Significant Events In President Richard Nixon's Life
I chose to research the life of President Richard Nixon. Nixon was actually the first cousin to my great-grandmother and this gave me inspiration to learn more about his life. To my family he is just another family member, however, to the rest of the world he was a great politician who turned into a “crook” politician. Nixon was most well known for his political career by being elected as the 37th President of The United States. He had a very successful life and in order for others to understand his success it is important to look at his development. He was born in Yorba Linda, California on January 9, 1913 to Francis and Hannah Nixon. The Nixon’s were a small Quaker family who tended to be toward the lower end of socioeconomic status but still
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However, in adolescence, there would continue to be hardships along with great successes in school. Nixon went to Fullerton High School because it was supposedly academically better, but this forced Nixon to ride the school bus an hour each direction for an entire year. By the time Nixon was in his junior year he asked to transfer to the same High School his older brother attended. When Nixon was in high school his older brother Harold became very ill with tuberculosis again. Nixon had been involved in football, but was forced to quit when his family needed him to help out at the family store more. On top of this he became very ill with hay fever and missed most of his senior year of High School. Although he missed most of his senior year of school, he still managed to graduated third in his class from Whittier High School. Once again, this shows Nixon’s resilience as child to deal with hardship but come out on top. He did so well in school, he was granted full tuition to Harvard University. However, the family was struggling financially due to Harold’s illness and had to attend Whittier University to help in the family store. Nixon’s grandfather paid for his tuition to Whittier University because the family could not. Nixon was asked to put his future on hold in order to help his family out of
However, in adolescence, there would continue to be hardships along with great successes in school. Nixon went to Fullerton High School because it was supposedly academically better, but this forced Nixon to ride the school bus an hour each direction for an entire year. By the time Nixon was in his junior year he asked to transfer to the same High School his older brother attended. When Nixon was in high school his older brother Harold became very ill with tuberculosis again. Nixon had been involved in football, but was forced to quit when his family needed him to help out at the family store more. On top of this he became very ill with hay fever and missed most of his senior year of High School. Although he missed most of his senior year of school, he still managed to graduated third in his class from Whittier High School. Once again, this shows Nixon’s resilience as child to deal with hardship but come out on top. He did so well in school, he was granted full tuition to Harvard University. However, the family was struggling financially due to Harold’s illness and had to attend Whittier University to help in the family store. Nixon’s grandfather paid for his tuition to Whittier University because the family could not. Nixon was asked to put his future on hold in order to help his family out of