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My Grandpa Research Paper

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An influential person is not just any person that you know. They are someone that you look up to and follow in their footsteps. They can not just be someone you think is “cool” or someone that is popular, because people like that are usually not a good example to look up to. My grandpa has influenced me most by giving me the knowledge of farming, great tips on how to run my cross country races, and the ability to tell the difference between the right and wrong things to do in life. Farming is a big part of my grandpas life. He grew up working for his dad on a farm and started working on his own farm along with his brother when he got older. As I grew up I very frequently went out to help him work. When I was younger I could not do much just because of the fact that I was physically unable to, but as a grew older I started to be able to do more. He taught me a lot about the farm as I was growing up, like how to do chores for …show more content…

He is one of the biggest reasons why I decided to join cross country. When he was in high school, he was one of the top runners on the team and he was very good at it. He tells me all of these stories that he has about when he was running, such as what types of workouts they did, and how they ran without shoes on in their races. My grandpa always knows the right things to say before my run, while I am running, and after I have finished my race. He says things like make sure you are all stretched out before the race. During a race he makes sure to tell me to stay loose and stride out when I am looking tired or my form is getting off. Then after the race is all over he comes up to me and always says, “Good Job,” then he asks me how I felt during my run, and gives me many useful tips for the next race that I could try. He makes it to almost every single race to support me and that has to be one of the best feelings

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