My Father Research Paper
R is for RICH.
Rich is my dad. He has been there since before my birth, and he will continue to be a part of my life long after I graduate from college and fully and officially leave home.
How has my dad shaped my view of life? It is hard to pinpoint exactly. I know I have learned a lot from him: the best ways to save money on groceries, the value of gift cards in everyday life, how to relax and joke and be the comedic relief (not that I use that lesson very often, unfortunately), how to separate work and home and truly enjoy being at home (another lesson I need to put into practice more often), and so much more.
My dad has never been a super vocal presence in my life; he usually quietly supports from the sidelines while my mom takes a more …show more content…
As young as fifth grade, I experienced existential dilemmas about my purpose in life, as I felt purposeless and slightly adrift. My underappreciated-ness continued throughout middle school and high school. I would consider myself to be very intelligent and a high achiever, easily one of the smartest in my high school graduating class. However, I often felt that my intelligence was overlooked because I was a girl. There were several of us in my graduating class who were academically gifted, but I was the only girl. (I was also the shortest, but that is a moot point.) I was also not super popular or super involved in many school things, unlike the others, which may have contributed to that feeling of being passed over. It was incredibly frustrating to be equally intelligent as others but to not be seen as such. I even graduated third in my class - not because I had worse grades than the two guys ahead of me, but because I had taken one fewer AP class and more high school classes in junior high (the 4.0s brought my GPA down, actually). The guys who were in that upper echelon were usually pretty good about recognizing me, though, which I
Rich is my dad. He has been there since before my birth, and he will continue to be a part of my life long after I graduate from college and fully and officially leave home.
How has my dad shaped my view of life? It is hard to pinpoint exactly. I know I have learned a lot from him: the best ways to save money on groceries, the value of gift cards in everyday life, how to relax and joke and be the comedic relief (not that I use that lesson very often, unfortunately), how to separate work and home and truly enjoy being at home (another lesson I need to put into practice more often), and so much more.
My dad has never been a super vocal presence in my life; he usually quietly supports from the sidelines while my mom takes a more …show more content…
As young as fifth grade, I experienced existential dilemmas about my purpose in life, as I felt purposeless and slightly adrift. My underappreciated-ness continued throughout middle school and high school. I would consider myself to be very intelligent and a high achiever, easily one of the smartest in my high school graduating class. However, I often felt that my intelligence was overlooked because I was a girl. There were several of us in my graduating class who were academically gifted, but I was the only girl. (I was also the shortest, but that is a moot point.) I was also not super popular or super involved in many school things, unlike the others, which may have contributed to that feeling of being passed over. It was incredibly frustrating to be equally intelligent as others but to not be seen as such. I even graduated third in my class - not because I had worse grades than the two guys ahead of me, but because I had taken one fewer AP class and more high school classes in junior high (the 4.0s brought my GPA down, actually). The guys who were in that upper echelon were usually pretty good about recognizing me, though, which I