I know I"m late

UH-OH yeah I know that I'm late for a father's day post but hey I made it.
Xi(Max) Yang
Dad was born two years before the Greap leap forward ended( or the great fall back you choose). And because of this there was a major lack of food. He came home everyday to eat water with rice( Shi(techincally its shui but w/e) Fan-i know i butchered it cus its in english). He went to a mediocre elementary and middle school. He graduated from middle school as #1 and went to the best high school in Shanghai (equivialnce of going to harvard.) However, when he entered after he got his first report card he was ranked 99 out of 100 students, he couldn't believe it. The teacher went by so fast and his basics were weak. My dad became determined he worked hard and never stopped studying and working. I remember he told me that he would study in the Library and he was so into his study that he didn't even realize that the teacher had told him to go home. By the end of his senior year he was ranked 15 out of 100 students. He jumped 84 people.

I remember the days when he would yell at me for not understanding such simple concepts, but he didn't yell because he was heartless no. He yelled because he felt he couldn't provide his own son with help, just like the way his parents had abandoned him to work for himself.But he saw his son grow,and became self determined and a hard worker. He kept reminding his son however to not push himself too hard and to work efficently. Advice he understood after 3 years of hardwork. He make sure his son got food and water when he was studying for AP, he also made sure that his son was off to bed and sleeping before he slept.

He is my hero, I want to embody the exact same personality as him, hard working, dedicated,determined. He never rested when his mine was set on something. I remembered when me and him would play tiger woods golf 2001 on ps2, he would spend 8 hours to perfect his shot, and when he did he never got lower then a birdie. That's the type of personality I want. Even though he feels so distant from me, when I ask him for help. It seems I'm pearing into a mind that is so filled with endless knowledge, something I wish I could be half of. He has taught me that IT doesn't matter a damn thing what other people say or how much they think they are a genius, if you can say to yourself that you can beat them or equal them that makes all the difference.

I know we don't say it a lot Dad, but we love you very much. You are the person who I want to become.
A father
A leader
A worker
A provider
A supporter
A mentor
A dedicated person
A dreamer
A Hero
A genius of hard work
Dad "Thanks....for everything."