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My Father Research Paper

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The person who I consider to be the biggest role model in my life is my father. My father has been a role model for me ever since I was young, he was the one to show me that if I wanted to succeed then I had to do so with my own knowledge and with my own capabilities. He was never the person to shield me from the realities of the world, but at the same time he helped me to understand what was happening and how these world problems could potentially affect me. He was the one to show me that life will continue to happen whether or not I was prepared to do so. My father conveyed to me the importance of searching for opportunities instead of letting them come to me because life does not work that way. Life is not just going to provide me with help if I do not give an honest attempt to produce results myself. As a child I looked up to my father, especially since growing up I was the oldest child of the family. I did not have an older sibling to look up to and to learn from like my younger siblings which is what made it possible for me to look up to my father. A main reason that I had for looking up to my father was due to his strong commitment to go heritage and culture. The fact that my father came to this country as an immigrant from mexico and he came to this country without anything. No knowledge of the country and its language, just the basic necessities of life which was some clothes and money, amazed me. Additionally, my father played as a substantial role model in how I entered society because of the fact that I grew up not speaking english and so growing up and going to school was difficult to do since I did not really understand much and it wasn’t until a few years of ESL where I began to pick up english and a more centered idea of the world. As a result, I wanted to be able to be a good role model for her and to be able to inspire her to follow her dreams and to have a more optimistic perspective. I considered my father to be my role model because he is someone who I believe is intelligent, hardworking and honest. He was someone who was always pushing my sister and I to continue taking challenges that will help us develop into stronger and knowledgeable young individuals. As an individual who never

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