MY HERO
Hero is a person whose braveness, achievement, and qualities are admired by everyone, he or she has a great courage and become the central figure of everyone (merriam-webster, 2014). Usually in movies, dramas, cartoons, story books, and games hero are those who use super power in order to save and bring justice to the world so they were loved by citizens. I am sure for children with normal happy family will say that their heroes are their father and mother, it is something that make sense since they are the one who have take care of us, teach us and support us in any situation. In this essay, the hero that will be discussed is not the one with super power, and also not about parent, but rather about a person who has no blood relation with us but is able to inspire others through their achievements, aspirations and experiences. In this chance I will write about my hero, Vinton Gray Cerf.
Who is this Vinton Gray Cerf? Vinton Gray Cerf whose name usually called Vint Cerf is someone with great invention, about everyone in this world know and depend on his invention nowadays. Vint Cerf invention plays a great role in society whether in entertainment, education, social, business or politic. So what is this great thing that Vint Cerf invented? It is internet. Because of this invention Vinton Gray Cerf also called as “the father of the internet”.
Vinton Gray Cerf was born on the twenty third of June 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut. He lost his long term sensor neural hearing due to a six-week premature. Cerf grew up in Los Angeles, he study like other normal students. He went to BS Mathematics, Stanford University in 1965; Computer Programming, UCLA 1967-1972 to pursue his degree; In 1970, he achieve the MS degree in computer sc...
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My hero is my dad. He is my superman. He is my leader. My dad is a dad who motivates me and keeps me going, even when I want to give up. He is there for me when I don’t want to try anymore and he always keeps me going. Of all the heroes in the world, my dad is at the top of the list.
When one thinks of heroes, names such as Ghandi, Martin Luther King, and Mother Theresa often come to mind. These people had done a lot of favors, courage, helps, and more of things for the people who needed them. They have change the world. But, heroes can be in anyway, even in each of individuals in the world. I have the persons who I think is the best hero in my mind. They are my parents.