Influence Of Family's Cultural Practices On Personal Life Experiences

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Understanding your Own Culture

How do you identify yourself? We often think of our biographies as our own unique life experiences. In one way they are, and those experiences come to shape subsequent ideas and beliefs that we have. But in another way, we all participate in a social world: we occupy certain positions that carry certain expectations for our behavior; we grow up in a family; we attend school; we get punished when we misbehave. While the specifics of our experience are unique, we share these broad types of experiences.

Description of the Assignment

This activity requires you to reflect on your own biography and to write out a brief version of it using some guiding questions. The purpose of this exercise is to help you to focus on your own biography, and how your biography is both shaped by many social forces around you and how it, in turn, shapes your current ideas and experiences.

Written Requirement

Write a formal, structured four to six (4-6) page, double-spaced, typed, research, narrative, and qualitative paper about your own culture.The paper must include a discussion of your historical roots.Also, incorporate how your history and culture has an impact on your personal, interpersonal, social, and professional life.

*Grammar, punctuation, spelling, cohesiveness, format and length will also be included as a significant part of the evaluation of this assignment. You are not required to cite scholarly sources on this weeks’ Who Am I assignment.

Points to cover:

oDiscuss where your family is from (biological, adoptive, foster, blended, or non-traditional). When did your family arrive to the United States?

    • The nationality and cultural backgrounds of my parents and grandparents are:

§Each parent’s mother:

§Each parent’s father:

§My parents:

oHow does the culture of your family influence your experiences and how you understand and relate to others?

oDiscuss the social, economic, and political character of your growing-up family. This should include not only "upper-middle-lower" class, but also, what type of occupation your father and/or mother worked, their education, etc.

oDiscuss your gender and how it influences your experiences.

oDiscuss your age and how it influences your experiences.

oDiscuss the religious orientation of your parents and how that background influences your experiences.

oDiscuss your sexual orientation and how that background influences your experiences.

oIdentify special events or experiences that were particularly memorable. Why were they memorable? What impact did they have on your later life? Specifically, were there memorable events related to your gaining your own independence from your family?

oWith all of the above in mind, reflect on how your life now (if you are married, your family life) is similar and/or different from that of your growing up family. What is your educational background?For example, with regard to social class, your rules for conducting yourself and your family, etc.

oHow would you compare your family to the family you grew up in?

Please note: the information submitted for this assignment is confidential and will not be shared with anyone except for your instructor.

This assignment is aligned to the following SLOs/EOs: 1a, 2e, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c

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Running head: WHO AM I

Who Am I
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WHO AM I

Family Background
My name is Jennifer Whitman, and I come from a biological family. My grandparents, both
from my mother’s and father’s side were Americans. Hence, my family line is from the United
States making us American nationals. Like any other American family, we have similar but also a
unique family background. For instance, I come from a nuclear family which is the most common
type of family formation in the United States.
However, my family has its own practices that can only be identified with the Whitmans.
For example, my family believes in setting free their children even before the age of sixteen. This
is supposed to nurture the sense responsibility in them so that other members of the family have
nothing to worry about when you stay out late. In other words, my family practices more lenient
curfews than the rest of the families in the United States.
Influence of Family’s Cultural Practices on My Experiences
As a result, I have grown into a very responsible adult that does not need any supervision
to act right. This has really helped me in the medical field that calls for a paramount sense of
responsibility. It has also given me an easy time in my practice since most of my superiors trust
me with the duties they assign. These are just a few ways in which the sense of responsibility that
I obtained from my family culture has rewarded me as there are more.
Consequently, my family has a culture whereby you have to communicate more often with
every member of the family. This in...


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