I have to write paper on social and cultural effects of being raised in my family. Any suggestions?

Question

I bombed on the last paper and I really need help.

Answer 1

For any paper, here's a few good fool-proof tips.

First of all, no whether you enjoy outlines or not, make one, and you can't fail. Just think about what "social" or "cultural" effects your family, culture, or even home town have on you, and seperate those effects into what will later be as many body paragraphs as you want.

Second, somewhere in your introduction you need a sentence that states your number one main point in the whole paper. This should include a "what" and a "why". For example: My mother taught me to be an independent latina by raising me alone in a strange city when she moved to Chicago from Spain.

Next, each paragraph has a topic sentence, which includes one of the "effects", and this topic sentence should relate to or prove the main sentence in the introduction paragraph.

Additionally, any following sentence should relate to your topic sentence, and should go in the order of fact, and then afterthought.

In the conclusion, keep it light and simple, and just quickly wrap things up.

Ofcourse we've all learned these things in elementary school, but when you lay it out like this in a formulaic type of way, it all just sort of seems to flow. Take it easy, and stay on topic. And more importantly, whatever class this paper is for, include as many vocab words relating to it as possible.

This formula on its own can get you a B. With a little hard work, you got your self an A. Good Luck!!

Answer 2

you may want to ask your family about there social and cultural effects of being raised and compare them to how you were raised. Write about the differences of then and now. How the way your parents were raised effects you cause each parent can have a different effect of your social and cultural ways. and most of it was passed down from generation to generation. I hope you understand what I am trying to say. Good Luck.

Answer 3

It is your family, so no one can really help you. But look at your family and write about your family culture...what culture are you from, and what is your ethnic background? Does your family live according to their ethnic culture or are they more assimilated to the American culture? If so, how have you meshed your culture and the American culture together? Have you noticed any hardships with trying to assimilate into the American culture? Look at all of the different aspects of your culture and relate it to how closely you are able to mix into the American culture. Hope this helps, good luck!

Answer 4

well you haven't given us much to go on here...

what's your family like? Income, family size, where you live, household environment, family values etc. all play into the social and cultural effects.