Michael Newberg

11-13-12

#3

There are two people that had the most influence on me are my parents. My mother came from a large school in California and moved up to Minnesota where she met my dad. My dad grew up in a small town and on a farm in Minnesota. They are both self-employed, my father being an attorney with fifteen plus years of experience in Stillwater and my mother a personal trainer. They have influenced me in many ways. Two specific examples were that they taught me to get the most knowledge I could and to get my work done before I did what I wanted to.

Both of my parents largely encouraged me at a young age to work hard and to learn the most that I could through constantly telling me to do so and by doing it constantly themselves, so it rubbed off on me. That was where I attained a great work ethic and a willingness to learn.  I always get my work done before I do anything else that is a trivial use of my time. I have always been able to get my work in on time, if present for the assignment, as well as if I were gone. For example, I have the project due next Monday for Web Design already done. For the most part it is complete, with the exception of a few tweaks here and there.

Having a great work ethic did wonders for my grades in school and will have a great effect in my future.  It  encourages me to be successful at what I am are doingThe point that I am trying to make is that everybody, meaning those without this quality, would be better off if they did have them.

A willingness to learn also went hand-in-hand with my work ethic, because they both relied on each other in school and in life. Whenever I am confronted with a puzzle or activity for the mind I never give up until I either find it out or happen to be told by someone else, but even then I look to see if it indeed would work or was the right answer. This can have a good impact as well as a bad impact. If everyone wanted to learn at the same level that I do it would create a healthy competition for knowledge. This would eventually give people that otherwise wouldn’t try or that aren’t as good at learning a better chance to be more qualified for jobs than they would be otherwise.

As you now know from reading this document the person(s) who had the most impact on my life were and are my parents. They taught me things that helped/ help/ will help in my life. The two main bits of knowledge they gave me were the willingness to learn and to have a good work ethic, both of which help me in life and specifically helped me with this paper. When I do eventually leave my parents, I will try to apply these two qualities with everything I attempt. If given the chance in life, I will also teach these qualities to others that I influence.