Essay On The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind By William Kamkwamba

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Habits Into Goals Waking up at four o’clock in the morning every day to go farm is a habit that William Kamkwamba developed as a child. This habit may seem quite extreme, but to William it is just a part of his life. These habits were all ones that he created to achieve his goal of becoming a scientist. William Kamkwamba writes about his childhood, along with Bryan Mealer, in their book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. William Kamkwamba was born into a Malawian farming family, and from a young age William’s dream was to become a scientist. He was on the right track to becoming a scientist, going to school and doing well, but his academic plans were put on hold when a devastating famine desecrated Malawi. His family was unable to pay for his …show more content…

One of the reasons, his goals came true was because he benefited to from the ability to discipline himself, and work hard. One place where he utilized these skills the most was when he farmed. Every day, William had to wake up dreadfully early in the morning, to work on his farm to keep his family alive, but he persevered and acquired the habit of discipline. According to William he would “start in the morning before school, waking up at four a.m. when the land was still dark and cool.” (Kamkwamba & Mealer, 65) This shows that he had to learn discipline to make sure that he did wake up at the correct time, and that he did his task thoroughly. William also showed a good work ethic because he was doing manual labor when farming. Since William had to tend to the maize crops every day, he learned a sense of conviction, this conviction helped him grow as a person because knowing that if he did not tend to his fields well, he and his family would starve. William had to learn discipline to be able to know what the greater good was even if it was a difficult task at hand. This labor intensive process of waking up at four in the morning would also help William learn how to work on a schedule. Learning how to be on a schedule helped him fit in his other tasks in his daily life. Once during the famine, William had to bike to Chamama, a city in Mawali which was 12 miles from his …show more content…

Today William is a scientist, and has brought awareness around the world about Malawi's problems. He set up a bus that goes across Mawali to transport people easier, and has help many schools by getting them WiFi. He is also working to modernize Malawi, and so far he has been doing a great job. He is also helping out his family and friends by giving them money to accomplish their own dreams. Developing positive habits are a great tool to have, and can lead one to great things like it did to William

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