Ever since I was a little girl my Aunt Kim has played a major role as a positive woman influence on my life. Other than my mother, my Aunt Kim is one of the people I am closest to in the world, who I respect greatly and who I have always looked up to. Growing up my aunt never tried any drugs, she never drank before twenty-one, and never to get drunk, and was very involved in her church which I admired. One thing I have always struggled with is how others view me, which goes along with all we have been learning on woman and self-esteem, but my aunt has never cared about what others think and always puts a realistic view on these issues when I get upset. When I stress out or I become discouraged over anything, I always call her for her amazing and sound advice. When we were asked to interview a woman who was a positive influence on our lives she was the first person that came to mind so she was not surprised that I chose her, but it made her …show more content…
When others would throw in the towel, she picks herself up, dusts herself off, and keeps moving forward. Aunt Kim is always there for anyone that needs her, including me ever since I can remember. She was raised in a traditional household and has a modern traditional household for herself, while holding down working and being an amazing mother and homemaker. Unlike most woman, my aunt does not suffer from self-esteem issues due to her positive woman influences of her mom and older sisters. My aunt does follow most of the traditional gender roles, but is a feminist in her ways of thinking believing all people should have equal access, opportunity, pay and be treated fairly. Aunt Kim is a woman who has it all and makes it work wearing the many hats most woman try to wear and doing an excellent job with all her roles. My aunt truly is an amazing, strong, beautiful female figure in my life and I am so fortunate to have had her as a role
A woman who has influenced my life in a positive way and who has made a difference in my life is my aunt, Kim Barkey. My aunt has always been someone I could look up too, even from a young age. I always have admired Kim as a positive woman influence in my life. Kim is my mom’s younger half-sister so I have known her my entire life and have spent as much time as possible with her talking about life’s worries, getting amazing advice, and learning how to relax, slow down, and delight in everything life has to offer. Growing up, all kids have periods of time where they are struggling and do not feel comfortable going to their parents, so fortunately I had my aunt for a shoulder to lean on and a hug to make me feel okay again. Kim’s strength,
Park Chung Hee's presidency from 1963 to 1979 played a pivotal role in South Korea's modernization and economic growth after colonial rule and the destruction of the Korean War. However, his authoritarian rule saw many human rights abuses and political oppression.
Have you ever been away from someone so long and then with them for so short of a time, but in that time you see how wonderful this person is, and they leave a mark on everybody they meet, see or touch. The thing is this person has a big problem despite how many people they touch on the outside world, the truth is their family is falling apart …you’d never think this beautiful person has a dysfunctional family. This is a story about a lady I can call grandmother her name is Ms. Carolyn Ruth Norwood. My grandmother is a no nonsense person when it comes to her small family she always wants us to do our best in whatever we’re doing no matter what; I’ve always enjoyed having someone to motivate me with humor. It amazes me how the world works because
Changes will come and go in the world, but family will be steadfast. There are many things that change throughout People of the Book, but family is a constant. No matter what part of the book you are reading it will most likely tie in with family somehow, whether it is positive or negative. The three families that have the most influence on the reader during the book are Ozren and Alia, Isak and Ina, and Lola and the Kamals. These characters are all influenced greatly by their families during the story. Here is how family largely impacted these small characters.
My grandmother is deeply religious. She goes to church every single day, prays multiple times a day, and spends time in the adoration chapel. Similar to the decent grandmother, my grandmother use to live with my family and take care of my siblings and I when we were young due to my parents’ heavy work schedules. My grandmother is the backbone for my nuclear and extended family. She is well respected among many and is caring, loving, and has “mother wit.” The difference between Anderson’s decent grandmother and my grandmother is that while most decent grandmothers are around thirty-seven-years-old, my grandmother is seventy-years-old, and became a grandmother at the age of forty-five-years-old. Another difference is that my grandmother did not have to deal with her children becoming crack addicts and abandoning their children for days on in. In Code of the Street, Betty is resistant in letting her daughters, Angela and her youngest one, move back into her apartment due to their boyfriends doing drugs and Betty was not financially stable to care for all of them. This situation differs from my grandmother, because my whole extended family from my mother’s side lived in one small house with my grandmother back in 2000. My grandmother accepts everyone and does not worry about her financial stability regardless of difficult
in my heart because I have a strong connection to her experience. One of my cousins was adopted by my uncle’s family and later abandoned by them. My infertile aunt adopted my cousin because she believes an old saying about adoption a child can cure infertility. Ridiculously surprising, a year after the adoption, my aunt got pregnant, a boy that she had always been expecting. Started from there, problematic parenting and unequal treatment happened everyday in that family. My cousin started to skip classes and became highly addicted to the Internet and computer games. Soon at the age of fifteen, he was abandoned. I still remembered the day my father told me about this family secret. He looked into my eyes and said: “do you want a big brother? I mean…he has nowhere to go now.” I sympathized with my cousin and liked him the most among all of my relatives. After we met again in the city I live, we soon became good friends, and he was definitely a qualified big brother. He didn’t told me too much about my uncle’s family, but what I remembered the most was he never showing resentment about what he had been through, and he often said he loves his father (my uncle) and the
In modern day Korea, women are actively involved in many career fields, such as education, law, literature, sports, medicine, and engineering. However, it wasn’t too long ago that women were confined only to the home and family. The introduction of Christianity to Korea helped elevate women’s roles through schools ran by missionaries. Some were even specifically for educating women. (Korean Overseas Information Service, 2001)
In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, the character of the unnamed grandmother makes remarks that shows that she believes that she is superior to her family and anyone else of the modern age. The grandmother makes multiple comments about the fact that she is a lady. She even goes as far as to pin purple flowers to her dress for everyone to know she is a lady if she so happens to be a victim of a car accident. Though she believes in a religious, moral code, the fact that she also believes herself to be superior to others justifies the motive of her actions of being dishonest, selfish, manipulative, and derogatory.
