When I made my family crest, I thought about more than what would be aesthetically pleasing. I thought about my family’s traits and values,everything in my crest related to them in some way. I was originally going to use the definition of my surname to create my coat of arms, but I didn’t think that it represented my family. My last name is derived from the name Matthew, meaning, ‘gift of God,’ but my family is not religious and I feel like the meaning makes us out to be something that we’re not.
Embodying these respects were important to me and I felt responsible for finding the perfect way to portray my family. My family’s values such as intelligence, integrity, and determination were what helped me create my coat of arms.
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Working hard and striving to meet your goals is something I have been taught to do since I was very young. My father taught me that the easy way is not always the way to go. Working for what you want is important, because if everything is given to you, you expect thing to always be that way. People who do not work for what they want are lazy and unappreciative because they do not know the work it takes to achieve your goals. My father worked two jobs in college and refused to have the state pay for his education(due to his strong Native American ancestry). He said it was because not only was he treated better than Native Americans since he had the privilege of being white, but that many other students had to work for their education and he felt like he shouldn’t have an advantage. Determination and ambition is something that I wish to have, and although there are traits that I admire more than those, I still wish that I had more determination and drive. My family is different from most, however, I think everyone has a quirky family. It was difficult to embody them in the coat of arms that I made, but I think that I did a pretty good job of doing so. My family’s values are close to mine, and I think they’re pretty great values to have, because I will always hold them close to me. It is in my nature to share their values. Intelligence, integrity, and determination are very important values, not just
Family defines people making them who they are. A person's family heritage, how their parents met and married, their parents’ occupations, their siblings, and their early lives play an important role in who they are and who they become. Every family is different and has different characteristics and members, but those differences are what make every family unique. Those differences combined with my family members’ experiences and the stories they have chosen to share are what makes this story exclusive to my family.
In Gloria Watkins’s essay “Keeping Close to Home.” Watkins claims that she connects to her family through communications and being open and honest with them. From her family, Watkins learns that she should respect and value the skills and talents that other people might have, not just focus on those that she likes. Watkins’s family has influenced her perspective on life by telling her to remember her own identity, and never forget about her past and history. There are some that thinks we do not carry much of our own family, but I think we do carry a lot of our own family with us whether is good or bad. We would carry traits such as admiration of others, daily habits, and being respectful to others.
I was raised in an encouraging household where both of my parents greatly valued education. Although they were high school graduates, neither could afford to attend college; a combination of family and financial woes ultimately halted their path. As a result, my parents frequently reminded me that getting a good education meant better opportunities for my future. To my parents, that seemed to be the overarching goal: a better life for me than the one they had. My parents wanted me to excel and supported me financially and emotionally of which the former was something their parents were not able to provide. Their desire to facilitate a change in my destiny is one of many essential events that contributed to my world view.
People study history because they wish to strengthen human connections. The same can be drawn about the pursuit of genealogy. Whether it be connections to nobility, to a specific ethnic group or a specific event in history, there are diverse motivations to study genealogy According to Francois Weil, “Genealogy provides a powerful lens to understand personal and collective identities.” In essence Weil’s Family Trees: A History of Genealogy in America is a study of American identity over a span of four centuries through a discussion of genealogy and family history.
For instance, if I really put my mind on something and i'm determined to get it, then I work as hard as I can to make sure I do get it. That's the same thing with trying to maintain the American Dream, if it is something people really want to achieve and live then putting their mind to it and having a mentality that nothing is going to stop them from getting it is something they need to have. In the article, “Determined to achieve the American Dream” Yazmin Abreu” it states “...it wasn’t always an easy road. Yazmin’s commute to and from school was an hour and a half every day. Often she made use of the computer labs until they closed, and she wouldn’t get home until midnight. She admits that it took a while for her to graduate, as she had to take some time off to raise funds for classes. Her hard work and dedication finally paid off when, in 2012, Yazmin graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a degree in health science education.” (Castillo). In this article it talks about how Yazmin arrived in the United States as a child. She was only eight years old, and how her young mind could not fully grasp why her family was leaving what she had thought was a happy life in Mexico. What she didn’t realize was that her father was looking for a way to do what was best for his family, and coming to the U.S. was the chance to realize his potential. So, overall Yazmin and her family were determined to do what was best for their family and made
What are family values? One hundred years ago I feel this would have been an easier question to answer than it is today. Changing family structures and social norms have created a more fluid form of what we envision as a family. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a family as both “a group of persons with common ancestry” and as “a group of individuals living under one roof.” As we have discussed in class, a family is not simply nuclear anymore. In the stories we have read we have examined nuclear, single-parent, extended, and community-based families. All of which held the same feeling of importance and love for the people in it. With every family being unique, each holds their own set of beliefs or values which poses the question, what
Throughout history we have seen that family values have been one of the most important aspects of societies around the world. Although these values may be different from one another, we can see that it is a ma...
