Personal Narrative: The Cultural Experience I Had A Baby Shower

“Good times in your culture makes good memories”. Good memories can connect to your culture even if it’s good or bad. Your culture can have many different things about it . There’s different kinds of cultures. Some people are dedicated to their culture. People do things in their culture many different ways and some people do things the same way if they have the same culture. My cultural identity is interesting because of all the memories, food, and a specific t.v show.

It was always odd talking about my culture because we as Hispanics are very family oriented. As a kid, I hardly spent time with my friends outside of school. My cousins were my friends. For Lahiri, it was difficult to get along with her friends as well. She states, “In addition to my distinguishing name and looks, I did not attend Sunday school, did not know how to ice-skate, and disappeared to India for months at a time. Many if these friends proudly called themselves Irish- American or Italian- American” (Lahiri 98). I can relate to Lahiri because I understand where she’s coming from. I would visit el Salvador nearly every summer, and none of my friends would even know. Since my parents could barely communicate with my friends, it was hard to spend much

I'm just a teenager who lives in the United States. My parents are originally from a small pueblo in Mexico so my cultural background is Mexican. The Mexican culture includes bright colors, loud music, good food, and loud people who love to dance. A quincenera is a traditional celebration when a Hispanic girl turns 15. My cousin's quincenera was not too long ago , so I'll tell you about what I remember and how they connect to my culture.

Being a Hispanic means being individuals who have a rich history preceding her that no one can deny. A history full of guidance and tradition. As part of the Hispanic culture, there are certain foods that are not included in the wider society. Every New Year’s Eve my mom and I cook Buñuelos, which are fried cheesy dough balls. This a traditional plate for celebrating the New Year. Hispanic cultures are also immensely affectionate I always expect to greet others with passion and affections ranging from hugs to kisses on the cheek.

Growing up in Laredo where diversity is low, we tend to get comfortable in what we consider “normal”. Laredo is a small, border town in south Texas with approximately two hundred fifty thousand citizens (United States Census Bureau). About ninety-five percent of that population is Hispanic (United States Census Bureau). My friend, Ali, is from India and still practices most of the customs from her culture. So I would’ve imagined she experienced some serious culture shock moving here. However, I later came to find she’s lived in the United States most of her life. I hadn’t understood how immense the difference from her culture was from mine until the end of my junior year in high school.

Tequila, Mariachi and Tacos are well known for my country, México. I was born in Puebla but since I was 6 years old I came to live to Jalisco. As a Mexican we like to describe ourselves as cheerful y nature. Our Traditions consists of a numerous festivities, a traditional background that reflects the spirituality in the population, as a result of the beliefs from the Mexicas and the Catholic’s Spanish conquistadors. Some of my favorite festivities include the Day of the Death, we celebrate the return of the dead to visit their live relatives. My family as a traditional one is warm, welcoming and hospitable, our family reunions contains a vast scope of ingredients and colors. Although, I grew up in is traditional shaped and now that I am 17

I am Scottish and English, but that means absolutely nothing to me. To me I am your classic white american boy. I am from Lake George New York, born in Glens Falls Hospital. I love to watch American football(My team is the NY Jets or the NY Giants) I am a big Gamer, and I LOVE to grill.

I come from a small rural farm where I was born and raised all my life and where I grew up with two loving parents and one sister. Ever since I was a young girl, religion has always been a big part of my life because I was born and raised Catholic. My mothers’ side of the family is German Catholic decent and my fathers’ race is German and Cherokee Indian. Even though they are mainly German combined I have always found it interesting that I have Native American blood running through my veins. It is obvious that my parents are both Caucasian and were middle class individuals when I was growing up. I would now classify my parents to be in the higher class because they are worth more now then twenty-five years ago. Even though my parents have more money now than what they did when growing up on the farm, a strong work ethic was important to my parents. I am thankful they instilled this within me because I have always worked hard for everything in my life and I know that this will payoff for me one day. My parents also told me that education will get me further in life and it has. I am the first of my family to graduate from college let alone getting my masters as well. So when looking

What is my Cultural Identity? When I try to look into that subject I come up blank. I have no clue. The things that fly in and out of my mind are ethnicity, religion, family traditions that have been practiced for as long as we can trace... Given this was before I actually learned anything about it. And after school that day I wanted to see what others thought it was. So I went to the most reliable place ever, the Internet and proceed to look around. Don't do that, you’ll only get more confused; Wait for your teacher to explain it. There’s a good chance you’ll do better in the long run. And is wasn’t until after all the lessons and assignments I realized I had learned more about know who I am than I had in my entire life. Cultural identity

As a Mexican-American person my perspective of Cultural Identity is unique from other people. The music I listen to, the food I eat, and the way I dress is different. Mexico is my country and so is United States, I love both of them. My mom was born in Mexico and my dad in California. I have two types of culture, my Mexican culture and the way of life in the U.S.

Do you ever feel like your culture is changing, or it is changing and you just do not know? Well mine does, and there are many elements that make up my culture, and this elements change. They change because I am introduced into a new culture and some aspects of that culture gets me interested leading me to change certain things about my cultural identity. My cultural identity is based off of three major elements. The first element is religion, my parents force me to do these religious things but then I end up enjoying them. The second element is art, I use art to impress others and hope on making new friends doing so. The last major element is social organization, I have a wide variety of friends and family contributed to the definition of me.

Skating is a main part of my cultural identity, but so is riding dirt bikes and quads. Aside from the fun activity’s, I have more important things to do, such as getting good grades so I can get into college, and being respectful to others and myself.

I do believe that my cultural experiences have influenced my development of self esteem as a child. In high school, I didn't really feel like I fit in because of all the ethnicity clicks. For example you had the Hispanics sit at one table, then the Haitians, Jamaicans, and Asians sit at another. A lot of the time it was like if you weren't "one of them" then you couldn't sit with them. But this is where my problem was, I wasn't just one of them, I had a little bit of this culture, and a little bit of that culture so I was basically "in between." This unfortunately brought my self esteem down, I didn't really know my value, and I was confused on who I actually suppose to be.

The cultural background that I have come from is a rural agricultural farm. Farming is an industry that is not very easy and through working on my family farm I have come in contact with many struggles and hardships. I have also had hardships through the loss of loved ones. Having to deal with many of these trials in my life has helped me to become a stronger woman. I have also been able to show more dedication, hard work, commitment, and enthusiasm towards my leadership roles and the interactions that I have with others within my involvement of my job, clubs, and volunteer work.

There is a lot that happens throughout an individual's life that can shape them into the person they become in the future. For examples the culture of the family, what religion they are, the socioeconomic status, and even how an individual reacts the situations they are put into.