Informal Support Network: Ian In the film ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’, Ian is an informal support network for Toula. An informal support network refers to the social support that is provided by family, friends or any other non-paid individual you have a relationship with. Ian acts as an informal support network by improving her emotional, cultural and social wellbeing. For example, Toula often experienced a lack of self-esteem and suffered from identity issues from her youth continuing into her adult years. When she developed her relationship with Ian, he showed her a sense of acceptance, including her appearance and her Greek heritage/lifestyle. When Ian reassures Toula that she is beautiful, her emotional wellbeing is improved, minimising …show more content…
A formal support network is one that is outside of your family group and may be provided by the government, community organizations or any other paid individuals/groups. College is an example of a formal support network, as it is a paid organisation that is able to enhance areas of Toulas wellbeing. One wellbeing area of Toula’s that was enhanced through college was her economic wellbeing. Toula initially wanted to join college in order to further develop skills that she may be able to apply in various job positions outside of her family's restaurant. This was able to be applied when she proposed the idea to her Aunt about working in her travel agency. College was able to provide her with skills (particularly the technology seminar mentioned in the film) that allow her to fulfill her employment requirements and therefore improve her economic wellbeing. College also acted as a formal support network in order to improve her social wellbeing. Prior to attending college, Toula's social life was highly limited to individuals inside of her family. However through college she was able to attend classes and develop relationships with others she hadn’t met before. We can see an improvement in her social wellbeing when she develops the courage to ask an unfamiliar group of girls “is this seat taken”. In conclusion, Toula accessed college as a formal support that allowed …show more content…
Sense of identity is related to an individual's perception of who they are and can be influenced by individuals in their life as well as obligations and major life events. For Gus, sense of identity is highly related to his culture (being Greek) and there are various scenarios in this film that impact his sense of identity. Gus holds his daughter Toula to high Greek expectations such as being married to a Greek man, having children and continuing to work for their family business. When Toula begins to go against these expectations by dating Ian, a non-Greek individual, and asking to go to college, Gus’ sense of identity is negatively impacted as he sees his culture as being underappreciated or
Identity is what makes up every individual. Some people think an identity is just their physical traits, but it is so much more. Everyone's identity is made up of their goals, thoughts, feelings, actions, etc. Within the stories, “Abuela Invents the Zero”, “The House On Mango Street”, and “The Outsiders”, there is a similar theme that shows that the characters don't know their own worth or belonging. Abuela feels like a nothing, Esperanza knows she doesn't belong there, and Ponyboy and Cherry feel separated by the stereotype.
Caroline Bird in her essay titled “College is a Waste of Time and Money” argues that college education is a useless endeavor that is often forced on students. According to Caroline Bird, students lack motivation and enthusiasm for college education. If money is the goal of education, she opines that there are better ways of investment. She also claims that college education does not make a student more ready for jobs and neither are there jobs that are relevant to the field of study. When there are some students who become very successful she says that the contributing factors are mainly intelligence and family background rather than their college education.
This summary is about Linda Lee’s essay “The Case against College”. Lee has several great points about life and how college isn’t for everybody. Lee feels strongly that not everyone needs to attend college and get a degree. Throughout the essay Lee is knowledgeable on the information and data she is mentioning. She does a great job at answering questions that came to mind when reading the essay.
The definition of identity is the fact of being who or what a person is. All of us struggle with identity, even just the idea of it. Throughout both of the books I read, House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and It by Stephen King, there was a constant struggle that each character went through and that struggle either hurt them or made them stronger. I believe that the shared theme of these two books is that your past affects and shapes your identity.
Identity has a lot to do with how people treat others because another person’s judgement can shape one’s views of themselves. Yolanda has two very different lifestyles placed in front of her and she feels obligated to adjust to both of them. She does not accept the fact that she is a Dominican immigrant and cannot completely adjust to the American ways. However, because America is very different from what she is used to, she steers to that end of the spectrum.
