what my parents taught me essay

Throughout my nineteen years of living I have gone through many events and have had many influences, both good and bad. Only a few of these events I would consider significant. I believe that both nature and nurture played a role in these significant events. Nurture had the biggest impact in my life and how I am today. In my personal opinion nature and nurture both had a role in my depression and anxiety disorder. At the end of eight grade I started to get very sick. My gallbladder had stopped functioning

Throughout my life I have encountered many circumstances that have shaped me into the person I am today. I started life in a small house outside of Mackinaw, Illinois. I lived in that house for eleven years, and while I was there I became the oldest of four children. That in itself has been an experience, teaching me a lot about being an example and impacting my views on responsibility. I have a brother who, quite frankly, is the worst behaved kid I know. He lies, steals, and misbehaves compulsively

horse that I shared with my sisters for 8 years was taken from me without enough time to say a proper goodbye. Diazo was a huge part of my life; everyday I looked forward to riding him and my mare Stella. Even though it hit me like a train selling him; it grew me closer with my mare and made me grow as a rider and individual. The year was 2014 and my parents were separating. It was hard on me, but didn't seem to affect me until 2015. In the summer of 2015 both of my parents became alcoholics; they

What is your first recollection about your cultural background? My first recollection about my cultural background started in junior high school because this is when people start fitting into groups or cliques and people tend to be in groups with their friends. The different types of groups included the preps, jocks, band geeks, hoods, druggies, and bookworms to name a few examples. Of course, I was not into sports so much or band, however, I fit with many different groups because I had friends

“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, by Amy Chua, is all about the Chinese motherhood lifestyle. In this article she explains what a Chinese mother does that makes them better than Western parents. Yet, we learn from Betty Ming Liu in her article, “Parents like Amy Chua are the reason why Asian-Americans like me are in therapy”, that this lifestyle is indeed harmful pushing many to escape the life they know for real happiness. Although relatively successful the Chinese mother way of doing things

various people that have influenced me and helped mold and shape my views on education and learning. Many great teachers and coaches have all helped instill in me a love for learning. Difficult teachers, unfair coaches and challenging relationships with peers have helped me develop the desire to prove myself and to do my best to rise above and to learn in spite of challenges. Instances of cheating, injustice, apathy and school politics could have possibly stolen my desire to learn and grow. Instead

My introduction to medicine began when I was twelve, and my grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Dementia. At the time, my family had just moved to Florida, while he remained in Puerto Rico. Every visit back was a new rung on the ladder of his descent into dementia, with him remembering less and less of me, my siblings, and my parents. His death came abruptly, but brought catharsis, acceptance, and the celebration of all our memories with him. He is a constant source of motivation and inspiration

At an early age, my parents enrolled me in dance and piano lessons. They wanted me to be a “child prodigy” that had numerous talents. Since, both my parents were foreigners, they never had the opportunity to do activities such as this. Therefore, it was important to them that I did the things that never got to do. I never liked the idea but, as my father always told me “No knowledge is wasted”. So, I just went along with it. As I grew, I dropped piano lessons but stuck with dance. However, I had

I used to be the type of person that needed my life planned out; I needed a routine or a schedule. I was going on an amazing trip to Catalina Island with my closest friends. We had a plan; take a bus to LA and get on a boat that would take us to Catalina from there. When we arrived to LA the weather was so bad we couldn't get on the boat. We had to wait until the next day. Having to go off schedule we ended up making more memories, we went to a huge aquarium and spent the night on a boat. After that

possible service to him.” What William is saying is that once you can respect other people no matter who they are or what they can do for you, you wont necessarily be a gentleman, but a better and more considerate person. My father has taught me one of the most important things that people are forgetting, show respect to other people and to be considerate of how what you say will make them feel. I used to be someone that never thought about the consequences never realized that what I said could hurt people