Growing Up as an Asian-American,
Growing up as an Asian-American, I was often "forced," in myriad social situations, to perceive my own identity in relation to my peers. It was sometimes alienating, sometimes it seemed not to matter, and sometimes it…
Growing Up Asian and Female: Identity, Gender, and Culture
This paper discusses the experience of growing up as an Asian female and feeling profoundly alienated from one's culture. The personal essay talks about the speaker's frustration with the unreasonable expectations placed upon Asian females by the family and the highly sexual images of Asian women in the mass media, neither of which the writer supports or believes is reflective of her sense of self.
Research Paper
Undergraduate
Growing Up Without a Mother
I grew up without a mother. Even now that I am an adult woman with children of my own, I find it painful to say, "I grew up without a mother." When I was a child, it hurt every time I had to explain to someone that I…
Benefits and disadvantages of urban growth in large cities
The world is becoming increasingly urbanized, with more than half the world's people already living it cities. By 2030, 60% of the world's people will live in cities, in contrast to 30% in 1950 (World Bank, 2010).