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    I ‘am originally from Cameroon located in the center part of Africa, in which French and English are the main language. I ‘am coming from a middle class family, and speaking French as a main language, and Bafia as a vernacular language. I ‘am a first born of twelve children and grew up surrounded by my parents and eleven siblings. I was a happy kid according to the fact that my parents were working very hard to meet our needs. Hence, I was respectful to other people, and obedient child to my…

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    stories that discussed the conflicts and difficulties seen when having a new family. These writings told the stories of women who struggled with being in a new lifestyle and their struggles they had to face between their in-laws. A couple of the stories, like “The Language of Family” and “The Food Factory” were about the difficulty of the women and learning the Turkish language in order to communicate with their new families. The other stories that we read were “Cherry Pie” and “Water Under the…

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    by other neighboring communities’ language. The language of these neighboring communities eventually adapts and have a great impact to the daily usage of language and culture. There is a difference between Northern California culture and Southern California culture because of the social context. If individuals from two different societies come together, then social relations will be affected because people’s different lifestyle has a great influence on language. The change in culture is caused…

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    Mission Statement Here at Speech Buddies it is our mission to help improve the lives of children who may come from lower income families that suffer from any speech or language disabilities. We like to include all members of the child’s family in every step of the way, celebrating any milestones met. No matter how small or big the speech disability may be will are willing to see that your child gets the most out of each therapy session and time spent at our center, Speech Buddies is here to…

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    the Army had assigned him to William O. Darby Kaserne and later that month our family, would be uprooted from suburban Seattle and replanted in a rural yet medieval Nuremberg, Germany. Thus far, my world as I knew it had been a two-story cream-colored house with white trimming occupied by nuclear family, my two elder brothers, Hiram, 6 and Theodore, 4, my mother and father. In this world there existed only one language, English and only one me.. After a grueling 20-hour flight, stopping in…

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    from modern society because they choose to live the lifestyle of their ancestors and they know that the traditional way of living is still able to be done. They work hard to provide each other and their own families the food and supplies needed to live. This is done by them maintaining family farms and building or crafting most items they need during their lifetime. Working together in the community plays a big role in their success as a society. They all work together in their small communities…

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    My Family Stereotypes

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    My family consists of my mom, dad, sister and myself. We are just missing the dog named Fido, a ‘57 Chevy and a recipe book of casseroles to become the perfect 1950’s model suburban family. However I believe we are far from the stereotype for a boring vanilla family. This might be just because I am a member of it, but I think we are pretty cool. My sister is ten years younger than I, so we do not have the classic sibling rivalry in competing for attention. We are very close and actually quite…

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    States. There were various concerns that Carlos encounters while being dragged between two cultures. As the head of the household, especially in his culture, the father responsibility was to provide income to ensure at least the basic needs of the family, food clothes, and shelter. However, after leaving the Dominican Republic, his economic status drastically shifts from wealthy with servants to low-income avoiding Government assistance due to his father’s support. Granted, he faced a…

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    because money issues. Also, that made me a hard wroker and a better person. First, not having my dad to support a family of four was the biggest struggle to overcome. My family was in a difficult sistuation, but working hard as a team we fix the problem. For example, my two oldest brothers had to drop out of school to put food on the table. They would worked hard in order for the family to have a better life. After a short time, that my dad passed away we came…

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    Yanomami Essay

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    is needed for cooking and for fires. This takes several hours and is very hard work. Men, women, and children fish. Yanomami men are the hunters. They hunt for tapir, peccary, birds, and monkey. The hunter never eats his own meat but shares it with family and friends. Then he will be given meat by another hunter. Men do the heavy work such as felling trees and clearing underbrush for a garden to be planted. Men are also the fighters or warriors. Many times a war between villages starts because…

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