I think that any environment one grows up in will have a huge influence as to how they are, that influence can be either positive or negative. Personally, growing up so close to the city had a huge impact. The most obvious way is that by growing up in such a diverse and urbanized city in the north, I have grown to be very tolerant of people’s difference. At least I’d like to think so. Walking at the base of skyscrapers and imagining a bunch of wealthy people high up in those offices looking down at me has also really affected my goals and expectations for myself. I add this pressure on myself that if I don’t end up there, or somewhere near, then I failed. I don’t want to be looked down upon by some dudes in a building.
Family trips have also really affected who I am. Everywhere I have traveled, be it Florida or Italy, I have gone with my family. I have grown closer to them recently, as I look back and reflect on all they’ve done for and with me. It is because of this that I’m really driven to be such a close and loving parent. Not anytime soon though. Not soon at all. But when I do become one, I’ll be the best dad ever.
Finally, this semester, I hope to get a better grasp at what I want to ultimately do for a living.
Thank you for your time, and best wishes.
I agree that our environment and our families really impact the people we become. I have great parents and a really close fam, so I definitely get feeling grateful to them and wanting to be like them when I’m older.
Most of us definitely want to be the bosses and not the ones being looked down upon, so I agree. I go on vacations with my family often and that helps me connect with them better and gives me a clear perspective on what kind of person I want to be when I am older.
I agree with your idea that where someone grows up can really affect how they are as a person. I also agree with your point about not wanting those dudes living in the skyscrapers to look down on you. I personally don’t want to work for someone for the rest of my life, which is why I’m choosing to do entrepreneurship. Hopefully we all make it to the top floor of a skyscraper one day.
I think not wanting to be looked down on by guys in a building is a really eloquent measure of success. I also agree that growing up with so much diversity helps us become much more tolerant than we would otherwise be. I also feel like going to a school such as Baruch also helps us become more tolerant and mature because of all the diversity in just a few buildings.