Figuring out what made you is a hard thing to accomplish Is it a mixture of your mother’s intuition and your father 's stubbornness? Or is it the fact that you have his nose and her smile? Or is that distant look in your eye you got from your grandmother? To include education into this age old question brings up another. Who had the biggest impact on my life, the one who made me decide that continuing my education was worth it. I would have to say it would have to be my father, a man who believed he could make me into the child he wasn’t. My father Blake Christopher Thomas has had the biggest impact on my life in both positive and negative ways. He is the reason I decided to continue my education at San Francisco State University.
I am named after my father, a man whose deep hearted laughter could fill a room and whose stern words and big smile filled my whole world. Standing at 6’5 he was, for lack of better words, my skyscraper. Since a young age, my father’s worried. He worried if I would grow up to be a delinquent, an imbecile, or my mother. The same his way his father raised him, he wanted to do the same for me, with
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It was not hard on me on it more or so that they believed it was. For my mother, she gave fun, excitement and dreams. My Father gave me worry, worry I wouldn’t be able to succeed under her roof. Worry that I would not live the life he planned for me. So in return he got me every other weekend filled to the brim with books and requirements. If we went to a museum it educational museum, if we went the park I had to reach a certain height to be able to get off the swing. But I loved it, became the time I spent with him learning Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion, or reading one flew over the cuckoo’s nest and giving him a report at the end. It was the time I was able to spend with
I feel that the death of Elie’s father is something that will never leave his memory; that is why I think it's perfect to interpret this as a picture.
Growing up, my father’s absence played a major factor in my stride for success. His absence was the scapegoat for why I always felt like I may not be good enough – or why I’d be looked at as an outcast. I’ve always made it my first priority to overcome his negligence by attempting to do my best in school – earning good grades, joining school clubs, giving back to the community. However, never did I receive the recognition I’ve always dreamed of and never was I satisfied with my outcome, but never did I think that I would find through the one who seized it all.
I was raised in an encouraging household where both of my parents greatly valued education. Although they were high school graduates, neither could afford to attend college; a combination of family and financial woes ultimately halted their path. As a result, my parents frequently reminded me that getting a good education meant better opportunities for my future. To my parents, that seemed to be the overarching goal: a better life for me than the one they had. My parents wanted me to excel and supported me financially and emotionally of which the former was something their parents were not able to provide. Their desire to facilitate a change in my destiny is one of many essential events that contributed to my world view.
According to Mannes (2001), the primary characteristics that influences responsibility for education is an individual relatives’ positions, inspiration, contribution, and demonstration. When I was growing up, education was always emphasized in my family. Even when we were poor, my parents did not let that hinder us. They tied education to success and my dad always voiced that he desired better for me than he had for himself, even though he became quite successful despite not having a high school diploma. Consequently, it was quite natural for me to pursue college after high school as that was the subject of numerous discussions in my
These childhood notes came in handy during the course of my personal, academic and professional life. Born as the elder of the two daughters to a single father, responsibility became second nature to me. I worked hard academically, led many group assignments during my post graduation studies in travel and tourism, received a scholarship and eventually took charge of the family business at a young age. I faced many personal setbacks during this course, but eventually discovered ways to overcome them.
My story began on a cool summer’s night twenty short years ago. From my earliest memory, I recall my father’s disdain for pursuing education. “Quit school and get a job” was his motto. My mother, in contrast, valued education, but she would never put pressure on anyone: a sixty-five was passing, and there was no motivation to do better. As a child, my uncle was my major role-model. He was a living example of how one could strive for greatness with a proper education and hard work. At this tender age of seven, I knew little about how I would achieve my goals, but I knew that education and hard work were going to be valuable. However, all of my youthful fantasies for broader horizons vanished like smoke when school began.
In writing about an important person in my life, there are a number of people that I could discuss. But, I feel that the person who is very special to me and one who has been the most influential, is my dad.
