Personal Narrative: The Traditional Mexican Family

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The traditional Mexican family tend to be extremely family oriented. This is what I had growing up and will continue to have throughout my life. Every Thursday for as long as I can remember my family along with 4 other families would go to my grandmother's house and spend the afternoon. A total of 18 people under one Roof, all related and each one excited to see the other. These nights were never dull with constant screaming and laughter from the little kids playing to the chatter of my aunts and mother gossiping in the kitchen , it really was what site to see. In fact I often would sit at our couch and watch. I would watched and wonder how our family could ever be so close. How could we have something that most families in South Texas don't …show more content…
I see this throughout my school. I see my fellow students in distress and have no one to talk to except for someone their own age and often dealing with the same problem. These students tend to be seen as the kids who don't have a future or are written of as the kids who only cause trouble. However most of these kids I'm not like that most of these kids just simply need something to push them. I once knew someone who was not the best when it came to academics but he was an amazing athlete. We played football together in junior high and I knew this would be his chance to finally pull yourself together and want to be in school. However he came from a family who did not care for any of that. The majority of his family what was focused in illegal activities around the Border. He didn't want to be involved in any of that but he later became influenced by drugs. This boy who could have used football as motivation taking himself for school was taken from and a few years later passed away because of that. I strongly believe that if he had someone to talk to or even just to motivate him he would still be