Reaction Paper
Ma. Rhea C. Andaya
2010-24782
A Piece of the Real World
It is always nice to listen to accomplished people talk about their life, how they began, how they persevered, and how they came to where they are now. Such is how I felt when I was listening to Mr. Diosdado “Ding” Salvador while he talked in class. True, there may have been times that my mind was wandering, but I believe I was able to pick up the valuable parts of his stories. Most of what I picked up is actually quotations from him, things like “Perseverance is important.” and “It pays off to become loyal and to work hard.” and some cliché realizations based from his stories. I have always had the belief that clichés are clichés because they are true, and once again that belief was strengthened by the realizations I picked from his stories of his experiences. Mr. Salvador’s story was a classic “from rags to riches” story, how a hard-working man was able to raise himself from the state he was in initially to a much better state of living. He stressed the importance of being hard-working, because of course, to be hard-working and to be persevering is to try anything and everything you can to achieve a goal, and when you do your best, you attain that goal, but if you don’t get the goal even when you’ve tried so hard, it might not just be for you. Because of his background also, Mr. Salvador valued education very much. He said that one’s first job might dictate the career path of a person so one must be choosy. He might have not been able to be choosy when he was starting, but soon he was able to choose the company he wants to work for. There was one time when he became unemployed when he fought with his boss. He stood up for what he believed in, and he worked hard to look for a job to support his family. This shows the part where you really can’t please everybody, because if you want to please everyone, then nobody will like it. We really can’t meet the demands of all people so we have to choose what we
2010-24782
A Piece of the Real World
It is always nice to listen to accomplished people talk about their life, how they began, how they persevered, and how they came to where they are now. Such is how I felt when I was listening to Mr. Diosdado “Ding” Salvador while he talked in class. True, there may have been times that my mind was wandering, but I believe I was able to pick up the valuable parts of his stories. Most of what I picked up is actually quotations from him, things like “Perseverance is important.” and “It pays off to become loyal and to work hard.” and some cliché realizations based from his stories. I have always had the belief that clichés are clichés because they are true, and once again that belief was strengthened by the realizations I picked from his stories of his experiences. Mr. Salvador’s story was a classic “from rags to riches” story, how a hard-working man was able to raise himself from the state he was in initially to a much better state of living. He stressed the importance of being hard-working, because of course, to be hard-working and to be persevering is to try anything and everything you can to achieve a goal, and when you do your best, you attain that goal, but if you don’t get the goal even when you’ve tried so hard, it might not just be for you. Because of his background also, Mr. Salvador valued education very much. He said that one’s first job might dictate the career path of a person so one must be choosy. He might have not been able to be choosy when he was starting, but soon he was able to choose the company he wants to work for. There was one time when he became unemployed when he fought with his boss. He stood up for what he believed in, and he worked hard to look for a job to support his family. This shows the part where you really can’t please everybody, because if you want to please everyone, then nobody will like it. We really can’t meet the demands of all people so we have to choose what we