What’s on the mind of most high school seniors throughout their final year of high school? For most its college, and many of those students do not have a clue about what they are about to get themselves into. In today’s society, a college education is a vital step in getting yourself into a good career. But one author argues otherwise. Pharinet the author of the essay “Is college for Everyone” states that college is not for everyone and you do not need college to be successful in society.
Ungar’s theory of attending college and earning a degree, is extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult problem of many people debating whether or not going to college and earning a degree is the correct decision after graduating college. I agree with Ungar, that graduating high school students should go on and earn a higher education, which is a point that needs emphasizing, since so many people believe that without a college degree they will be successful. High school graduates that have entered the work field after high school graduation, of course, may want to dispute my claim that in order to become successful person you do not need a college education. Many may argue that they have become a successful without a college
We as a society are manipulated by the idea that a college education will fix all of our problems and allow us to pursue a successful life. In the essay “College In America” by Caroline Bird mentions that a college education is not the best choice for all high school graduates because it leads to the assumption that a college education is the only possible way to establish one’s identity in society. Although college is the staple after graduating high school not all sustain the qualities it takes to succeed in the intellectual work given and some career fields do not have a connecting relationship to a college education reminding us that even though these claims are based in the 1970s it is still relevant in today’s society.
There are many students in high school who have started to think about college; if it’s essential for them. Most parents encourage their children to apply. Nowadays education is very valuable to the point that it will help a student get a job in the future. A job that is well paid and provides a good living for that person. Many controversies have been set high whether college is worth it or that it is not for everyone.
Identity is usually thought of as an individual characteristic. It pertains to ones self image, self-esteem, personal qualities, and behaviors. The “self” is an integration of where one comes from, where one lives, what one does, who or what one associates with, and one’s self-perception. However, it’s easy to underestimate the relationship that identity has with the perspective of others. Others opinions can have profound effects on people and their lives.
The authors use clear and concise language, making the article easily accessible to a wide audience. They present both sides of the argument, acknowledging the benefits and drawbacks of attending college. This approach encourages readers to think critically about the issue and form their own opinions. Additionally, the authors provide data and statistics to support their arguments, making the article more credible and engaging. Overall, the authors' effective use of language, evidence, and balanced arguments makes the article engaging and thought-provoking for
Throughout the essay, Charles Murray stresses the idea that college is the wonderland of finding oneself and to find the career that one would want to follow for the rest of their lives. “College is seen as the open sesame to a good job and a desirable way for adolescents to transition to adulthood. Neither reason is as persuasive as it first appears.” Murray, C (2008) Practically spoken, this is not normally the case. College is a fair amount of work, much more work than one would normally acquire through any course of a high school or secondary school setting.
Introduction The concept of identity has been a notion of significant interest not just to sociologists and psychologists, but also to individuals found in a social context of perpetually trying to define themselves. Often times, identities are given to individuals based on their social status within a certain community, after the assessment of predominant characteristics that said individual has. However, within the context of an ethnicity, the concept identity is most probably applied to all members of the ethnical group, and not just one individual. When there is one identity designated for the entire group, often times the factor of “individuality” loses its significance, especially when referring to the relationship between the ethnic
They decided to marry but faced to the disapproval of Toula’s family about the cultural differences. Firstly, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” illustrates the conflict between members of two different cultural groups in terms of communication style: low context culture and high context culture. In theory, a low context culture tends to “uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as clearly and logically as possible... The meaning of a statement is in the words spoken”; in contrast, a high context culture “relies heavily on subtle, often nonverbal cues to convey meaning, save face, and maintaining social harmony.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Cultural Review My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a movie focusing on the cultural disparities between the white Americans and the Greek immigrants. The movie is a comedy often exaggerating and caricaturizing different aspects of the Greek culture. The movie starts with the protagonist, a Greek woman named Toula Portokalos, falling in love with a white American teacher Ian Miller.