Chapter Review 3: Teresa’s Story: I Didn’t Want to Go to Church on Sunday
A.) Summary and Reaction
Teresa is a 23-year-old who immigrated to American as an infant and/or small child. She grew up in America and followed the new culture for the most part, except when it came to her parent’s values of gender, language, and religion. As Teresa got older she challenged most of these roles and became less involved with her parent’s values and created her own. I believe this is a very hard line to cross being from a collectivist culture. For me, I have been struggling with this concept for a very long time and still have struggled with what my true values should be. For example, in my family, gender roles and religion played a big part, which I will …show more content…
My father was very religious for most of my life. My father and mother are both Catholic and I was raised as a Catholic. My parents always wanted me to be a perfect Catholic girl, which came with a lot of expectations and Catholic guilt. My parents even named me Tiffany, which means the appearance or manifestation of God in Latin. I was a religious person for a long time, but eventually did not see the point of doing so anymore much like Teresa. I did not want to go to church at a certain point, but I was forced to do so. I even volunteered for my church for about seven …show more content…
This is because she would have grown up in another country and would have to acculturate because of it. Teresa’s was an infant when she immigrated so she probably did not remember most of the move to America. She grew up with the American beliefs and also learned those of her Lebanese/Armenian ancestors from her parents. By the time, she was an adolescent she had learned primarily the American culture and did not have to worry about her other values because they were already merged together as she grew up. I felt the same way because I was born in America and learned more about my Italian and Filipino culture as I grew
A.) Summary and Reaction
Teresa is a 23-year-old who immigrated to American as an infant and/or small child. She grew up in America and followed the new culture for the most part, except when it came to her parent’s values of gender, language, and religion. As Teresa got older she challenged most of these roles and became less involved with her parent’s values and created her own. I believe this is a very hard line to cross being from a collectivist culture. For me, I have been struggling with this concept for a very long time and still have struggled with what my true values should be. For example, in my family, gender roles and religion played a big part, which I will …show more content…
My father was very religious for most of my life. My father and mother are both Catholic and I was raised as a Catholic. My parents always wanted me to be a perfect Catholic girl, which came with a lot of expectations and Catholic guilt. My parents even named me Tiffany, which means the appearance or manifestation of God in Latin. I was a religious person for a long time, but eventually did not see the point of doing so anymore much like Teresa. I did not want to go to church at a certain point, but I was forced to do so. I even volunteered for my church for about seven …show more content…
This is because she would have grown up in another country and would have to acculturate because of it. Teresa’s was an infant when she immigrated so she probably did not remember most of the move to America. She grew up with the American beliefs and also learned those of her Lebanese/Armenian ancestors from her parents. By the time, she was an adolescent she had learned primarily the American culture and did not have to worry about her other values because they were already merged together as she grew up. I felt the same way because I was born in America and learned more about my Italian and Filipino culture as I grew