structure of this helmet are very realistic. The actual padding inside the helmet, the face guard, and mouth protector make your feel as if you are in the game yourself. My grandfather was a University of Notre Dame graduate in 1953, and ever since then he has been all about supporting Notre Dame. This helmet...
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...A Time I Should Have Listened I. Introduction A. I scream, You scream We all scream for Ice Cream B. At the age of eight, I wanted things but didn’t always have money to buy them C. I didn’t have any money to buy Ice Cream. I stole the money from my grandma, and I suffered for it. II. Body A. My grandmother told me I couldn’t have Ice Cream 1. I had to eat all of my lunch first but didn’t want to. 2. She told me to not ask again for Ice Cream 3. I told her, Okay I wouldn’t and would ask my mom later. B. I went in my grandmother room and took $1 so I could buy an Ice Cream cone. 1. I waited for her to leave the room and go to the basement 2. Then, I stunk outside to buy Ice Cream. 3. My grandmother came outside looking for me, to find out I was licking on an Ice Cream cone. C. I got caught eating the Ice Cream cone, even though my grandmother told no I couldn’t have one. 1. I had to Apologize. 2. My grandmother made me write her a letter on why it is wrong to not listen to an adult, and to never steal from anybody. 3. My mother ended up taking my DS, and other games. plus I couldn’t go outside for 4 weeks. III. Conclusion A. Finally, I realized that not listening to your grandmother and taking money from her was wrong which resulted in a miserable summer break. B. I would say to everyone, never disobey your grandmother or steal money from her because they remember everything and my grandmother still...
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...A Real Life Miracle By: Tahmonie Stubbs My name is Tahmonie and I am a freshman in college. It was the second month of the year, and I was already struggling to pay my tuition. I was a paid intern, for New York Times, and I worked at Rue 21, a clothing store. The college was not affordable and I was soon going to have to drop out! On Friday, September 22, two days before my birthday, I am sitting in my dark, depressing office staring at all the articles I have to read. My aunt is trying to help me with this money problem so she hired me to help her with the articles. If you think no one reads the newspaper anymore, you are wrong! When it is New York Time’s newspaper, only everyone wants to be heard. I am not a fan of reading books, unless it is Clifford. I am the girl who would rather experience events than read about them. No matter what, though, I still have to spend my Fridays working hard. On Saturday, September 23, I have to go to work at Rue 21. My birthday is tomorrow, so after work I am going to find an outfit for tonight’s dinner. Before the dinner, I go to the news office and find a letter on my desk. It is from my great grandmother who lives in Fresno, California. I visit her every chance I get because, well, she’s like my best friend and the ONLY person who understands me. As I read the letter, I find out that she passed away Tuesday. Her funeral is tomorrow and the reading of her will. I read more; I see I get the first look at the will. It says she left her...
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...Vanessa Medina Period: 1 English 3 6 April 2009 Essay In “Death of a Salesman” Arthur Miller in 1948 attempts to give the audience an unusual glimpse into the mind of a Willy Loman, a 60 year old salesman who is no longer able to earn a living. Similarly, my grandparents are going through the same situation. Willy receives only a small commission as he ages, and he slowly loses his mind and attempts to kill himself by inhaling gas from the water heater or from crashing his car. Throughout Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman’s life is bad, and that it is getting worse, despite Willy’s dreams and aspirations. His first major problem is with his job; we see that all is not well. Willy has returned from a work trip the same day as setting out for it, and it is made obvious that this is not the first occurrence of an incident of this type. Willy Loman returns to New York during the night. His wife Linda hears him enter and is concerned and gets out of bed to go greet him. Willy admits to Linda that he had only made it to Yonkers before he had decided to return home. During the conversation Linda finds out that Willy has had several accidents that he seems to be emotionally unstable. Willy and Linda begin to argue about one of their sons, Biff, who has recently returned to New York. Willy is very mad and he tells Linda about the argument biff and he had before he left. The next morning the boys wake up and biff hears Willy, hap tells biff how Willy has been acting strangely...
