Our world is changing and people are learning about different cultures and freedoms. ... Leaving his home town he still knew what was expected of him but he disregarded those feelings. ... In our case it's worse- you are not even an Ibo- (204). ... That place was a small town in Slovakia. ... I know that in my town everyone would disapprove or it would create friction within the town, if there was a person who wanted to marry a non catholic. ...

• Word Count: 1383
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

The media and mainstream social science research play major roles in characterizing the Black family. ... African-Americans have a strong work ethic within our families. ... Within our families and community, there are more flexible roles, meaning that our parents do not necessarily have to be there all day everyday for us. Our grandparents, aunts, uncles, and sometimes cousins take on the role of mother and father while our real parents are working, out of town, or if for some reason our biological parents are no longer around. ... We sing, dance, shout, and cry during our service. ...

• Word Count: 1387
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Family has always played a big role in the lives and development of an individual and developing from a collectivist state is what is considered traditional to many. ... But with the modern change in gender roles in society, our current views allow us to "switch camera angels" and just focus on the talent. ... He works in the mines like most of the men in his town and has aspirations for Billy to join him working in the mines or become a boxer like the other boys in the town. ... Billy's father is the instigator of all major family decision in his household, he is the provider i...

• Word Count: 1889
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One day when I return from playing babushka tells me that I must quickly hide as the men with the shiny boots are searching for others like me. ... The weather had begun to get warm and we spent most our days helping our landlord with the many farm chores. ... Discouraged and defeated I went to my room and for the first time decided that I did not agree with my parents.Each day on our way to school Miriam and I would put on our red lipstick and change our clothes , so that our parents would suspect nothing. ... Things got even better when I discovered that Miriam's boyfriend played baske...

• Word Count: 2372
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• Grade Level: High School

James Missouri, a true southern cow-town with beautiful hay and cornfields for miles. ... We began eating and nodded our heads in appreciation to grandma for making breakfast. ... Chad and I were playing one of my most favorite games with Dad, Airplane. ... With Chad being six years older than me, he was always my protector and play partner. ... He provides in our times of need." Grandma said with a smile. ...

• Word Count: 1433
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• Grade Level: High School

(Gretzky, 16) To start off, Wayne has been playing hockey ever since he was a young boy, he would be playing on the river or in the living room at his grandma's house. ... Also, you can tell that Wayne enjoyed playing hockey. ... And that's when our best hockey is played. ... Although, Gretzky is the best hockey player of all time, his small town of Brantford treated him terribly. He was six years old playing on a ten year old team, people were telling little six year old Wayne to play his age. ...

• Word Count: 1402
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• Grade Level: High School

All our aspects of life are shaped from our culture. ... But our culture, no matter what our identity is, shapes us. ... Friends also come into play in this book. ... One's spirituality also comes into play here as we look at Siddhartha's experience with the Samanas. "Some Samanas once passed through Siddhartha's town....

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• Grade Level: High School

Not to mention the ones I played in.... ... Raanana became quite a large town during my years growing up, but the main occupants are still white middle/upper class Jews. ... My mother always wanted me to find an Ethiopian girl, to make our multi-cultured family complete. ... Of course small towns still live by the old values, but the consensus is very positive toward single people. ... Although married, she will play with her friends as before, not yet doing the chores of a grown woman. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He lives in a much more urban town than Luke. ... Potok begins his novel with a baseball game that Reuven is playing in against a school of Hasidic Jews. ... On one Saturday, the day the whole family goes into town, the Spruills came too. ... Cowboy was injured by Hank in a "friendly" game of baseball that was played between the Mexicans and the Hill people. ... It is a shame that in our society, people must suffer through hard times in order to grow and become more mature. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At school the rambunctious boy gets dirty, plays baseball while his sister and her friends, in little skirts, play house with dolls, a miniature stove, washing machine and car. ... Before they play "chicken" and one of them dies, off the cliff, Jim asks "why do we do this?" ... Not even the music was sincere, as Gitlin points out, the music is taken from the black side of town, bleached, stripped of some kind of soul and mass produced by white boys. ... The youth culture was all about breaking out, they just didn't know it yet, everything was a way of saying that something is changing, ...

