Journey of my life. L.C Mantsshintshi.
Chapter one (the beginning)
In life, I believe that everyone is affected by different individuals or situations that will forever hold significance in their lives. From my virtues to flaws, there is a specific person in my life that should be credited for the overall gentlemen that I have become over time. Since birth, my father has had the greatest influence on my life decisions because I analyse the hardships and sacrifices that he has gone through in order for me to have a better life than him. The hard and valuable lessons he has taught me have given me the
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I believe every new day should be treated as a fresh start. I look upon life as a challenge and set many hard goals to achieve. Building on that, I take pleasure in keeping busy; I find it very difficult to do nothing for long periods of time. I consider leaning as the greatest benefit we have in life. Many great people have been heard to say, "Knowledge is power and with power comes respect." I would like to add that if you want the respect you first have to give it, therefore the line, "Treat others in a way in which you wish to be treated," holds great power to me. Living to lead is my motto; being in control is a great feeling whether it is of a situation or of the people around you. Thankfully I am generally not a shy person though many strong leaders in this world have their share of shyness and still yet succeeded
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Apart from all my vast ideologies, it seems kind of strange that my favourite pastime is cars. Since being fussy was something I was born with, I only enjoy newer, "Fast and the Furious" type cars, classics don 't really catch my attention. Another great pastime of mine is movies. I enjoy wartime type shows more so for the action and not the killing, as well as more dramatic type movies like "American Beauty," and "A Beautiful Mind." The one last and final thing that I could not possibly live without is
For me, this means making integrity and kindness the key to my way of living. One quote that I decided to let be a basis of my life in a way is “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.” This reminds me that no matter what I do, my character, and who I actually am, outweighs
Common App Essay When I was ten years old I was placed into foster care. I have two biological siblings, a younger brother and an older sister. My siblings and I were in foster care for two years and then we went back to our biological parents. It was hard to go back with them because they had hurt us.
“Enrique feels he would rather be with his mother than get the money and the gifts she sends.” 26, Enrique’s journey, Sonia Nazario. This immigrant boy called Enrique says he prefers to live in poverty rather than not having his mother at his side. After reading the book Enrique’s Journey, I have learned that is not worth it for a mother to abandon her children just to follow the American dream with the illusion of provide a better future for them. Broken homes causes many problems in our society, particularly, abandoned children grow up with low self-esteem and resentful feelings, they choose bad companies and they often consume drugs or alcohol.
Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ( Roy T.Bennett).
Being Hispanic to me is the strength the culture has given me to not give up. Hispanics in the United States face many struggles, not only when many decide to move to this country, but also the issues faced in the countries we come from. Being Hispanic has giving me values and responsibilities to represent who I am as individual; for my culture, my country, and my family. Since the beginning my family has been able to turn a bad situation around.
Character is perhaps the most important aspect of being an honorable leader. One of the attributes that I value most is kindness. No matter how simple it may seem, it is certainly important. I make an effort to be a good friend to everyone I encounter and make them feel respected. Making others know their worth and feel respected is a great way to earn their respect back.
Growing up in Cypress has been a phenomenal experience to say the least. I was raised in a supportive middle class family. With a strong backbone behind me. I grew up to become independent and mature. Along with many friends that helped me get through rough times to make me the person I am today.
“When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.” James A. Forbes said. People have often stereotyped races and ethnicities because based less on fact than rumor and exaggeration. But, many never think through why they did it; they just did it because the society did it. In the novel Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes, in general, most of the characters prejudged others because of their race.
If it was not for him; I probably would not have come out of my shell. My grandfather taught me the importance of family. He reminded that this may be the only opportunity I may actually experience the idea of being with family. I listened to him and being in Ecuador taught me my true identity; going to Ecuador taught me what it meant to be with family. When I got back to the U.S, and a few months have passed by.
Loyalty, respect, self-less service and integrity are the values that map the life that I lead. When in consideration of
The prompt for this essay is quite simple: write about how your involvement in sports, community service, leadership, academics, and other extracurricular activities have affected your overall character. However, I feel as though this essay would be better if focused on my career in lacrosse and how it’s changed my life over the past five years, helping me throughout the good and bad, the simple and the challenging. Lacrosse has been a part of my life for about five years now. I started playing when I was in fourth grade, simply because I wanted to branch out and try something new, exciting, and a little bit out of my comfort zone.
He has passed on attributes such as honesty and respect and I hope to perfect these attributes and pass them down to my children once I am married. My parents have also influenced me in many ways such
The past four years of my life hold both my highest of highs and my lowest of lows. High school can be a very awkward time period in a person’s life. Four years ago, I made the intimidating switch from St. Mary’s School to Algoma High School. There were certain aspects of high school which made me nervous, but academics was not one of them. I learned how to be a responsible student in my earlier years, and school had always come relatively easy to me.
The belief of respect is important that managers, supervisors, employees at the organization also reflect organization’s culture and manner. I realized that respect others is an effective way to improve my own quality and it requires me to respect others’ achievement and custom. Therefore, respect is my basic quality and I have to be patient with each employee although I am a leader in the future career. 4.2 Examining Political, Cultural and Social Realities Power is defined as a capacity that the behavior of A has to be affected and act according to B’s wishes (Robbins et al., 2010).
Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to be successful in life. I have always wanted to be the better version of my parents and achieve many things in life. During my freshman year in High school, I knew I was going to major in business. I come from a household of five, my father, mother, two younger sisters, and myself. I am the first in my family to go to college and with that being said, I have always felt the pressure to be the best role model and example for my younger sisters.