How my family members affected me

My family members affected me very much in many ways. Firstly, they made me how I am today. Because of my father, I started learning and enjoying the violin. He is also the person who made the choice to move to America. Without my father, I think I would be an ordinary Japanese high school boy going to a public school somewhere in Japan. My mother is who supports me and gives me advices when I don’t know what to do. My brother is who introduced me to diverse interests, such as comic books, video games, etc. He is also the one who sometimes (very sometimes) helped me and gave advices on schoolwork.

My identity is probably not influenced by any of my family members, and is probably influenced on my surrounding environment. For example, when I was in America, I had many American friends, but after I moved to Japan, I chose that I would rather hangout with Japanese-speaking people. Also, my parents always failed to make me start my homework when it was assigned and not the day before it’s due. There is, though, one thing that my family members influenced my identity. That is how I am more comfortable speaking Japanese rather than English. My parents did not want me to forget how to speak Japanese while I was at America. That is why they always used Japanese when they speak to me privately at home.

My family members have also influenced some of my goals. My goal is to become a doctor, since I am a part of a doctor family. Even though my parents don’t directly say this to me, but I think that they would want me to become a doctor just like them. I think they influenced me without noticing, and I was influenced without noticing. Another goal that is based on my parents’ value is to have good grades so I could get a better education in university. Of course, I also would want to accomplish this goal, but not as much as how my parents want me to accomplish it.

I also have a goal that is not influenced by any of my family members. I think that many of us in this world have the same goal, but my ultimate ambition of my life is to live peacefully and happily. I am aiming for this goal without any influence by my family members, and maybe even without realizing that I was aiming for a goal like this. This may be a very orthodox and simple dream, but it is a very important and valuable ambition for me to accomplish.