Linda Sue Park is the daughter of Korean Immigrants. Her first published work was a haiku, when she was nine and was published by Trailblazer children’s magazine. Her love of reading changed to a love of writing. She published poems all throughout high school. In something about the Author it says “Drawing on her Korean heritage, Park sets her stories in Korea’s past... ” (2013). She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in English. After college she did not pursue creativity writing until 1990. She got married and had two children.
Throughout my life my mom has always been selfless and generous- especially when it came to her children and grandchildren… ever putting her self last! SHE WAS MY EVERYTHING… Unlike my sister, I was the one that gave my parents their grey hair… It took me longer than most to mature, and the truth is- that’s putting it mildly. Yet through all the ups and downs, and all the times I would end up disappointing her expectations of me, one thing NEVER
Psychology has long been interested in the study of family dynamics, especially the differences between families. A particular area of interest is family style, including focus on concepts such as ‘family enmeshment’ (inability to tolerate individuality, lack of separateness, intrusiveness, psychological control, and dependency) and ‘family cohesion’ (tolerance for intimacy, closeness-care giving involvement, connectedness, and communion) (Anderson & Sabatelli, 1992). Family style is very relevant to the KSA population and this research aimed to measure the influence of enmeshed family dynamics on developing problems in eating behavior and self-esteem among college students. Eating disorders are characterized by irregular eating habits
I had recently influenced my sister to say something she was not supposed to say. I was so excited when I had arrived at home because I had just taken a test at school and believed I passed it. I went to check my grades, and saw that I did not pass the test. I became extremely mad. So mad that I even said a bad word. I said it so loud, that even my little sister who was in the next room heard me. She became influenced to say it because she thought it was a good word to say, because I had said it. When I heard her say that word, I immediately corrected her and said, “Sister, don't say that word”. She questioned me and asked “why?” I then explained to her why and told her, “promise me you wont say that word again, its a bad word”. She then promised me and said sorry. Also, one of my friends that I see everyday told me a way that influencing his younger siblings is not so bad. He had told me that his siblings were struggling in school and that he was the only child in his family succeeding. His parents were so proud of him for having such amazing grades, but they weren't so proud of his younger siblings. He influenced his siblings to have better choices in life, and encouraged them to get better grades and try their best when they saw how happy he made their
As children grow up they always look up to someone special in their life, someone that they can trust and is always there for them. This person is someone they admire and hope to be like someday. The person that I’ve described best fits my Grandma. She knows all the right things and is there whenever I need her. My grandma is one of the most important people in my life and I’m so happy that I have her.
Mira had her nervous breakdowns from her struggles in being a housewife working diligently to keep everything well maintained. Once Mira recovered, she finally divorced her husband and later became a graduate student from Harvard University to study for a PhD in English literature. Although it was unpleasant and laborious, Mira comes to the point with herself and notices her future. Furthermore, Mira mastered to live with herself honestly and happily. When I was younger I knew my mother was happy, or so I thought since she never really showed much emotion, however, I do know when my mom divorced my father she began to struggle trying to handle two children on her own and trying to get a job that pays well with no college degree and not to mention her lack in work experiences due to the fact she did not have much from being a housewife. However, I did realize my mother became a much more happy person when she decided to go to college and get a degree and make a better living not only for herself, but also for my sister and I. Until this day I have realized I never thanked or told her how proud I was for her in going the extra mile in order to make a better
This lady is the most wonderful person I 've ever met. She is old, affectionate, and intelligent. It took me eighteen years to realize how much this extraordinary person influenced my life. She 's the type of person who charms everyone with her stories and experiences. She always time for her family and friends. She is the kind of leader who does everything to keep her family together and in harmony. She is my grandmother.