Samoans

Usually all earthquakes happen the same, but the way an earthquake actually occurs is such a spectacular process that everyone should get to know. They are created by many active fault zones within the Earth (Fronabarger). Most earthquakes are made along faults, tectonic plate boundary zones, or even along mid-oceanic ridges (Pidwirny). Small earthquakes can be caused by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments (Science Daily). Sun and moon cause tremors by creating…

How does Culture Affect Gender and Personality Cultural influences affect gender and personalities for several reasons. Cultural influence is important and occurs in all communities in the United States of America. Some people say that culture influence and personalities should make individual decisions super on certain societies. Some say that culture influence and gender hinder self-expression. However, we can look at culture influences, gender, and personalities in term of how we study…

Disenfranchised Groups in America "What if the skinheads want to do the Pledge of Allegiance, we 're gonna [sic] do that too?" said Laura Ingraham, on her radio show."To some people that would be offensive, we 're gonna[sic] let them do that?"(Connar) Ingraham was commenting on an upstate New York school where a student saying the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic, with the intention of celebrating and promoting multiculturalism during foreign language week. There are many people in this country…

bullying and the mental health challenges among the Hawaii youths. It was established from this study that the prevalence of cyber-bullying is so high with 56% youths reporting to have bullied (Geobert et al, 2010). The study also established that the Samoan and Filipino youth felt badly about themselves because of cyber-bullying. In other words, cyber-bullying had got the potential to impact negatively on the victim’s self esteem. Cyber-bullying and its relationship with mental health…

Able et al. (2001) have conducted research on various sleeping arrangements in different ethnic groups; Pakeha, Maori, Pacific people which include Tongan, Samoan, Cook Islander and Niuean with their infants under 12 month in New Zealand. This essay focuses on the comparison in infant sleeping arrangements among different culture. Moreover, further discussion of attachment theory in which mainly focusing on Ainsworth (1979) research findings and a hypothesis on relationships between maternal…

Malaysia Airline continuing trouble in the passengers’ cancellations or withdrawn reservations at least 20%. As many passengers switched to another airline company during the crisis. For example, to attend the World Cup held in France in July, the Samoan women’s rugby group changed their plan from taking flight of Malaysia Airline to Thai…

perseverance and belief in their ability resulted in a good work ethic and academic success for Pasifika learners. These qualities appear to feature in many Pasifika values, including fa’aaloalo (respect), feagaiga (covenant between others) in the Samoan culture and fefaka’apa’apa’aki (mutual respect), lototoo (humility and generosity), tauhi vaha’a (loyalty and commitment) in the Tongan culture (Anae, 2014; Tonga Tourism Authority, 2014). Therefore, it is understandable why Pasifika learners…

evidence has evidence that homosexuality has existed for over 1,000 years. To this day, only one population of transgendered gays has been considered when testing theories about the evolution of male androphilia: the fa’fafine of Samoa. Fa’fafine are samoan biological males who act in the ways of females. The fa’fafine tend to show avuncular tendencies or a particular closeness to an uncle. Even when compared to a control group that lacked parental care they were still tested as having a better…

Great Grandma Sunema I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. I know who I have become, and I know God’s plan for me. I have my great grandmother, Sunema Sisifo Letelemaana, to thank. Her conversion story into the Mormon church has made me the person I am today. I have gained many of Sunema’s personality traits such as her musical and athletic talents, I also come off as shy and soft spoken. According to my family, I appear charismatic because when I do speak I have the…

“The United States had exploded in new forms of violence-assassination, riots in protest against racial oppression and against war, violence related to drugs and just youthful exuberance, and even forms of cult violence”(Cowan). Much of American literature is reflected upon modern society consisting of crime, murders, gangs, and warfare—factors that appeal to violence. The feeling of suspense creates a pounding effect in the individual to think and act a certain way after reading a work. They…