A member in my family has an illness, not like most illnesses that come to mind, such as cancer or other diseases. This illness affects my family's lives. Most people don´t understand how it can affect others, but it does affect like how most sicknesses do. Many people suffer from this illness. This illness is alcoholism. I never truly understood why this illness occurred, mostly because I was so young at the time. My questions began when I was around six. I remember this event like it was just
holds significance. The relationships I have with my high school friends will not all last. As the end of my senior year approaches, the unfortunate reality sets in that not all the friendships I have established will endure. Thankfully I will always hold onto the memories and impacts each relationship had on me. Moving on is healthy and losing touch with friends is okay.
Journal 7 In hispanic culture family is the most important thing in someones life. When I was listening to the video, they talked about how this dynamic is different in the hispanic culture. Specifically they pointed out the importance of the grandparents and I can attest to this notion as my grandmother is the most important person in my life. I love my parents and have a great relationship with them, but my grandmother stole my heart and I would do anything for her. I found this as an interesting
these words. My journey into healthcare began 18 years ago, when I started working as a medical assistant in family practice before becoming a Registered Nurse (RN). Initially, my exposure to patients was limited to technical skills, billing, working with patients and being part of a team focused on improving patients’ health and well being, proved very rewarding. Although my job brought me personal satisfaction, it was not until I became a nurse that I began to understand the importance of the care
along the nursing career but also in my personal life situations that require a more objective approach. The importance of questioning and reasoning appear as the normal way to be, without ignoring
be very fruitful to me in my future prospects as I improved my teaching in the outdoors in my three weeks practicum placement. This project glances my curiosity in primarily two aims such as to get more self-confidence in setting up an outdoor experiences and also continue to support their physical development. But the part of this project I found most fascinating was the methods I used to achieve this project such as partnership with the families. I found that Family is a central part of the child’s
symbolism make The Fall of the House of Usher a captivating short story. Poe’s usual style of writing is about death and fear, however, in this short story he shows the importance of relationships, and how dangerous isolation is from the rest of society by using imagery, diction and symbolism. In this short story, Poe shows the importance of relationships by his uses of diction and symbolism. “ He admitted, however, although with hesitation, that much of the peculiar gloom which thus afflicted him could
My grandmother grew up in a time where Perth Amboy was made up of almost exclusively of white identifying people. She grew up being called a spick by her classmates while being discriminated against by teachers for being smarter than the white kids being a Hispanic woman. At a young age, I was running around the senior citizens building while my grandmother played bingo and this is where I learned the importance of race. I spoke to my grandmother in Spanish quite often
Family History Hmong soldiers fought in the secret war against the Pathet Lao after being recruited by the U.S. CIA. Thus, after the secret war, thousands of Hmong abandon their homes, land, and livestock in Lao to flee to Thailand in fear of persecution or were killed by the Pathet Lao. This resulted in Hmong immigrating to the United States in the late 1970s through 2007 in waves. (Collier, Munger, & Moua, 2012). My family originally lived in Laos before they fled to Thailand by crossing over
In my lifetime I hope to pass down many traditions that my family has. Some examples of these traditions that I want to pass on are going up to our hunting camp the weekend before the season opener, snowmobiling, and going up to my cabin in Hayward, Wisconsin. These are among the many things that my family has done for a long time and it’s important that I continue them. Along with traditions being passed down, it is important to me that our family stories get passed down. I