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...worry about the relationship between people, simple food for every meal Possible idea for contrasting: complex relationship to people versus simple relationship to people, the convenience life versus isolated life on the mountain, the irregular and regular work and rest life Text: Everyone has her own image to the city life and the country life; therefore I have my own idea to these two kinds of life style. To me the city life is quite different to the country life, and the comparison sources are my life experience and my memory. I lived with my grand parents in the country in my childhood; after I finished my first year in the elementary school, I came to live with my parents in the Taipei County. From then on, I go back to my grandparents’ old house when it is summer or winter vacation. Under this situation, the differences between the city life and the country life becomes evidently. The first difference in these two different life styles one can figure out easily is the different level of regularity of work and rest. As a dweller in the city, I always have the hope to have more than 24 hours a day; the limit of time effects me cortically. Thus, burning the night oil is what I usually....
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...The poem “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker is about a granddaughter who goes from a tradition southern life up to a north city life and fears telling her religious grandmother that she has changed. Through thoughts and emotions, Parker shows the fear the teenager faces when trying to tell her grandmother. Although the granddaughter doesn’t want the grandmother to know, the grandmother has a secret that is revealed at the end of the poem. The granddaughter is back home from her school up North which implies she is from the south. In the southern area many people based their life off of tradition. One of the traditional things that is shown in the poem is “snapping beans”. The grandmother and the granddaughter are snapping beans while sitting on “splintering slats of the porchswing”. The description of the seat signifies how old it is and how long they have been doing the tradition. While they are there the grandmother hummed “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. The song implies that the grandmother is a religious women and being religious tends to cause people to have certain beliefs and views on life. When the grandmother stopped humming the granddaughter felt “the soft gray of her stare against the side of my face”. The gray of her stare implies that the grandmother had a question that she wasn’t sure if she wanted the answer to. The color gray represents the grandmothers frozen like body, as if she was holding back when she asked “How’s school a-goin”. Not only was the grandmother...
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...EN1320 Composition I | Christmas in Colorado | Module 4 Essay: Write a Memoir | | Jeff Stucker | 4/29/2014 | | Last year my family and I decided to do something different for Christmas and go to Gunnison, Colorado to go skiing for a family Christmas trip. This would include me, my brother, my mom, my dad, and my grandparents. I was so excited ever since I had heard the news in October. I had only been to Colorado in the summer before and I had never spent Christmas away from home before. My grandparents had retired to their summer home in Colorado the year before to live full time. My story begins at the threshold of my trip the night before we left for Colorado. We were all at my house so we could open our presents from each other, but my brother and I would not open our presents from our parents until Christmas morning in Gunnison even though we had opened the presents from the rest of our family that night. This was one of my favorite parts of Christmas, opening presents. I got a lot of cool stuff including a new be spread, a new bed comforter, some new books, some new VHS tapes and a lot more. Finally, it was time for the big present which was from my dad. It was huge! My mind raced with ideas of what it could have been. But to give me and my brother a hint of what it was, they brought us out a smaller present. It was an Atari controller! So that must have meant…yes! It was an Atari 2600! After that, my brother and I decided to try it out and then we...
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...Michaela Sweat April 23, 2013 2nd Period- English 11 Writing assignment 2- Who is your hero? Who is my hero? Well, a lot of people would say our troops. They are our hero, they fight for us every day. They fight for us to be able to say what we want, bare arms, not say a word, etc. Therefore, aren’t they our hero? Wait no, you said MY hero. Well I have a couple of heroes… but the most important, most significant hero in my life is this guy named John Carson. John Carson is my hero. He is my grandfather; but really he is my dad. The first reason he is my hero is because he saved me from a life that would probably not been so good. I met him when I was 2 years old. When I was about 5 years old my mom gave me to my grandparents; John and Rita Carson. He took me and my brother in. Which is about 14 years (this year). Me and my brother gave him about 573857837847258728 grey hairs since he got us, but he hasn’t stopped loving us, he has never left us, and he has never gave up. Papaw is my name for him. Papaw is my hero because I can walk up to him, crying or upset, and ask for a hug. And he will give me a hug. This makes him a hero to me because I don’t have a dad. He is my dad. So what this means to me, is that there is a man in my life who will be there for me when I’m upset about whatever it may be, he doesn’t care what the reason may be. He will comfort me. He will make me feel better. Sometimes that is what you need in your life, you don’t need to go to your mom, or...
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