Different Theories Of

Motivation

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Submitted to:Mrs. Amelita

R. Reyes

(9:30-10:30 M-W-F)

Submitted by: Romina C.

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WHA T V AL UES IN T HE PH ILIP PINE CUL TURE T O

AMERIC AN:

Filipino American history has been retold in so many different ways. We can

read history books and try to find out about the Filipino American history in libraries.

However, I could honestly say the best source of knowledge about immigration and

settlement of Filipinos are from our fathers, our mothers, grandparents, neighbors

that have Filipino heritage in them. Books could only say the least, but speaking to

an actual person who experienced it all is the best source ever. These people have

so much information to offer to people who have the questions. Furthermore, how

would one assimilate one self through the American culture to just “fit in”?

Migrating to the United States does end one journey, but a new chapter begins. If

you ask these people what was their main purpose in moving to America, most of

them will answer that America was the “land of opportunity” and they wanted a

better life for themselves and their families.

Adjusting to the American lifestyle was hard for many Filipinos because at

the same time they were accepted to migrate to America but the Americans did not

approve of them. Many were looked down on, called by racist names, and were

looked at as African Americans and not Filipino Americans. Many Filipinos have been

mistaken as being Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and not many Americans knew what

Filipinos were. When Filipinos adjusted to the American lifestyle, according to

Armando Alvarez in Home Bound, his family has a cultural void. This meant that

there was no Filipino culture mentioned at all in his home. As he quotes, “…Filipino
culture is something that retain, that we should hold on to…There wasn’t a sense

that we should keep the language and have English as their primary language. This

was also one of the ways for Filipinos to “fit in” right away.

Forces that contemporary values:

The conflict between values is the source of many conflicts and

problems today. In contrast to the traditional conflict of values, the

contemporary conflict is distinguished by these features: (1) extensiveness;

(2) complicatedness; (3) profoundness; and (4) continuousness. The

plurality and relativity of values is the primary cause of contemporary

conflicts. The origin of pluralism lies in an interrelated trio of aspects:

commodity economy, democratic politics, and individualism. The

contemporary conflict of values is a historical process. Such conflict does

not necessarily result in confusion; on the contrary, it can possibly lead to

new and higher levels of harmony and vitality. In adjudicating value

conflicts, we must (1) permit different values to coexist and respect

different choices and the pursuits of values by different individuals; (2)

consider the whole and the individual, the entire and the part, the long-term

and the short-term, and attempt to have regard for both sides of the

conflict; and (3) pursue the best and most suitable.