Blog Post # 2

Blog Post 2

One person that I have the outmost respect for is my father. My father escaped from the revolution in Iran, for a better life, and an education. He went to the University of London without a clue of knowing how to speak English. The reason he had gotten admitted, was for his skills in mathematics. With only that skill, he had to learn the language while he was studying, and have to work three jobs at completely random hours depending on the manager’s request, to pay for his tuition. The hours would always conflict with his classes, so he had to finish assignments and learn materials quickly. My father had done all of this for me to have a better life, and I am greatly appreciative of it. He’s currently still working to pay for Columbia, and I admire everything is doing. My father has taught me to keep a steady hard working ethic, for the better of myself and for my future. What he does motivates me everyday, and makes me want to be just as hard working as he is.

-Soheil Tayebi