There are so many stories that I've been told about my family's past experiences and adventure. These stories led to questions...
What was the main reason my grandparents moved their whole family to America from the Philippines?
Why is it tradition to go to New York City every year for Christmas?
Why does my mother put such a huge emphasis on hard work?
*Maybe focus your topic a little bit more.
Find out the events that lead to your mother emphasizing hard work. What happened?
Possibly find out how Christmas started and how it evolved into your family going to New York.
Those are some really cool topics. Maybe there are connections as to why your family moved to with your mother and hard work. Find connections. I would be interested.
Find out the story of what happened in New York. Maybe they were poor and had to live in a tiny apartment and work in factories hours on end just to barely survive. Just a possibility.. But what happened then would definitely have an effect on what's happening now.
Can't go wrong with a New York City topic! Make sure to include a solid thesis and lots of personal accounts to give reason and pull your reader in :)
Interesting last comment- the emphasis on hard work. Research into that field would lend itself to the events your Mom has been through, the culture of the family she was raised in, and possibly even family traditions of hard work that have persisted to the present day. It should be fun!
Thesis:
While some traditions are kept and enriched when moving to a different country, Filipinos often customize or completely forget about past customs and assimilate to new cultural traits over a period of time.
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