I can still remember the first couple incidents that happened to me that started to shift my path of life. On May 26, 2011 I graduated from high school. It was a day full of happiness, sadness, and anxiety. I planned on taking time off of school since I have been in it for about 12 years straight. I planned on taking lots of trips with my friends and just experiencing new things in the new world. I also knew that if I did go back right away I wouldn’t succeed to my full potential. I simply wasn’t ready. At my grad party, I got into an argument with my brother, because I was defending my cousin. It soon escalated into a full on brawl between me, my brother, my boyfriend at the time, my father, and some friends. I made my way from outside where everyone was yelling at each other into my room. My father stormed into my roomed, where he proceeded to keep yelling at me telling me how I always screw everything up and I felt so overwhelmed that I just wanted to leave. Every ounce of me tried to escape that mad house but he wouldn’t let me leave until the cops arrived. I packed up a few things and left to stay with my boyfriend. A couple of days later I went and got the…
“You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.” – Scott Adams. I believe that the one person that has the most influence in shaping my life is my grandmother. She has taught me how to be independent and courageous. Many people say that I am a lot like my grandmother because she and I both have very similar personalities and characteristics. By spending majority of my time with my grandmother, I have realized that she is very influential to my life.…
My parents are two of my biggest influencers, they taught me from birth to the individual I am today. My mother was a natural leader, she was the one in control most of the time, She was extremely hard working, strong-willed, and driven. My mother wasn't the brightest student in school, she barely got accepted to the local university in her city, she had the lowest grades of her year. She realized that she did not understand the course materials and was failing her courses, her professor told her to resign and not embarrass her family. She was furious and wanted to prove them wrong.…
My parents have impacted my growth with education, they always push me out of my comfort zone and encourage me to try new things. Another way they have impacted my growth is taking me on trips and experiencing new cultures. My parents have given me the skills to have a great self confidence. There’s not one particular person that I can pick who I have learned from the most I have learned lots from my entire family. Every member in my family has taught and supported me in some way during my life. Some examples of what I have learned from them is that education is very important to be able to succeed and accomplish my goals. Another thing that they have taught me is how to work through challenges in life and to never give up on anything that I believe in. With great role models like this they help me keep a positive attitude and learn lots in…
A person who has had a significant influence on me in my life would have to be my former foster mother, Miss Barbara Pratt. Ms. Pratt was a foster mother to many children before myself and she had had wonderful success with most of them. I had been in an extremely abusive relatives home before I had been placed in Ms. Pratt’s home. When it was discovered that I was in an abusive home I was first placed in a group home in Cincinnati. Social Services worked very hard to find me a home that would help me adjust to a ‘normal’ life as quickly and easily as possible. They found the home my older sister had been placed in, they contacted Ms. Pratt and I was placed in her care.…
I cannot remember a person in my life that had a more significant influence on me than my father. My father has been the driving force behind my academic achievement. Everything I have been able to accomplish with regards to school, I have him to thank for.…
On the summer of 2007 a year after graduating from high school, I had so many things I wanted do, good paying jobs where I could work, places to travel by visiting different states. This summer was about hanging out and working before I would start to classes at college. I was excited to have a job where I wanted to work and make my own money, meeting new people different high school. This was the time in which I was learning how to become a young adult, the foundation in which a young adult learns to be responsible, take accountability for your actions. Granted I was still young and did not know anything, but was being taught how to take care of myself as a young lady future woman. At this time of my life, I soon…
Someone who has had a positive effect in my life is my brother Warren, because he taught me to not settle for mediocrity. For example, when I was a sixteen-year-old freshman at Walbrook High School and the chances of my finishing high school were slim. I was a teenager with an attitude, living in a neighborhood that fostered troubled teenagers. My brother Warren not only was he a disciplinarian, but also he was a great teacher. He would never settle for my usual standard of school work. He pushed and prodded and never tolerated the mediocrity that had become my standard. On the occasion of our first semester report cards, my brother called me aside and asked how it was possible that I was a D student in my classes. I was not ready for that question. However, I passionately told him about all the evils that I had been subjected to when I was younger. My brother listened patiently and when I was through he responded, “There’s a problem with my list, he said, and you are not on it.” he explained that the only person responsible for my situation was me. And the only person with the potential to change my situation was me and that when I personally accepted that responsibility I could make a significant change in my life. He convinced me that I was failing not because I was a failure, but because I was not accepting the responsibility for my results in those other classes. My brother helps me to believe in myself. He inspired me to become a better student.…
When I was 16 years old, my fathers electrochemical business collapsed. With this news, my family was forced to move to Milan, Italy so my dad could work with my other uncle. I on the other hand was left at a boardinghouse in Munich and expected to finish my education. At age 16 I landed on the doorstep of my surprised parents. My parents realized the enormous problems that I had faced as a school dropout…
The most influential people in my life would have to be my parents. From childhood till now, they have taught me so much and are still continuing to teach me. My dad teaching me to ride a bike, mum teaching me my times tables and even now, moving on from training wheels to car wheels. They not only teach me practical skills but also life…
But things were completely different. My mother had fallen into a severe depression. She was heavily medicated, eating and sleeping all day. None of her friends came to visit, and my dad was working twelve hours a day, so my brother and I had to deal with my mom’s sadness and anger alone. I did not manage this well. I had just turned fourteen, and in order to forget about my family problems, I rebelled. I began to drink, smoke, and party every weekend. I was desperate for my parents’ attention, but they were unable to give it. My excessive lifestyle went on for two years, but eventually my body and spirit gave out. I realized that my behavior was doing nothing to change my home situation. It was only making everything worse. So, with no prompting from anyone, I decided to make a drastic change. I told my parents I wanted to switch schools because I felt I needed a new beginning.…
There are a couple of people in my life today I could relate as having an influence on my life. My Grandparents, my mother and certain friends I have known a while and only seen now that some attributes I have, are because of them. Most times we as people try to think we have built ourselves up in a certain way without realizing that we are a certain way or choose not to do certain things because the people in our lives have had an influence on us. It has taken me twenty years to appreciate what an amazing influence my mother has been on my life. I didn’t know my mother well until I was 15 years old. She left when I was five to pursue her bachelor’s degree and masters in pharmacy in Bulgaria. She would come eventually for holidays when she could but all her visits seem very vague to me. Her being away for such a long time had in some way caused the divorce to happen between her and my father. I could tell it was a very hard time for her but gradually she began to support herself and got back on her feet. My mother has had an incredible influence on making me the person that I am today. Because of her, I am very hard working, I stay motivated and determined and I am a go getter.…
The one person that has had a very profound impact on my life would be my boyfriend Sean. He’s someone I’ve always looked up to for inspiration and motivation. He has taught me to better myself. Accomplish goals, gain education and knowledge, drive yourself or more a rather than just settling down on the average. Him being a successful business owner at a very young age and a great person that he is has always motivated me to do more with my life and surpass the average.…
My life has been filled with many amazing people. Some of those people have been friends, some have been teachers, and, of course, some have been part of my family. In reality, everyone who has come into my life has influenced me somehow. Some have been positive, others less positive. I would not say anyone has had a negative influence because I have learned something from everyone. Above all though, the person who has made the most difference in my life has been my ASL teacher in high school.…
My strongest influences were the people around me, good and bad. I remember certain teachers that made me feel like I could do anything and encouraged me to do so and other teacher that made me feel like I would never be successful with anything and discouraged me to even try. The different people I became friends with impacted my life in both positive and negative ways by some showing me real friendship and some putting me in positions to have bad things happen. To this day, at age 29, these experiences and people have all influenced my development as a child and adult, creating the person I am today.…