... . For example, if I were to live in a hectic environment, I doubt that I'd join a gang because independency has rooted into my genes. The most significant experience in my life was when my Grandma came over here to visit our family for the first time ever. She lives in Vietnam. I've never felt so close to someone that I don't even know or spoken to ... before. It was an amazing experience because we're so close in terms of relationship wise. We talked about life and my Grandma would tell me the old times about my mother's childhood; all were really fascinating because I have a grandma to...

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... validate myself worth. She taught me to always honor my family and never do anything in the heat of the moment that I wouldn't be proud of in the morning. My grandma was the strength in my entire family. She clothed us, fed us and made sure we had discipline. She kept us in line, even made us go out in the ... clothes, saying stuff like "tell your mom to get a job and buy you a dress that isn't from the 1800's". I never let it bother me because I adopted a certain attitude from my grandma when I was very young, but it tore my sisters up. I think it was because they wanted so badly to be...

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... frustrated that she could not give me more information on why they were done this way. Kathy talked about her grandma playing a big role in explaining the history of the Navajo culture and more of the traditions. She enjoys talking to her grandma because she likes to hear the stories and look at pictures. The advice she would like to give her ... ...

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... chaos of everyday life within the family. Watching her do the dirty dishes closely through the door, I was trying to steal "Znoud set, " a Lebanese sweet, which were made by my grandma. She always looked serious no matter what she was doing. Step by step, I was able to steal the sweet. A huge yell thundered out like an alarm: "Billaaaaaaaal come over here ... . I had to sleep on the floor for the year, which wasn't that bad because I used to do that back home. We used to sleep in the living room around my grandma while she used to tell us stories about my grandpa's adventures. However, I...

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... and to top it off I had to worry about recovering all the credits that I was missing from when I was doing bad in class back in Madera. I found out that the grandma I was close to passed away. Everything was falling down instead of falling into place. The people I started hanging out with smoked weed most of the time and I saw that they ... ...

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... and they talked to him about it, but also bought me a phone just in case it continued to happen. The phone's sole purpose was to call my mother, father, and grandma to let them know where I was at all times. It was never used as a social tool to communicate with my friends. As a six year old, I did not know much about ... ...

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... that I went without laughing: This is something that makes me happy and that I have been taught since I was just a little lad. From memories, (Br. Str. 5) cherished and never forgotten, about Grandma telling me "Laughter is the best medicine" or when Tony, Vincent, and I will stay up all night laughing about our most outrageous comments. I would say one of our ... ...

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... to give Tillie peace at mind. Even after her daughter's death, she had to be sure that her grandchildren were safe. Shockingly, Gloria brought her them over to see their Grandma, but they had a hard time recognizing her, but to Tillie it was all she needed to see that they will be in good hand. Later that night Tillie has committed ... ...

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... you are doing. I responded I fine! I'm trying to write this paper on the history of my family. My grandmother then asks me well, how, I can help. I said well tell me about grandma Easter which is her mother who is deceased. My grandmother shared that her mother who is my great grandmother was the daughter of a great Indiana women. She told me that ... ...

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... , school, and peer pressure all get intensified when an angry parent gets involved. I was never pushed very hard to succeed academically by my parents. But when I moved in with my grandma, a CSUC Professor of French, I was pushed to my limits to achieve well in school. She will not accept anything lower than a B from me. If my grades started ˜slipping', I would ... ...

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