Define People Research Paper

John Ouk
English Honors 10
5/20/12
Period 5 Experiences and choices define people. People and their choices define their experiences in life. Experiences often nail characteristic traits and a personality into a person’s mind and their impact varies. A stove burn may remind one not to touch hot surfaces while a funeral may shut off a man’s social life for years. These moments I tell are life lessons that make me the man today.
Elementary Years
When I was young, my dad would often put me into hard and realistic scenarios to put myself to the test. This would often frustrate me because I thought it was a waste of time and unnecessary. In my elementary years, he would often give me extra problems, in addition to my homework, and made sure
Caleb Bonner “Hey bro, its been a while. Whats Good?” 8:38 P.M. John Ouk “ummm why do you still talk to me?” 8:45 P.M. Caleb Bonner “Uhh why would i not talk to you? I know we haven’t talked in a while… but its not like i hate you.” 8:45 P.M. John Ouk “Well you don’t even hit me up by yourself to see what’s up at least once a month.” 8:46 P.M. Caleb Bonner “Didn’t i just do that?” 8:48 P.M. John Ouk “And when I try to clear my schedule for you. You always blow me off by going to practice. Yeah in like 6 months. Congrats. 8:48 P.M. Caleb Bonner “Its been over a month yeah but i’m trying to find out whats up right now.” 8:51 P.M. John Ouk “*clap* *clap* Seriously is that what best friends do?” 8:55 P.M. Caleb Bonner “I don’t blow you off dude… my practices are set… I always say we can hang out after. And no its not. I know we haven’t been close friends.” 8:58 P.M. John Ouk “No… I make time in my schedule: I skip boxing. Problem is that there is no time to hang out after practice. And I wouldn’t mind practice so much if you didn’t have it every single weekend and the fact you play all the sports. And you can’t even skip one
And if my parents would let me but i can’t just skip and then tell my parents i wanted to hang they would be mad.” 9:03 John Ouk “Uhuhuh but friend go out their way for each other no matter what the cause.” 9:04 Caleb Bonner “I’m sorry our situation got screwed up no lie.” 9:04 John Ouk “Yeah you let it.” 9:04 Caleb Bonner “And we argued at each other over silly crap that doesn’t even matter. I haven’t been there and i’ll be there now. 9:07 John Ouk “Hahahahaha. That’s like a mom telling an orphan I’m sorry I put in the orphanage for 5 years but I’m ready to accept you as my son.” 9:10 Caleb Bonner “Then just say no and stop making fun of the fact that i’m not perfect.” 9:11 John Ouk “… I never said that. I never criticized you on bein perfect. I’m criticizing you for being a terrible