Acculturation

Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. “Some insects, fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is usually accompanied by a change of habitat or behavior”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki). But this change has been incorporated to human’s life…

Polyglots tend to be revered by society. They’re masters of many languages, able to comprehend the speech of different countries and cultures. As you stand there, listening to the trained tongue of a polyglot listing off language after language that they have in their arsenal, your eyes begin to glaze over from the continuous rhythm of their words, lulling you to sleep. You fool! How could you fall asleep? Wake up! They have the ability to speak six or more languages, and here you are, you…

Yuli Juarez Section: 4:30-5:40pm TA’s name: Lenny Throughout the years more and more youth are being separated from their families and are being sent to foster homes. As more children and youth enter foster homes they are also staying longer periods of time, meaning that something is not working as efficiently as it should be in the foster care system. These children and youth are being sent to foster homes because the types of relationships that they encounter at home with…

TEXAS’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CPONTIRBUTION TOTHE SOUTHERN STATES Introduction The conquest of Western America shapes the present as thoroughly as it tested the ideals of the United States. The significance of Western history for the American nation cannot be understated. The American West was a meeting ground of different cultures consisting of the American Indians, Anglo Americans, African Americans and Asian Americans. All these contributed immensely to the history of the West given…

In hopes of securing a more prosperous life, many Asian immigrant families endure the challenges of communal adjustment and struggle to meet the basic needs for survival. Immigrants make desperate efforts to resettle and adapt to a new culture, only to be hindered by issues with social acceptance. They often encounter ethnic discrimination, alienation from the majority, and ridicule for their inexperience with the primary language of the foreign country. Despite the seemingly endless onslaught…

According to Bronfenbrenner's ecological models, development is affected by a number of systems within the environment with the child being the center. The model recognizes five ecological systems. They are the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem (Boyd & Bee, 2012). These interactions with either will help or hurt the child’s development, which is why this model is important to understand. Microsystem implies the immediate environment of a person. These surroundings…

are often in cream or coordinated colors. At times I struggled to understand Lily’s terms on specific details, not knowing Spanish, she had to spell them out for me. I admired her perseverance in trying to understand English grammar better. Acculturation needs to occur inside America, a fusion of ethnic dances permeating society from those individuals who have settled in America. A transformation involving dance in the American societies fabric towards joy, celebration, and enjoyment for all…

The discovery of the New World was not the first encounter of immigration, nor will immigration into the United States cease within the 21st century. The United States consists of a large group of individuals who are different from one another in more ways than one. If two Americans were compared today, it would be apparent that they are not entirely “American”, or “white” (Robbins), but there is no doubt that they had to go through similar processes to arrive and assimilate. Upon the discovery…

Disability Culture and the Need for Mentorship Programs within the Disabled Community Were you born like that? I didn’t even realize you were disabled. Can you be fixed? You don’t act disabled. These are comments that people with disabilities often encounter, I myself, as a person with a disability, has encountered some of these as well. Over one billion people in the world, or fifteen percent of the world’s population, are disabled--making people with disabilities the largest minority group…

Successful organizations have strategic leaders who build flexible organizational cultures (Hughes, Beatty, & Dinwoodie, 2005). This paper unpacks this complex methodology for success by examining and articulating recommendations for the administrative team of Grace Church in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This paper includes an examination of the team in the context of strategic leadership, recommendations for improved strategic leadership, an examination of the team’s organizational culture,…