Influences

Renaissance Person

During my life I have met several people that have many talents. Although some of the things people I know are good at might not be considered genius, I still consider the abilities they possess very valuable. I have lived in three towns for the majority of my life which I was social able. The one person I feel that stands out the most is my good friend Rory Wayne MacLearn.

I didn't realize the talent he had in several things until I started to hang out with him on a regular basis. Everything we would do from playing sports such as golf to baseball, basketball or football to playing video games, the kid had pure talent. As good as he was at sports, that didn't even touch his talent in music. He played the trombone in band and sat first chair as a sophomore in high school. Being a good trombone player was good enough to satisfy him in the music part of his talent, and indeed it didn't. He also sang for the choir and danced and performed in show choir. Show choir is for the musicians that are above the rest with more talent and can dance and sing at the same time. He was in the front row and was given a solo to sing during the performance each year of his high school career. He was in a group of 5 singers called the sidewalk 5. He received all A's and B's in school and had a GPA of 3.59 which is very impressive for all the extracurricular activities Rory was involved in.

Now days Rory is playing golf for college down in Glendale on a scholarship for Glendale Community College and will be transferring to either Louisiana State University or the University of Iowa to further his golf career.

The characteristic society needs to produce a renaissance person is that the society needs free will to allow the person to be different and stand out. Also the society needs to be creative to allow a person options to explore and