Two College Questions

The first question I will answer is the tell me about yourself question. My name is Fayem Khan and I was born in Bangladesh on December 28, 1992. I came to the United States at around the age of one and a half. My parents owned a restaurant in a small hamlet called Pine Hill in upstate new York. My parents set up another restaurant in New Paltz in 2003 and I Moved up there in 2007. I now attend New Paltz High School, where I run track. Sports are an important part of my life, but I do not seem to have enough time to participate in them. nevertheless I also plan to run cross country next year. I feel regret for the fact I never played soccer in high school because I had a natural talent for that sport. I could not play as many sports as I wanted to because of my workload this year. I am taking a couple of AP classes and I also doubled up on science, taking Physics and Chemistry. The reason I doubled up on science is because it is my best subject and I am planning on majoring in it in Collage. So far I am doing very well in all my classes, so next year I am further increasing the difficulty by taking more AP classes and AP Bio. The reason I am doing this is because a lot of what I do in high school affects what i am going to be able to do in the future. Oh and I also like to challenge myself so that is another reason why I am doing this. As my father says everything worth having is only attainable through hard work and determination.


The next question I am going to talk about is who in your life has most influenced you question. There are two people, my mother and my father who have both influenced me equally. My father influenced me a lot through his business. He started out with nothing in a foreign country, but after years of hard work he now owns a couple of restaurants. He taught me again and again that the key to success is hard work. If a person sets goals they have to work hard and eventually they will succeed. He has shown me how business work and how to take advantage of certain aspects of it to further my goals. He is helping me to get ready for the world outside of high school. While my father has been doing that, it is my mother who influences my personality. My father can be blunt and very strict sometimes, but my mother is always kind. She has taught me to respect people and to be kind to everyone around yourself. She also taught me to never judge a person based on appearance and to always broaden my mind. These lessons have helped me to make many friends and keep my temper( inherited from both parents) under control easily. I can understand the odd actions that others may make more easily and can see points to both sides of an argument through my father and mother's influence. My father and mother are the people I respect and love the most. They are helping me to achieve my goals and to live a better life.