• Word Count: 1332
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

On our way out into the lobby we saw my uncle Kiko and my grandfather Lupe waiting for us. ... When I finished eating, I went outside to take a look around town. ... We played for a couple of hours, and as the sun began to go down, I decided it was time for me to go home. ... We walked twice around the plaza, and then I asked Imelda if she wanted to sit down on a bench and listen to the banda play its' music. ... After I talked to him for about an hour, I went back to my grandparents house to get ready for our trip. ...

• Word Count: 2069
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• Grade Level: High School

The band was playing old western tunes. ... One day while visiting a near-by town, Nick saw her strolling down the street. ... Every time you had a day off though it was our time together. ... You both will always remain in our lives. You have given us so much knowledge that we will use to raise our children. ...

• Word Count: 1602
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• Grade Level: High School

It didn't have a cover over it and it would have been dangerous for a little kid to be playing in the basement. ... The 4th of July is our family holiday. ... The adults always go golfing on the morning of the 4th and get back in just enough time to watch the 4th of July Parade go throughout the town. ... In our readings we read about myths. ... It's how we learn about our pasts; it's how we shape our futures. ...

• Word Count: 1461
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• Grade Level: High School

Granddaddy worked at a factory in town that made car parts, but he was home every afternoon by 4:00. ... After the popcorn was gone and our show went off, it was time for bed. ... Hunker up meant that we should put our backs together, draw our knees up to our stomachs, and let our feet touch to make heat. ... After much begging, Granny let Pam and me go outside to play in the snow. ... Our family celebrated every holiday, every birthday, and every Sunday dinner there. ...

• Word Count: 1669
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I remember many times I couldn't have both my parents together at a party because someone had to keep an eye on the restaurant we owned in our home town. Working so many hours and different shifts didn't turn out so good for our family. ... I started to concentrate less in school, had bad grades, and didn't want to play with my friends. ... My mother made a decision to move to America so we could start a new chapter of our lives. ... A successful outcome of each stage gives us a virtue, which we carry with us throughout our lifetime. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

., tiger mom, strict on their child and plays mahjong while gossiping) which well illustrates each character's hardship, oppression, power dynamics that they faced. ... Ann-Mei's mother returns home after the night but the rumor is already circulated around the town. ... This demonstrates lack of respect of women in China, it was the Merchant Wu Tsing who raped An-Mei's mother; however, people in the town including her own parents and aunts blame An-Mei's mother for showing temptation, alluring the man. ...

• Word Count: 2268
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gender Roles Gender plays a role in defining the expectations and behaviors of each family member and makes up a significant part of family health care (Wright & Leahey, 2013). ... Our first child was born less than a year into our marriage, and she wasn't even a year old when we found out we were expecting again. ... All of their family was born and raised within the same small town and have lived here since birth. ...

• Word Count: 2116
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• Grade Level: High School

We moved from our apartment in the city to a place in the suburbs. Our father took us out of school in the middle of the year. Once we moved and started in our new schools I started to rebel. ... My mother made arrangements with my school saying that were going out of town in a few weeks and that I would not be back in school for about 3 weeks.. ... My friends from school would come by on the weekends to see her and they would spend the whole day asking me questions and playing with her. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The children either attended daycare or preschools in two suburban towns of a large city. ... Consistent with their hypothesis, gender played a role in judging discipline practices. ... Gender plays a tremendous role in parental favoritism and the Journal of Science conducted research in order to determine whether gender has an effect on parental favoritism. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When I found out that I was going to write a paper on my family and our culture, it never struck me that I would be looking into their past. ... He then began to tell me that he left his small town of Mexicali. ... My mom did not want them to play any school sports because that was manly of them to do that. ... They allowed my sisters to play in school sports, and they would go to their games and cheer them on. ... We are all expected to do our part in the home as well. ...

• Word Count: 2440
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School