My Superman Over time, I have had numerous people who have influenced various aspects of my life. Their personal characteristics, achievements and values have influenced me in a positive way. They help shape how I am in the present and who I will be in the future. They are someone I can ask for advice in a difficult situation and I know they will give me words of wisdom. They will never judge me based on my past mistakes, but will only try to help me because they really care about me. But, when I reflect on the truly personal influences in my life, no one has had a greater impact than my father. My father worked very hard his entire life to ensure that he was able to provide for our family. When my father fled the killing fields of Cambodia to live in the United States, he had very little money to support himself. Penniless and unable to speak English, he had to work during the day and study at night. When he married his first wife, my mother, he had to give up his studies. My parents had very little money to raise me on their own, so my father left school and went to work...
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