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WU, ALLEN

SOCIO 111 TTH 11-12:35PM


August 9, 2016

Most of us agree that we are our parents reflection. Our upbringing from the
critical and important childhood years up to our adulthood is best influence by how
well we are raised. In our character development process as persons, our parents
guidance determines how we deal, why we deal, and in what way we deal with the
society.

For years, I have always looked up to my parents important in my character


foundation in life- more than what education has taught me, more than what my
friends has influenced me, and more than what the society expected me to be.

My father has always taught me how to be wisely and efficiently independent


in terms of business decision-making. Having in mind encouragement to his son, he
makes sure I work on weekends and decide major matters, with his guidance on how
to effectively run the family business. Although he really is a strict person, when I do
good things, he is lavish in praise; when I commit mistakes, he constructively tells me
that temporary failures are part of life and so long as I will not give up and make
better decisions, I will never be defeated. From him I learned that life is what I wisely
make out of it and not always what the society expects me to be. So long as my life
and dreams are dealt with burning desire coupled with efficient actions, then I will be
able to translate any idea that I have in mind into great results.

On the other hand, I look up to my mother on the emotional level. Being


raised in the tradition Chinese way of thinking, my mama has always taught me that
more than anything else, family and interpersonal relationships matter - more than
having a highest IQ in class- more than richness, and more than physical possessions.
Although admittedly I am not one of those who excels in my class because of my
inability to quickly understand concepts hence my shyness to express what I really
feel, most people close to me know that I am an obedient, trustworthy, and
hardworking person. They know that even when I did not do well in my previous
years, I never wanted to stop going to school because I want to learn, not only from
my teachers, but also from them who share personal ideas I can use in my life. These
interpersonal traits and developed relationships I learned from my loving mama who
gives balance to my seemingly busy oriented family and more importantly my
seemingly hard fought academic life, are the reasons I have good relationships with
my friends.

Up to now, my personal relationship with my parents is as strong as my


relationships with my close friends. Although sometimes I have the most
unconventional way of thinking among the group, knowing that I am surrounded with
people who encourage rather than discourage, made me realize that in any society we
live in it is better to be with a few positively influential people than a selfish many.
And this important realization is rooted on how I was brought by my parents, and
from them, on how I molded my own developing self as what I wanted to be, not just
how my society normally expects me to become.

Indeed, we create the unique life we distinctly choose and act on it to be.

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