Ryan Pimentel Ethics & Current Issues Fall 2015 My Privacy Beliefs Personal privacy and the privileges it comes with is deeply rooted in one’s upbringing, as stated in the classroom, there will be varying opinions on privacy depending on where you came from. Students who are from a wealthier or are an only child will look at privacy entirely differently than I would. Coming from a family of 6 in a low income area privacy took a whole different meaning. For the majority of my youth, I shared a room with my two younger brothers, each of which is quite curious and pretty close to me. With that being said there was really no such thing as personal privacy in my home, let alone in my room. The things I had were basically theirs without having to
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Growing up there, failing a class was the least of your worries, my high school for example had a graduation rate of 60%. Know as one of the lowest performing schools in the LAUSD, but with a higher crime rate than cities like Salinas, and Compton, a close family was a necessity. I grew up letting my family know where I would be at all times, my sense of privacy didn’t really exist outside of the house. There was no such thing as not telling my parents where I was going after school, sneaking out, and not having a phone on me at all times. I never had the mindset of, where I am going is my business and nobody else needs to know. I didn’t feel like I had a right to keep that information private, even now when I head out somewhere I feel a need to let someone who where I am going out of fear. I would rather jeopardize my privacy of where I go on my free time that nobody knowing where I am and ending up hurt or worse. Waking up early for school and watching the news, a missing child or worse a dead one, was nothing new to us and time after time these kids would go somewhere family not knowing where they were was the biggest …show more content…
Religion played little to no role in the household, though we were raised Catholic and leaned towards the belief in God. Religious practice and privacy was established by my parents, the two of which came from very different backgrounds as far as religion goes. My mother, a light hearted Catholic from a Mexican family cherished religion, but cared little for the church, believing as long as you practiced God’s teachings you would be fine. My father’s side was the polar opposite, Already split up from contrasting religious beliefs, he was raised Pentecostal with a devoted Portuguese family who demanded church should be you first and last thought everyday. Not wanting the problems he faced with his family to carry into ours be walking away from the church and embraced the ideology of my mother’s family, allowing us to pick our own path. With no veil of religious belief floating over us, there was no presence of our parents hovering over us. As long as we weren’t doing anything bad as far as the law goes, my parents never gave any hassle as far as privacy
Growing up there, failing a class was the least of your worries, my high school for example had a graduation rate of 60%. Know as one of the lowest performing schools in the LAUSD, but with a higher crime rate than cities like Salinas, and Compton, a close family was a necessity. I grew up letting my family know where I would be at all times, my sense of privacy didn’t really exist outside of the house. There was no such thing as not telling my parents where I was going after school, sneaking out, and not having a phone on me at all times. I never had the mindset of, where I am going is my business and nobody else needs to know. I didn’t feel like I had a right to keep that information private, even now when I head out somewhere I feel a need to let someone who where I am going out of fear. I would rather jeopardize my privacy of where I go on my free time that nobody knowing where I am and ending up hurt or worse. Waking up early for school and watching the news, a missing child or worse a dead one, was nothing new to us and time after time these kids would go somewhere family not knowing where they were was the biggest …show more content…
Religion played little to no role in the household, though we were raised Catholic and leaned towards the belief in God. Religious practice and privacy was established by my parents, the two of which came from very different backgrounds as far as religion goes. My mother, a light hearted Catholic from a Mexican family cherished religion, but cared little for the church, believing as long as you practiced God’s teachings you would be fine. My father’s side was the polar opposite, Already split up from contrasting religious beliefs, he was raised Pentecostal with a devoted Portuguese family who demanded church should be you first and last thought everyday. Not wanting the problems he faced with his family to carry into ours be walking away from the church and embraced the ideology of my mother’s family, allowing us to pick our own path. With no veil of religious belief floating over us, there was no presence of our parents hovering over us. As long as we weren’t doing anything bad as far as the law goes, my parents never gave any hassle as far as privacy