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The Mexican household usually consisted of a Mother, a Father, and children. In some family’s the grandparents stayed in the house if they were older and needed extra help in life. The father is always the boss in the house. The father was the one who brought income into the house while the mother and children did all the chores around the house. Each week the children would draw chores out of a hat so they would not get bored of doing the same old chores week after week. When a girl turns fifteen, they are introduced into the society by going to a Quin Cianiera. The Quin Cianiera is a formal ball that the girls go to with an escort. The escort was usually an older male sibling or cousin. When children live in the house they are always expected to respect and obey their elders. The stage of life that is most valued is when you are married and have children. The hardest stage of life is the teenage years because in the Mexican culture there is double restriction on teenage girls. It is totally unacceptable for a anyone to get in a car with the opposite sex until they are fifteen. A few days after a baby is born, there is a religious ceremony held to baptize and give the baby godparents. The class differences between poor and wealthy people is that when the children of poor people graduate eighth grade they go to work, and those of the wealthy go to college. If you ever take a trip down to Mexico great the people you meet by saying Buenos Dias in the morning, Buenos tardes in the afternoon, and Buenos noches at night. If you have a friend, you would greet them by saying Que Pasa or Que Honda, meaning “ Hey! What’s up?” Boys never work or interact with girls. Not only the Physical Education classes, but also the regular educational classes, the boys are separated from the girls. A child may never disagree with a parent or someone older than them, they may only argue with each other. In the community the languages used were Spanish from Mexico and Spain, occasionally you would hear a little bit of Latin. Learning language is a source of pride. Being bilingual was a very big advantage, people came to the United States just to learn English. Posture is very important, if you were slouching you would get yelled at to sit up straight. Shaking hands and overall politeness is required.
Approximate Word count = 1691
Approximate Pages = 6.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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