Cultural Identity In Germany

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Wrestling - German
From the first day of practice, I knew that wrestling would change my life. Today I am going to talk about two different cultural identities that run in my family. One of them is wrestling and the other is a German cultural background. These two aspects are part of daily life to all members of my family.
When I was 12 years old I started wrestling, I had been told of others in my family throughout years that wrestled and that is why I chose to wrestle. So far it has taught me courage and grace. At some point, everyone will lose at least once because there is always someone practicing and training as hard as you somewhere else. This is important because it makes me want to work harder to become the best. Wrestling is a place for a kid like me to prove himself to those who doubt. It is a place for a kid like me to show everyone what I am made of and that is how my cultural identity is shown. …show more content…

My mother lived in Germany for 12 years, she learned to speak fluently along with the rest of her family. Every night before I have gone to bed for the last 15 years my mother has said “Gute Nacht Mein Schatz” which means goodnight, my dear. Based on that fact I wanted to learn to speak german as well and maybe visit or even live in Germany someday to become more like my family. I am on my way through a year and a half of german and I plan to go throughout the rest of high school taking german. I believe that a big part of my cultural identity is being a part of a German

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