ly and when he is, there is not fear to state all feelings out loud, toward anyone. Another characteristic I have picked up through the influence of my entire family (both sides) is my knack to criticism. My mom’s side of the family can be considered very racist at times, and prejudice against many “minorities”. There are different reasons, which might not be very justifiable. Though my father’s family isn’t “Racist” they, combined with my mom’s family have put an influence on me to definitely believe in true equal rights, where a law doesn’t state a right for a “minority” group or homosexuals just to ensure it for them. This may not seem like a big influence, but it is one of my strongest beliefs.My biggest influence on my life right now has been my high school band director, Tom. Tom helped me out a lot over my four difficult years of high school when I went through a couple bad depression times along with difficulties with social life. The main reason I think Tom as my biggest influence is that because of him, and how he taught me, I am now wanting to be a high school band director. He taught me the many useful ways to talk to people, listen to people, deal with people, and most importantly—be a good person.By the way I understand Vygotsky, Tom definitely was a scaffold for my learning. He never forced me into doing stuff, he never did the things for me, and most importantly he made me think on my own. He gave me the foundation of my listening and communication skills, but then he simply followed me through the learning path, letting me go on my own, but never allowing me to fall to greatly and be hurt tremendously by it. My parents were more hands on, keeping me on tract and almost always pushing me in the right direction. This definitely wasn’t bad because it gave me the base of my personality right now, but it gave me the need for someone to ...
