Florida
Southern Essay
Topic:
Describe a person who has had a significant part of your life. How has that
influence helped you prepare for your college experience at Florida Southern?
“Now Allison, if you loosen the bolt here, this is how
you change a tire,” my dad tells me while unscrewing the bolt with his wrench. A
typical day for me is getting up and throwing on whatever feels comfortable
with my hair tied back. I am usually getting paint or grease on myself or
sliding under cars to tighten something my dad can’t reach.
Growing
up with parents who have given me support and learning experiences through my
entire life, has helped me to prepare for the world to come. My dad has a huge
impact in my life by showing me how to live on my own, when I am ready to
leave. Without his guidance, I would certainly not be ready for college, nor
living by myself. He has shown me how to change a tire, change the oil of my
car, and how to stay focused while completing a task.
While I was growing up, I went to the garage each day to
help my dad finish a task. His tasks consist of changing the light bulb, taking
apart a jet ski, or many other things. Each time he showed me that if you give
it a little elbow grease, and stay focused, you can accomplish anything. “Each
job or chore you do, put your heart and mind into it and finish it right,” my dad
always says to me. I always take that into consideration before I move on to
another job or task. My dad has taught me how perseverance and compassion will
always help me to get through something that might otherwise be a struggle to
overcome.
Life is not handed to you on a silver platter nor is it a
piece of cake. My dad has taught me that life will not always go the way you
want it to. I have been challenged with dyslexia throughout my life. I always
had to go the extra mile to study for a hard test or even to write a paper. To
me, a disability is no excuse for mediocrity; it is a challenge people have to
fight their entire life. You have to be influenced to strive towards goals and
be very motivated when times get rough because going that extra mile, will be
worth it.
My
dad attended and graduated from Florida Southern and has told me about many of
his wonderful experiences there. He said
that Florida Southern exposed him to multiple aspects of business operations. At
FSC, my dad learned compassion, and to work towards his goal of a degree in
Finance. Dad has tried to teach me everything, or most of what he knows, and he
has helped me prepare for college. He has shown me all of the ropes on how to
study for a big test, which he learned from FSC, and how to achieve academic
success. My dad has always told me that you can accomplish anything you set
your mind to, and he is right. I would not have gotten this far on my own
without my dad’s support and his wise words, even though we sometime fuss, each
believing we know the right wrench that will fit the nut on the hubcap. I would
not be ready for college without everything he has taught me. I have a better
understanding of what is required of me to succeed in this world because of the
wisdom my dad has shared with me.
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