A small bit of historical information is in order to set the tone for this presentation. I was raised, as most young boys are, learning to read, write, and the other necessary evils of elementary education. My father was finally discharged from the U.S. Army Air Corp. and World War II, where he had been a Lt. Col., and taught the use of the Norden Bombsight to bombardiers and crews of the time. My early years were basically fun years, as I learned how to fish, shoot, hunt, about dogs, cats, and toys…many, many, toys. My mother believed in spoiling me, since I was the only child, and for eight years, I was the only object of me parents’ attention. In 1958, however, that situation changed forever, with the birth of my little brother, and three years later, my little sister arrived. These two events, little did I realize, would have a profound effect on my life. They would alter the way I felt about life, contribute to changes in my personality, and most of all, formed the basis for my later life in general, including my chosen profession.
With the early struggles I had in life, the one thing I learned is that nothing comes easy in life because if so no one would be living in poverty. The way my parents both work to give my brother and me a better life style was important because I would see the hustle they would do for us but I also felt bad. I appreciate all the effort my parents did and there sacrifices but by doing so, I felt I never had the chance to spend as much time with my parents as I wish. Especially with my father, in which every night will come late tired from work and wake up early the next day and repeat only to give us a roof over our head. I always wished for my father to attend to one of my orchestra performance back when I played the violin from the third grade to eighth grade. I would see many of peers with their family after the show while my father was working and never attended to any of my performances. These events during my childhood made me realize that when I grow to be a father in the future, I would do anything possible to attend to my kid’s school performance because it feels bad after the show when most families are united and yours is not together. Other childhood memories that were influncicial throughout the course of my life was the involvement of sports. Playing both basketball and soccer has taught me many life lesson especially discipline. Many other skills were learned from playing sports such as respect and social skills. Being active in these sports made me have a better understanding on how I should respect and benefiting the strengths of others and how I can grow to a better individual. The best thing about these experience is that when I was with my teammates and coaches, I felt like it was a family because we would always look out for each other and the coaches would always want the best for us give us life advice that would come useful. Inside and outside the field
When I was six years old, I spent a month with my father at the University of Pikeville medical school. While I was attending class with my father, I developed an interest in science and how the body works. These classes taught me how to appreciate the human body, and science. Many years later, I came to understand the impact that a physician could have on the lives of a family. My uncle was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes.
My parents are constantly pushing me because they want to see me succeed in life since they could not have this opportunity it due to the Vietnam War. They told me that if I endured the pain now, in the future, I could spend more time enjoying life rather than hating it. Despite the struggles I had to go through, the constant pushing from my parents has helped me develop my character today. By continuously pushing me, my parents have turned me into an intelligent boy who has perseverance and resilience. An example of this is how I persevered in my English class and improved my writing skills through perfect essays such as my D-Day essay. Because of my parents, I am willing to reach for my ambitions, even if I find difficulties along the
Education gives people the competence and skills to pilot the world. It also allows people to provide and contribute to their society and community. Like Nelson Mandela said “ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. Similar to our lives, our educational journeys are different from one another. My educational journey was a very complicated journey. My family and mentors supported me, so was able to overcome those obstacles. The biggest motivation that got me through this journey was my father’s courage and love for education.
What made me into the person I am today? I have asked myself this question many times before, yet it all leads back to the same concept. In fact, I came to the conclusion that it is simply a summarization of our developing years. For example, some of our biggest influences, especially in those years, are our parents and friends. Our parents help shape us into the people we are today and, in most cases, we share the same values as them. In addition, our friends are also part of the reason we are who we are. They are the first group of people we interact with and whether we mean to or not, we try to imitate them as much as we can. As a result, the three values of my personal culture that make me into who I am are respect, work ethic, and joy.
They have accustomed me to certain standards, and I am used to putting my best work forward for assignments. Over the years, they have expected me to do well in school and get high grades, and I am supposed to live up to their standards. The third and final influential factor of my life is my ambition and will to work hard. I push myself to higher standards in life because I realized that what I want will not be handed to me. Coming from a middle-class family where only one parent has a college degree, I have come to understand the value of an education.
It started out with parents that were always interested in education, mine and their own, whenever I learned something new; they were always interested in it also. I was taught from the beginning much about the things around me, outdoors and in. I remember when I was in high school my mother would actually want to work with me on calculus, b...