The First Essay :

Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
I am one of those that are not much influenced by other people. I set up my own dreams, regardless of what others say. I don't like to be told what to do and that prevents me from being influenced by them. However, if I have to mention one person that I admired and lured me to follow her path, it would be my English institution teacher.
She moved from Korea to America when she was still in high school. She graduated from an American high school and went to UC Berkeley, one of the major state universities in America. She majored in Business and went to Cornell graduate school. After that, she traveled around many countries from Eastern Europe to Russia and to Western Europe. She learned many different languages and came to Korea to be an English teacher.
It is not only her excellent schools that made me admire her and be able to write her in this writing. The feature that caught my eyes was her attitude towards her life and studies. She was a woman that never gave up. When she was a student in the Berkeley University, she had a hard time with her writing assignments. She figured that she would have to inquire about her writings to her professors. She told me that she bothered the professors so much that they said “I have never seen a student like you,” It was incredible how much obsessed she could be with her studies. Studying with obsession doesn’t mean that she didn’t focus on anything else than school works. She still managed to draw art pieces, being an art major. I do not know what made her go to Business school but Ivy League means that she was an excellent student.
Her language learning skills are amazing as well. Her friend, who also works at the English institution, said that she succeeded in learning Russian along the way to Russia. On arrival, she could speak freely with the hotel managers and restaurant waiters.
It’s extraordinary how one could possibly be successive in so diverse areas. My ambition is not to be just like her but to accomplish as much as I could be satisfied. She tells me sometimes that she does not regret having done so many things and been to so many places. If I could be satisfied of what I have done and look forward to the future just like her, it would be a happy life, full of confidence and feeling of accomplishment.