My Father's Ethos

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What is Character? Character can be described in so many ways. From being a person who pays attention in class to someone who follows the teacher's directions. It can be a lot of things. To me, character means being able to show good leadership traits. The person must be able to show honesty and boldness and must be hardworking and responsible to their actions. I believe that they should be confident and able to do any task given. Just someone who goes out of their way, just to achieve their goals.

In my life, my main goal has always been, to become a leader to my classmates and my parents. In order to do that, I must be able to become a good character. Things like that isn’t quite as simple as you think. I have to go through endless struggles, just to be able to achieve this goal. The only person that helps me through this, is my dad. My dad has been through a lot of struggles in his life. When he was younger, he wasn’t able to get the education that he desired. Because of that, he spends everyday telling me “Be the best that I can be.” My dad believes that ‘If you’re able to get through the struggles, you will be able to accomplish your goals. I think about this, every day. Just striving to be the best person that I can ever …show more content…

You can become a hard working person with a weak character. While you can also be, a hard working person with a strong character. I think of myself, as a moderate character. Though my character can be good, with just a push of a bad force, I can easily change. Through my character isn't that good, my moral compass isn't strong as well. Relying on my moral compass, can be very hard. Through I am able to tell what is right and wrong, there are somethings that my moral compass can’t figure out. Like “Should I pull an allnighter, and study for that test tomorrow?” or “Should I just sleep and study in the morning?”. Things like that, my moral compass can’t decide what to

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