When reflecting on personal influences in my life, no one has had a greater impact than my father. He was and continues to be a positive role model as a father, a husband, a grandfather, a devout Christian, a carpenter and an artist.…
who virtually changed my life. He pushed me out into the deep water. He was a very profound and challenging…
That person for me is someone by the name of Hector Molina. He has been there for me for more than six years of my fifteen year life. He’s helped me through a lot of troubles I’ve had when I was young, but he plays a bigger card than just that. He inspires me to be a better person as well as a thinker.…
There are certain people that come into your life and leave your life relatively undisturbed. For example, all new teachers when each school year starts. While there are other people that make room in your life for themselves, pushing something else out in the process. Those are the people that transform your life.…
The first reason why Mrs. Hollenbaugh impacted my life because she told us she constantly made mistakes. But she took those lessons from her mistakes to make her a better person. She would always tell…
A person who made an enormous impact on my life was my eighth grade math teacher. I'd had failed my seventh grade TAKS test and had to take a second math class for the year. I was extremely furious and disappointed that I had to take yet another math. I was and still am terrible at math, which just made the situation even worse. Within the first week, I kept failing my assignments, which was making my grade plummet. I came to my regular math teacher for help for my assignments to raise my grades. However, the way the teacher was explaining the math made absolutely no sense to me in any way. Fortunately, when I came to my TAKS math teacher for tutoring, the way he explained to me actually made things much more simpler in my work. Things started…
When my sisters and I first came to the United States I had trouble understanding American English. Though we had been taught English in our school in the camp we were not prepared to learn in a completely English environment in a completely new culture. The transition was quite a challenge for us, not to mention starting well into the second half of the school year, but we pressed through and managed to get good grades.…
bad times of my life and has pulled me through it all. The first experience that I really…
There are many people we meet in our lifetime. So many in fact that many are just passing faces that after time don’t even have a name. Some people last longer and become friends or even family. Then there are the few that truly have an impact on you that affect you in ways where you will never be the same. That person for me is my former saxophone teacher, and mentor Nazim Rashid. Nazim was vital in changing the negative thoughts that had haunted me since childhood, helped me understand how to deal with any difficulties I had as a teenager and laid a strong foundation that I rely on to this day.…
When someone asks you the question, “who has impacted your life?” I’m sure we all can list many amazing people. When people ask me that question one specific person comes to mind, my grandpa, Gordon Westendorf. He saw potential in me at a very young age. He would read to me for hours and hours to allow me to learn as much as i could. He never turned away from a teaching opportunity and always was willing to take time out of his busy day to talk to me or to help me with anything I need.…
Each person in his life experiences some difficulties and faces some changes that affects his views, thoughts and changes his life totally. For some of them it might be experience of love, for others it might be the growing up problems and so on. In these cases everybody has different things to face. Among these life-changing experiences one of the hardest one, which changes people’s life once and forever is migration. Only the immigrants, every single one face the same problems and hardships. Some may ask their selves why they go for it. Most of them migrate because they want to have a better life, to receive a better education and other several reasons. In “The Jade Peony” these aspects of the immigrants experience are clearly shown on the example of the Chinese-Canadian family: language issues, behavior changes and loss of culture and memories.…
When I was five, I met a man that would change my life forever. The first time I saw him, he was laying tile at our house which at the time was under construction. I watched as he very eloquently laid mortar and tile in a way that I had never seen before. Soon he sat down with my dad and I and asked us if we would like to come down to his cabin with him and go fishing. I jumped at the opportunity and in two weeks we were driving from Austin to Corpus Christi. I did not know it then, but this man, Melvin Miller would end up defining almost all of the principles I have today. This first time, I learned about the water and protecting the environment, but I also learned the difference between right and wrong but more importantly how to work hard. It may sound like these trips to this cabin are difficult or stressful but they are quite the opposite. Infact, when I come back from a trip to the cabin, I am more relaxed than ever and ready to work hard.…
We all have people who have changed our lives. People can change your life in a positive or negative way. My grandmother Esther changed my life in a positive way. My grandmother basically raised me. She changed my life and I am glad she did.…
Life itself is a dark and twisted thing. It seems to make many twists and turns that eventually make out a bag of happenings. All of these circumstances make you a wiser person as these events go on. Many people can say one single event that has changed their life forever. Sometimes, some memories become unforgettable which teach you a lesson that becomes the guideline for your life.…
A person who has made a huge impact on my life is Colton Kirby. He is a great friend who always has helpful advice for everything. He's the type of friend that is more of a older brother and a great rolemodel. He shows that you can be a teenager but also knows when to get things done and for the most part does it. He's always a fun kid to be around and I trust everything he says. He is a great kid who will do anything for his friends it seems everytime I need somebody to help me out with what ever it is I can always count on him. I have nothing but respect for him he has taught me so much in the short years that I have known him. He gets along with everybody and has few enemies. He knows what to do in every situation and its really easy to look up to him and somewhat follow in his foot steps. He has his head on straight and knows what he needs to do to be succesful in life. Everytime I've felt down or needed a solution for a problem he can answer it or be there to help. He pays it forward and thats the thing I respect him the most about. He will help anybody out if their in trouble and wont ask for anything in return because he feels like he's doing his part in life. It's great to hangout with him because he is down to do anything and be smart about it at the same time. I know that he will make something out of himself and will help others do the same, he is all about helping even if it becomes frusturating at times he wont let anybody down. Everybody that knows him has a great deal of respect for him because of the impact he has or will make on their lives. I dont know how I would of gotten throught most of the things I've been through if he hadn't of helped me throught it. He's a great friend and hero and I'm glad that I met…