velvetechos ([personal profile] velvetechos) wrote2004-07-02 08:30 pm

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Alright, this is to help me out with an upcoming school project, so the more of you willing to answer these questions, as detailed as possible, would be wonderful.


To be fair, Ki'll post her answers in the responses, if you wish to read them. You can also e-mail me your responses, if you wish for them to not be seen, but this is for an upcoming school project, so Ki'd appreciate answers if you can be bothered to give them.

Were you read to/encouraged to read as child:

Were you allowed to watch TV on school days? Was your television intake monitored (as in how long, what you were watching etc):

Did you learn most of your morals through stories, events, parents, school, or television:

Were any of stories you were told passed through word of mouth, or were they all taken from books:

Were your parents always honest, or were tall tales to make the lesson stick alright:

Did you have any family traditions:

Were family history/family pride/family time important:

Did you have cultural influences (ie: ethnic foods/music/dress/etc):

Was your family religious:

How old were you when you first went to the cinema, and what did you see:

Did you spend a lot of time playing video games:

What extra-curricular activities did you partake in:

What do you think of Disney's butchering of classic fairy tales:

[identity profile] patra.livejournal.com 2004-07-03 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Were you read to/encouraged to read as child: Yes, and I read A LOT when I was younger. I think I don't read anymore (at all, really) because I was forced to in school. And I hated school. To me, most of our reading I was bored with.

Were you allowed to watch TV on school days? Was your television intake monitored (as in how long, what you were watching etc): I was allowed to watch TV any time from morning to school, after dinner to bedtime. Definitely a good deal, and fair to me! We never had any TV issues in my family. I think the Playboy channel was pretty much off limits...perhaps any show or movie with extensive nudity, language, drug use, etc.

Did you learn most of your morals through stories, events, parents, school, or television: Parents and events (events to me meaning own experiences).

Were any of stories you were told passed through word of mouth, or were they all taken from books: What kind of stories?

Were your parents always honest, or were tall tales to make the lesson stick alright: There were definitely some tall tales. But, the lessons never stuck alright.

Did you have any family traditions: Oh yeah, most so on my father's side. We practice some Buddhism and Chinese beliefs.

Were family history/family pride/family time important: Definitely. What I previously said has to do with all of that.

Did you have cultural influences (ie: ethnic foods/music/dress/etc): Oh yeah. I've said in the recent past that I would love for my wedding (if I were to wed), to be filled with multi-cultural traditions - Mexican and Chinese. My personal traditions, too. :)

Was your family religious: On my father's side, not so much. If they are, they don't preach or share with others. On my mother's side, half or most are born again Christians.

How old were you when you first went to the cinema, and what did you see: I honestly don't remember. But I grew up watching Creature Feature with my mother and alike shows. My favorite character of all time when I was younger is The Hulk.

Did you spend a lot of time playing video games: No, that was my brother. I spent time playing Barbies and dress up.

What extra-curricular activities did you partake in: I went to ballet and tap lessons when I was wee, then I started modeling and that took up a lot of time. I did that for 8 years. Then I had some karate classes, took some guitar and violin, and I was in track, also. I started dancing again in jr. high and that stuck with me. Dance was my main passion.

What do you think of Disney's butchering of classic fairy tales: I really don't have an opinion on this one.