Traditional medicine

of my best friends, and his family immigrated to the United States before he was born. His parents are both Chinese, but they never speak Chinese to him. Once, I had a traditional Chinese dance performance at the Chinese Mid-autumn Festival Gala. We met backstage and chatted for a while, James said, “Your graceful Chinese traditional dance is excellent! I heard someone praise that the dance goes perfectly with the music and the lyrics, but it’s a pity that I don’t understand the lyrics. That’s…

family, the first but not last challenge they needed to overcome may be gender conflicts while integrating into a society. Yinyi Zhong, a 41 years old Chinese woman who immigrated to California with her family in 2012, challenged the gender role of traditional Chinese value but faced the dilemma of balancing her social identity between a Chinese and an American. Her experience as a Chinese immigrant woman in the United States demonstrated Takaki’s concept of twice a minority and the transition…

support yourself. These scenarios are typical for many non-traditional students when attending college and can make it difficult for them to connect with other students around them. One way they can get involved with their new peers is to join a Registered Student Organization(RSO). However, the problem with this approach, for a non-traditional student, is the time commitment required to join an RSO. The extra responsibilities of a non-traditional student result in them having one thing in…

Chapter Summary: 1 Talks about Billy, Bobby, Dale, Sully, and Bugsby, the crew on Adrea Grail, one of the biggest money making fishing boats. A big part of chapter 1 is another crew on a different boat found a bottle with a note in it at Georges Bank, and came from the Falcon, which dissapeared a year before, foreshowdowing what could happen later in the book to Andrea Grail. The rest of the chapter talks about how dangerous Georges bank is and how unpredictable the ocean is. 2 The crew comes…

Tai Chi: The Medical Benefits Sean Zielinski Southern New Hampshire University Tai Chi: The Medical Benefits Tai Chi Ch’uan part of the Shaolin martial arts styles with influential bonds to the Buddhist monasteries, often shortened to Tai Chi, dates back to the 12th century. The ancient Chinese martial arts involves three primary aspects: Health, Meditation, and Martial Arts. Tai Chi, although originally a martial arts, is now mainly practiced today as a form of exercise with a plethora of…

There is no doubt that everyone wants to accomplish the American dream; however, it can never be attained unless one is willing to sacrifice and suffer. In fact, many new immigrants selflessly make many sacrifices so that their children may have an opportunity to realize this feat. In Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club, Tan demonstrates how four Chinese mothers immigrate to America in hope for a better future. While they are able to enjoy the freedom that they could not find in China, they are not able to…

To believers, the African religion is strong and steadfast – possessing the power to help those in need, and provide strength to the weak. The tools of Ogun and Ocosi are powerful representations of the religion, and its meaning within the lives of believers. Ogun, the god of blacksmith, is a strong, muscular, and serious spirit symbolized by iron, whereas Ocosi is the god of hunting. Ocosi is a just, ambitious, and familial spirit symbolized mostly by a bow and arrow. The tools of these gods…

Hinduism, traditional African religions and Judaism. These religions are brought by European and other foreign settlers. Traditional African religion is based on oral traditions, which means that the tradition does not have religious principles, but has a cultural identity which is passed on through stories, myths and tales. People gather up in a community with the spiritual leaders. The leaders usually give people advice and lead the way for them. Ancestors are called by traditional healers so…

University Southeast is traditional students under the age of 25. With the decreasing numbers of traditional students attending IUS, a target market they are striving for are non-traditional students and transfer students. This includes students who are single parents, veterans, international students, those returning to college after interruptions in their education, those who carry significant family and work obligations, those who self-identify as being a non-traditional student, and those…

Women 30 years old and Older, Returning to School Introduction Literature Review According to Judith Berman Brandenburg, Assistant Professor and Counseling Psychologist, Department of Student Personnel, Queens College of the City University of New York, “many of these women are returning to school at what some would call middle motherhood, typically between the ages of 35 and 45.” Brandenburg goes on to say, many of these women returning to school is more situational than related to their age…