https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd en-us 2017-01-23 02:57:18 UTC 2017-01-23 03:10:57 UTC hello@padlet.com bbower18 https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613081 My father is from New Jersey and worked as a State Trooper before he served an LDS mission to Germany. My mother is from Washington State. She went out to New Jersey to be a nanny. I grew up in Idaho. I learned the importance of a family culture, especially my siblings and my parents as we did not have other family members close to us. I grew up learning how the two different cultures affected us as a family. 

]]> 2017-01-23 03:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613081 bbower18 https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613154 With those cultural differences between my parents cultures, I learned that the expectations for a male were be strong, both mentally and physically, work hard, do everything you can to support a family. Sometimes that mean going without something you wanted. My male family members didn’t show emotions because that could be seen as a sign of weakness. We were all competitive and we still hate to lose. 

]]> 2017-01-23 03:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613154 bbower18 https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613276 I love sports, playing and watching. I spent hours watching, and studying players. I spent hours playing and practicing with my father. I learned that many of those expectations for a male were seen strongly in sports. Doing your best, becoming better and trying to win while playing through pain were strongly enforced during games. I also learned that you did what it took to win, unless it was cheating. Cheating was a sign of weakness. This taught me to work hard and not to just settle with mediocracy. 

]]> 2017-01-23 03:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613276 bbower18 https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613351 I work as a Police Officer, and I hide my emotions. I don’t share my feelings or show emotions due to the nature of the work I deal with. I saw a father do the same thing in the same line of work. I also believe it could be that I see showing emotions can be a sign of being soft or weak due to the family nature I grew up in. I find I am more serious when my uniform is on. My wife wants me to not be so serious and it is hard for me to not be firm with my uniform on. I love helping people, and figuring out what goes on in people’s minds during different circumstances. 

]]> 2017-01-23 03:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613351 bbower18 https://padlet.com/bbower18/9ra4ljn2mhwd/wish/148613414 I became a father a year ago.  and I have learned that my culture is different than even my neighbors who also have a child the same age. It is to be expected that there is less time for me, school work, sleep or other things that I want to do. The priorities have changed but my wife and I don’t question how the culture differences will affect our son. My wife is born and raised in Utah. Family was close by and she didn’t leave Utah. I lived in Colombia for a few years and learned a new language. My culture expands from WA, to NJ, to ID, to Colombia to UT. I believe there are many parts of each of these places in me. I find myself saying words that are common in those areas, and in UT that can cause confusion.

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