Values In My Vietnamese Culture

I am a first generation immigrant. My parents never finished college, they had to work to provide for us. As a result, my grandmother took care of me. I learned a considerable amount in the days that I would spend with my grandma. I learned how to speak Vietnamese fluently, and she also taught me about our culture and values. She made me eat every grain of rice so that I would never be wasteful. Respect, compassion and family are the utmost important values in my culture. I will bring these values with me to the Chancellor’s and Powers-Knapp community. With these values in mind I will join the student unions and add in my own Vietnamese culture, for example traditional recipes and music along with a passion for helping for helping those in need. …show more content…
In the asian student union I could reconnect with my culture and learn about other asian cultures, by helping and participating in traditional activities. When I started school I began to lose fluency in Vietnamese; I could learn to speak vietnamese fluently again from exposure to other students speaking it. The multicultural community would help me greatly, I can relate to many of the other students based on our backgrounds as minorities. This makes it easier to find friends with similar values that can help me thrive, both socially and academically. This is important to me because I believe that finding lifelong friends is the core to finding success. I know that everyone has their own opinions about what you can gain from college but these are the most important to