Since ancient times when David and Goliath was fighting for their division people had values. As human beings we never take the moment or the extent to set up a blue print for our beliefs, customs, modes of conduct, qualities, or goals we just have this unspoken language of knowing what they are. However, what if one was assign to write a paper about their values but could only identify three. One may have second thoughts about what he or she decided, I know I did. In this essay I will be answering questions and discussing the top Three values I came to conclusion. The three values that I hold close to my heart are family, richness, and determination. The principles were feed to me throughout my childhood era. During this period, making
While hard-work is important, it is not the only thing that matters. Living your life to the fullest is just as important. Taking chances, having fun, doing something which you would never even dream of doing; these things form who we are and who we will become in future life just as our performance in examinations and other school activities
With family I was able to learn numerous of the other core values which in return have made me a much better and more successful person than I would be without a loving and supportive family. They steer me away from wrong, and make sure everything I do has a positive outcome. Another very important core value to me is “Responsibility.” Although I did follow this core value, my family made sure that I was always responsible. With responsibility, I was able to get so much more accomplished. When I was younger, I was not as responsible as I am today. I started Boy Scouts as a young kid, and I wasn’t really responsible and I just treated it as an activity. I did not bother to work for the higher ranks nor follow what I was supposed to do. However, as I matured, this core value of responsibility began to show. It was evident what I had to do and I made sure that I completed everything without anyone reminding me or telling me to do something. With this core value, I eventually was able to earn the rank of Eagle Scout which has made a tremendous impact on my life. Responsibility also applied to my life in school. I made sure to be responsible and always make sure to write down and do the homework, even if it
Family brings a sense of emotional bonding, socialization and care. Family values include ideas like: respect for parental authority, stability in marriages, chastity before and outside marriage and care for the elderly.
"Family is not an important thing. It's everything.” This remarkable quote by Michel J. Fox should be the definition of family. Family is everything, they are our motivation, the ones that will love us when others don’t, and are the ones who stick to each other as gum when times get tough. Families have the most robust connections alive. These ties are so solid, and deeply intact that they can do everything and anything. These links allow a family to influence, shape, impact, and change one’s life. The intimacy within the family sphere, shape all who are inside it, this cannot be changed, and well anything that comes from within the family cannot be changed. The family itself can control and change our views on society, influence how we view the family unit, and yet most of all impact our everyday choices. The family’s capacity of guidance can make such an abundant shift that can only be felt, and barely visible unless seen through strained eyes, that makes this connection even more inexplicable than love.
Values can be defined as “a belief about what ought to be, what ought not to be, what is right, or what is wrong” (Chelladurai, 2006). I believe that values ground people and provide the framework for all decisions they make. I have four core values that I use to carry me through life every day and they are faith, family, honesty and passion. Faith is my number one value because I choose to walk by faith every day. To me that means staying strong in my relationship with God and making sure that all decisions I make are pleasing in his eyes. My second value is family. This is not limited to just my immediate or blood-related family. In every decision I make, I ask myself before or after whether it will or whether it did have a negative or positive impact on my family. With my immediate family I ask myself, “Would I be okay with telling Mom this?” I considered my volleyball teammates as family, so every decision I made in college I would consider the impact that it could have on my team as a whole. My third value is honesty. I always want to be honest with myself, honest with those around me and I expect the same from others. I believe that with honesty it is easier to build trust, loyalty and respect all around. The final core value in my life is passion. Without passion for the things one does, they will be just that “things.” I wa...
Family values are different from other values from them having a connection with our family like only our family does it and live off by it. Also it can be passed down from generation to generation in our family, they can make up our behavior, help us make the right choices. For my family, we have family values like social values we have to stand up for ourselves, be honest and respectful. My parents never really thought me to respect the elders I
This assignment was quite interesting as I had a chance to sit down and actually talk with my parents about their specific views and attitudes on several topics. The values that I believe in play a very important role in my life. These important values have been greatly influences by my family. Our parents are the ones who first instilled values into us. As I grew up, where we loving our friends and life experiences helped us refine our own values.