Grandfather's Journey

Intercultural Experience Fieldwork Report: Santeria in the Cuban Culture The topic I chose to study and write my research paper about is the Santeria religion, specifically Cuban immigrants in Miami as well as some first generation Americans who are descendants of native Cubans. My goal was to learn more about the secretive religion that many people seem to automatically fear and hate and provide evidence that the religion is in fact a peaceful one that aims to improve humans to become the best…

During my 19 years of life, I’ve attended 7 different schools, lived in a total of 9 houses, owned 12 cars and trucks, and was a bridesmaid in my mother’s wedding. I was born on January 1, 1997 in Kailua Kona, Hawai’i. At the age of 5, I was blessed with a baby brother, Shayne, who is now twice my size. When I was 6 years old, my parents separated and it turned our lives upside down. It was during their separation that my grandparents, on my mother’s side, that became a second set of parents to…

the two men are caught and put in jail. The bag turns out to be filled with the bones of his dead grandfather and not the gold.. Milkman then goes on a journey to find the gold, but instead finds out more about himself and where he comes from as stated, “He also learns that the real gold in Shalimar is his African heritage” (Milliman 1). On his journey in Shalimar, he continues to have many near-death…

She challenges him to give up his trust in knowledge and thought that seemed right to him by sensitizing him that his knowledge does not help him to get ahead in his journey. By making him realize that she stays at the Butler’s mansion because of vengeance and not love, she shows him the importance of listening to her to understand the happenings. The farewell scene is crucial since it is the first time that he respects…

The impact that Literacy has had on me, made me the person I am today. When I write or read I go into a different world, my mind and body go free. When I write I have the ability to say anything that pops to my head. Growing up my dad introduced me to poetry, he even had one of his poems published. My dad wrote a poem about me called “Little Man”. I often think to myself as I sit in my room about becoming a writer, my dad always says you can accomplish anything you set your mind to, anything…

1. Sutter Memorial Hospital Volunteer My main responsibility was to assist the technician, nurses, and physicians. I sanitized the room after the patient had been discharged by wiping down all surfaces with disinfecting or bleach wipes, periodically checking on the patients to ensure they are satisfied with care and provide them with anything they need to make their stay more comfortable. In addition of my normal responsibilities I learned how to do some of the tech’s duties such as EKG and…

Success Comes from Hard Work My grandfather has always been a great inspiration to many. Many people grow up having everything handed to them. This makes people not work hard to obtain what they desire. My grandfather is an admirable man. He had to overcome several serious obstacles in order to succeed in life. Many people didn’t believe in him. When he was younger he was told to be like everybody else, but he wanted to make a difference, therefore he did. He grew up in a little town called…

To dance with someone is to become one with him. When you dance, you lay selves aside and you try to move as one person. Every step flows cautiously into the next. The dance is a journey; one that brings two often very different people together. For that brief time that the two are dancing, they act as one person, laying all differences aside. The film, Dances with Wolves, accomplishes this feat by disregarding cultural barriers and focuses on people for who they are as individuals. In the film,…

“I Will Never Be the Same” June 5, 1805 was the date in Alva’s great grandfather’s journal. Alva’s great grandfather went by the name of Al, short for Alva as well. Al lived in Southern Illinois, in a little pioneer house. Alva never met Al, but was always fond of the stories his dad would tell of him. Alva was so intrigued by the stories that his father told, that his father finally decided to hand down Al’s old journal to Alva, to fill his curiosity of everything about his Great grandfather…

It is not easy in this area to say people live above $2.50. Remember business people in this area are a few, they are the minority. The majority of people are small peasants and pastoralists, so we are still in less than a $1 a day. I can say far below from a dollar per day. I don’t know how to say it, it is far below a dollar per day because when a farmer harvest, for example, in Mara, the majority of them cultivate maize, Millet, sorghum, beans, cassava, some of them tobacco and cotton a…