People of Importance

There have been many people in my life who have had some form of an impact. Many have helped shape me into the person I am today. But of those three people there are truly three that have made a long standing impact on my life that I feel that no matter what age I am I will never forget the lessons they have taught me.

The first person is going to have to be my environmental science teacher, Mr. Briggs. He was really more of a good friend then a teacher after a while; I felt that I could come to him with anything. He was a very tall and built guy; I mean he did MMA and other forms of fighting for exercise. I remember the first day I met him, the guy seems like he has a severe case of OCD. Always has to be doing something, he had these three yard sticks that he taped together and he used that to practice his golf swing while lecturing us. But the thing that really made an impact on me was all the life lessons he taught us. The class sometimes would seem like a philosophy class rather than an environmental science class, it was amazing. I learned that my choices have a much further impact on my life then just two steps ahead I have to think further ahead in my decision making.

The second person who had a major impact on my life has to be the special education teacher at hueneme high school, Mr. Hewer.  This man has a world of patience, and for his job you have to have it. I remember the first day I saw him, he’s slow balding hair and his thick but white as snow beard, and of course his welcoming smile. He and I would talk all the time about different things in life, all the world issues and how crazy things have changed from when he was my age to now. He really taught me that one of the most important things in life is patience, and how that it can have such a major change on life.

The final person who has made such an impact in my life is going to have to be my Teacher from third grade Mr.Lofflin. He was a very tall and older man. He was a teacher who moved from Alaska to come teach where I lived in Mississippi. He had giant ogre like hands with very thick glasses. But aside from his giant features he was a very kind and gentle person. He used to give us these little tokens every time we would answer a question right and called them happy snappy. It really was my first understanding of money, granted it wasn’t money I still learned that everything comes at a price and that I need to learn to save my money so that I can spend some and still have money after.