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When we are children, there is no question that our family shapes our understanding of our identity. But, how strong is this influence in defining who we are as we become teenagers and adults, and how can you tell?
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bastille="" day?"="" it="" was="" my="" second="" month="" of="" french="" class,="" and="" the="" teache="" was="" leading="" us="" in="" an="" exercise="" designed="" to="" promote="" the="" use="" c="" one,="" our="" latest="" personal="" pronoun.="" "might="" one="" sing="" on="" bastille="" day?"="" she="" asked.="" "might="" or="" dance="" in="" the="" streets?="" somebody="" give="" me="" an="" answer."="" printed="" in="" our="" textbooks="" was="" a="" list="" of="" major="" holidays="" a="" companied="" by="" a="" scattered="" arrangement="" of="" photographs="" depi.="" ing="" french="" people="" in="" the="" act="" of="" celebration.="" the="" object="" of="" t="" lesson="" was="" to="" match="" the="" holiday="" with="" the="" corresponding="" p="" ture.="" it="" was="" simple="" enough="" but="" seemed="" an="" exercise="" better="" suil="" to="" the="" use="" of="" the="" pronoun="" tltey.="" i="" didn't="" know="" about="" the="" r="" 174="" ,="" jesus="" shaves="" of="" the="" class,="" but="" when="" bastille="" day="" eventually="" rolled="" around,="" i="" planned="" to="" stay="" home="" and="" clean="" my="" oven.="" normally,="" when="" working="" from="" the="" book,="" it="" was="" my="" habit="" to="" tune="" out="" my="" fellow="" students="" and="" scout="" ahead,="" concentrating="" on="" the="" question="" i'd="" calculated="" might="" fall="" to="" me,="" but="" this="" after-="" noon="" we="" were="" veering="" from="" the="" usual="" format.="" questions="" were="" answered="" on="" a="" volunteer="" basis,="" and="" [="" was="" able="" to="" sit="" back="" and="" relax,="" confident="" that="" the="" same="" few="" students="" would="" do="" most="" of="" the="" talking.="" today's="" discussion="" was="" dominated="" by="" an="" italian="" nanny,="" two="" chatty="" poles,="" and="" a="" pouty,="" plump="" moroccan="" woman="" who="" had="" grown="" up="" speaking="" french="" and="" had="" enrolled="" in="" the="" class="" hoping="" to="" improve="" her="" spelling.="" she'd="" covered="" these="" lessons="" back="" in="" the="" third="" grade="" and="" took="" every="" opportunity="" to="" demonstrate="" her="" superiority.="" a="" question="" would="" be="" asked,="" and="" !="" she'd="" race="" to="" give="" the="" answer,="" behaving="" as="" though="" this="" were="" a="" game="" show="" and,="" if="" quick="" enough,="" she="" might="" go="" home="" with="" a="" tropical="" vacation="" or="" a="" side-by-side="" refrigerator="" freezer.="" a="" trans-="" fer="" student,="" by="" the="" end="" of="" her="" first="" day="" she'd="" raised="" her="" hand="" so="" many="" times="" that="" her="" shoulder="" had="" given="" out.="" now="" she="" just="" i="" leaned="" back="" and="" shouted="" out="" the="" answers,="" her="" bronzed="" arms="" folded="" across="" her="" chest="" like="" some="" great="" grammar="" genie.="" we'd="" finished="" discussing="" bastille="" day,="" and="" the="" teacher="" had="" moved="" on="" to="" easter,="" which="" was="" represented="" in="" our="" textbooks="" by="" a="" black-and-white="" photograph="" of="" a="" chocolate="" bell="" lying="" upon="" a="" bed="" of="" palm="" fronds="" .="" ')\nd="" what="" does="" one="" do="" on="" easter?="" would="" anyone="" like="" to="" tell="" us?"="" 175="" •="" i="" ,="" ,="" !="" i="" 1="" •="" •="" me="" talk="" pre="" ["(="" y="" one="" day="" [t="" was,="" for="" me,="" another="" of="" those="" holidays="" i'd="" just="" as="" soon="" avoid.="" as="" a="" rule,="" my="" family="" had="" always="" ignored="" the="" easter="" cel·="" ebrated="" by="" our="" non·orthodox="" friends="" and="" neighbors.="" while="" the="" others="" feasted="" on="" their="" chocolate="" figurines="" .="" my="" brother.