Assignment #3

1. The very important place in my life is my grandparents' home village. I spent a lot of time there during my early childhood, and since the 1st grade of school I spent every summer there. That was a lot of fun, because there are a lot of good people I met there, a lot of people who influenced me one or the other way. First of all my grandparents are the nicest people I ever met. They are wise, kind, and understanding. They were my mentors and they taught me how to be wise and fair. My grandpa was an example of a real man for me since I had no father. In my opinion the place is not that important like the people who surround you in that place.

2. One person who made me really upset had a name Pablo. He was a very good friend of mine and I considered us to share the same interests. We have been to summercamps together, spent really good time, went on the multiple dates and so on. And then our good friendship just ruined. I guess, that's because we started to lead completely different ways of life. That got me really upset because I felt kinda betrayed, but later I understood that we both just changed and our friendship has to die.

Assignment #2

I agree with George's statement. As you grow up you begin to spend more time with your friends than with your parents so their influence on you begin to grow. I have never been pressured to do something wrong by my friends but I've seen people changing under their friends' influence. For example a guy was completely against using tobacco but bunch of his friends were smoking and soon he began to smoke.

Assignment #1

1) First of all, people make mistakes. Rameck made his own under the influence of his "friends". He wasn't really thinking about the price of this mistake but at the moment he wnted to show off in front of his "friends". Of course you can't call this people friends, because real ones won't let you down.

2) He wasn't really responsible for his actions beause he was just a kid. And parents are one of the biggest influences in a kid's life. His parents were drug addicted what left him on his own.

3) No they're not responsible for that. If you didn't learn what is good and what is bad during your childhood you probably wouldn't learn that during your whole life. How can they be responsible if they don't even know whether they're making something good or bad?

4) I'm lucky because I think I've got a lot of good influences in my life. First is my mom. She was a very strong woman to raise me alone for ten years and I'm thankful to her. Second, my teachers were very intelligent and experienced people and they influenced me greatly. Third, books are very good teachers. I am not a big reader but I have read the books which make you to think about your life. And fourth, my friends were raised by the same books and teachers so they are pretty much the same as me.