Nationalism
This image represents nationalism because nationalism means extreme form of patriotism and love for your country. This would be nationalism for the United Kingdom because the flag is in a shape of a heart, a heart symbolizes love.
NationalismThis image represents nationalism because nationalism means extreme form of patriotism and love for your country. This would be nationalism for the United Kingdom because the flag is in a shape of a heart, a heart symbolizes love.
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Part AAid- Countries having aid relationships with one another guarantees one another economic and non-economic aid during war. Treaty- Countries who have made treaties with one another declares peace within the countries. Alliance- This is the strongest relationship countries can have it ensures one another that if a country goes to war its ally will go to war with them. Part BWhen the war escalated in 1917, the central powers joined in on the war. The U.S. was part of the central powers so they joined along with Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan.
In 2003 my mom and dad decided to leave their whole life in Philippines behind, even their two little children. Though leaving my sister and I was hard, they knew that it was for a good reason. They came to America of hopes of better work, and just a better lifestyle to give their children. When they got here, they knew nobody. But the people they worked with were very kind and spoke tagalog. America was so different, they needed to forget most of the practices and customs they had in Philippines, and take on the ones here. In less than a year, they saved enough money and was able to fly in my sister, my grandma and I. If my parents never decided to take the risk of going to a country foreign to them, I wouldn't be the person here typing this out to you.
(This story would go along with Economics, because my parents decided to come here for better work.) History is the significant events and individual developments of someone's past. As boring my life can be at times, there were many times when things got stirred up. It was these moments that had a lasting affect in my life, and has truly shaped me as person. Lets start on the day that started it all, the day I was born, that day is September 27 2000. The following few years are a big blur, so I will fast forward to 2004. This was the year I was reunited with my parents and the year I came to the U.S. Growing up, nonetheless living here is really different from living in the Philippines. It is a whole lot colder, but as a child I enjoyed playing in the snow, honestly I still do. My family lived near Lake Michigan, so I went to the schools that were part of the CPS. To be frank with you, I hated going to those schools. How they taught were just terrible, I never felt challenged. And most of my peers were bad influences, I never felt I fit in there. Luckily in the fall of 2011, I moved to Woodridge and it was here I was welcomed with open arms. Living here is amazing, the people here are so kind, I never felt that I have to change myself in order for them to except me. I think I am getting little ahead of myself, in that same year I lost something. Most things that you lose can be easily replaced, but this was different. I lost my mom, and you can never replace a person. In the first few months of losing her, I was in denial. My sister and I just told ourselves, she just went to work. This worked, but only for so long. After a year I had to except the facts, she was not coming home "from work." I lost faith, I isolated myself, I pushed people away, and just questioned life altogether. I went into dark state of mind. For a very long time I was living in the dark. In the early summer of 2014, I decided to give up, I felt no reason of my existence. I put one pill in between my teeth, for a moment stopped and thought. I thought about why I was doing this, and then I thought about who and what I was leaving. I made a big revelation that day, that even though life can be so difficult at times, (keywords: "at times") it won't remain that way forever. I decided that day to continue living life, but this time happily. Ever since then, I looked at life at a more positive light. and I realized that we all have our own wars, but we need to remember we are not alone in this fight. I think Sam Smith, said it the best "I'm not the only one."
What was going through your head when you found out you were pregnant with me?
Dad: Your mom and were scared, we had you too early from your sister. We were not planning to have had you that early, we were not sure if we were ready financially. But we are so glad you did come. Did you raise me differently? Dad: I raised you less strictly then I was. How do you you think where we live now affects my personality? Dad: I don't think your personality would be different if I raised you in any other country, how you turn out is really based on how your parents raise you. Did my grandparents value their religion and their race? Grandma: Me and your grandfather were really active in our church community. I have never went through a Sunday without service. Are we poor or wealthy? Cousin: Neither we are blessed. How far did you get in your education? Dad: I finished college, and I studied to become and architect. When I got here the outlook for that kind of job was low, so I studied to be a nurse's assistant. But my other skills did not go to waste I do construction part time. Cousin: Your mom finished college, and was a registered nurse in the Philippines. Because she was sick she was not able to become a nurse here, but she took a job in care taking. Grandmother: I made sure all my children finished college, I wish I finished. During WW2 I was paused in High School. After the war I was not able to continue because I wanted to take care of my grandmother. How has migrating to the US affected your traditions and lifestyle over the years? Cousin: I had to celebrate more holidays, learn new foods, and practice the new customs. I think the best thing here though is the better job outlooks. What is our home country like? Grandma: Always happy and friendlier. How did we end up in America? Dad:Your mom and I found jobs here. What was your first job? Dad: It was helping my uncle out in construction. Your mom's first job was cooking and helping out in the restaurant her parents ran. How did you and mom meet? When did you know she was the one? Dad: I met her, while she was working in the restaurant. I knew she was the one the, the first time I laid eyes on her. She had a few suitors at the time, but I was willing to fight for her. Were you active in your community back in Philippines? Grandma: Yes, I was a community officer, PTA Officer, Church director, Catechist, Seamstress, Choir, Midwife's Assistant, and I ran a small business. Geography is the location of places and regions, it also includes culture and religion. My geography starts with my parents, both were born in the Philippines. Both came from conservative Catholic families. So I grew up Catholic, but I personally did not like the Catholic practices, so I became Baptist. They met in the mid 1990"s and got married in 1997, but before that they traveled abroad to Taiwan. After they eloped they had my sister, Audrey, she was born in Quezon City. And in September of the next year yours truly was brought into the world. My parents both wanted the best for us so in 2001, they traveled to Chicago, Illinois to work. From there I was back and forth from relative to relative, from Philippines to Guam. This experience had a big impact on me, by making it hard to form relationships. At that time it was a constant goodbye, I was never able to establish close bonds. Being that I was a toddler, I felt as thought people were leaving me, it was scarring. After a year of this back and forth, my parents were able to fly us to the states to join them. From there I was able to call a place home. I moved a few times. My most recent move was in 2011, to Woodridge. It was here I felt the most excepted by my peers. Since the move I have traveled to Missouri for vacation and Monticello, Illinois for camp. The camp was where I realized that we are not alone in this world and that they are people going through the same things you are.
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