="" sisters,="" and="" [="" had="" endured="" epic="" fasts,="" folding="" our="" bony="" fingers="" in="" prayer="" and="" begging="" for="" an="" end="" to="" the="" monotony="" that="" was="" the="" holy="" trinity="" church.="" as="" greeks,="" we="" had="" our="" own="" easter.="" which="" was="" usually="" observed="" anywhere="" from="" rwo="" to="" four="" weeks="" after="" what="" was="" known="" in="" ouf="" circle="" as="" "the="" american="" version."="" the="" reason="" has="" to="" do="" with="" the="" moon="" or="" the="" ortho-="" dox="" calendar="" -="" something="" mysterious="" like="" that="" -="" though="" our="" mother="" always="" suspected="" it="" was="" scheduled="" at="" a="" later="" date="" so="" that="" the="" greeks="" could="" buy="" their="" marshmallow="" chicks="" and="" plastic="" grass="" at="" drastically="" reduced="" sale="" prices.="" "the="" cheap="" sons="" of="" bitches,"="" she'd="" say.="" "if="" they="" had="" their="" way,="" we'd="" be="" cele-="" brating="" christmas="" in="" the="" middle="" of="" goddamn="" february."="" because="" ouf="" mother="" was="" raised="" a="" protestant,="" ouf="" easters="" were="" a="" hybrid="" of="" the="" greek="" and="" the="" american="" traditions.="" we="" received="" baskets="" of="" candy="" until="" we="" grew="" older="" and="" the="" easte="" r="" bunny="" branched="" out.="" those="" who="" smoked="" would="" awaken="" to="" find="" a="" carton="" of="" cigarettes="" and="" an="" assortment="" of="" disposable="" lighters.="" while="" the="" others="" would="" receive="" an="" equivalent,="" each="" according="" to="" his="" or="" her="" vice="" .="" [n="" the="" evening="" we="" had="" the="" tradi-="" tiona!="" greek="" meal="" followed="" by="" a="" game="" in="" which="" we="" would="" toast="" one="" another="" with="" blood-colored="" eggs.="" the="" symbolism="" escapes="" me,="" but="" the="" holder="" of="" the="" table's="" one="" uncr.cked="" egg="" was="" supposedly="" rewarded="" with="" a="" year="" of="" good="" luck.="" i="" won="" only="" once.="" it="" was="" the="" year="" my="" mother="" died,="" my="" apartment="" got="" '76="" jesus="" shaves="" broken="" into,="" and="" i="" was="" taken="" to="" the="" emergency="" room="" suffer-="" ing="" from="" what="" the="" attending="" physician="" diagnosed="" as="" "house-="" wife's="" knee."="" the="" italian="" nanny="" was="" attempting="" to="" answer="" the="" teacher's="" latest="" question="" when="" the="" moroccan="" suldent="" interrupted,="" shout-="" ing,="" "excuse="" me="" ,="" but="" what's="" an="" easter?"="" it="" would="" seem="" that="" despite="" having="" grown="" up="" in="" a="" muslim="" country,="" she="" wou="" ld="" have="" heard="" it="" mentioned="" once="" or="" twice,="" but="" no.="" "i="" mean="" it,"="" she="" said.="" "i="" have="" no="" idea="" what="" you="" people="" are="" talking="" abollt."="" the="" teacher="" called="" upon="" the="" rest="" of="" us="" to="" explain.="" the="" poles="" led="" the="" charge="" to="" the="" best="" of="" their="" ability.="" "it="" is,"="" said="" o="" ne,="" "a="" party="" for="" the="" little="" boy="" of="" god="" who="" call="" his="" self="" jesus="" and="" .="" ..="" oh,="" shit."="" she="" faltered="" and="" her="" fellow="" country-="" man="" came="" to="" her="" aid.="" "he="" call="" his="" self="" jesus="" and="" then="" he="" die="" one="" day="" on="" two="" ...="" morsels="" of="" ..="" .="" lumber."="" the="" rest="" of="" the="" class="" jumped="" in,="" offering="" bits="" of="" informa-="" tion="" that="" would="" have="" given="" the="" pope="" an="" aneurysm.="" "he="" die="" one="" day="" and="" then="" he="" go="" above="" of="" my="" head="" to="" live="" with="" your="" father."="" "he="" weared="" of="" himself="" the="" long="" hair="" ani:!="" after="" he="" die,="" the="" first="" day="" he="" come="" back="" here="" for="" to="" say="" hello="" to="" the="" peoples."="" "he="" nice,="" the="" jesus."="" "he="" make="" the="" good="" things,="" and="" on="" the="" easter="" we="" be="" sad="" because="" somebody="" makes="" him="" dead="" today."="" pan="" 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