Growing up I had some
excellent role models that helped me become a better person. Some of
the role models I gratefully had in my life were two excellent
teachers, Mr. Rittman, and Mr. Ruane. Mr. Rittman taught my graduating
class of 2002 from 5th grade all the way up to 8th grade. They taught
me that knowledge is power and was part of my inspiration to study hard
and strive for greatness. I remember him staying after school for me
just to help me with my school work and give me some life lessons that
I continue to cherish and implement in my daily life style. They were
almost like father figures I had during the day. They kept me on check
with my school work making sure that all assignments were completed and
weren't afraid to lecture me if I wasn't doing things right. They
taught me that hard work in my schooling can take me a long way in life
and help my be successful in life.
My cousin Quoc is 28 years
old now and has been a superior role model in my life also, but in a
different way than my teachers. He never really had to lecture me or
give me long talks about whats right and whats wrong. He was more of
the role model that led by example. He would always be willing to help
the family with whatever they needed help with whether it was painting
the house, mowing the lawn, washing the dishes and constantly displaying
his love for his family and looking out for others. He is the oldest
male in our family, and in my eyes, the most wise as far as my age group
goes. He has always been the person I look up to to always do the right
thing. I feel as though he is almost perfect in a way even though I
know he is not. But he does a really good job setting an example for
others to follow by. He is a straight A student and is in his last year
of becoming a doctor. He reminds me of a person I would like to grow up
and be like some day.
I feel that I have many excellent people
in my life to help and look after me with. People who are there that
allow me to view as significant people in this world to strive towards
excellence. The person that has affected me most in my life has most
definitely been my father. He is a very strong, passionate, family
based man. Growing up was only rough in some aspects of life just
because I felt that my dad had such high expectations for me. Always
wanting me to be great, to do the best in everything that I did. I
constantly felt as though I couldn't always do the things that he was
trying to push out of me. But then I look back on what he was doing and
I realize that he just wanting me to live life to the fullest and
exceed my own potential. He never thought he was making me do stuff I
didn't want to do whenever I got lazy or slacked off. He was just
creating for me the playing field he thought I could compete at. And
when I say this I'm not just talking about sports or the playground, I
am talking about the very essence of life itself. He has taught me to
implement the priorities in my life as God first, family second, and
myself third. He has inspired me in ways that I hadn't thought possible
and couldn't clearly define all of his ways of inspiration. I couldn't
be happier to have someone in my life that has taught me so much and
led by example of what it is to really manifest one's own destiny.
