Michigan Inspiration
Who is your inspiration? Your parent, a teacher, an athlete? Mine is Norman Pugh, my grandpa. Norman Pugh is 75 years old, he is about 6 foot 3, also he has gray-brown hair, and is very smart. He lives in Hastings Michigan, also he likes guns and hunting. He usually goes by the name Norm.Also Norm has been married for 51 years to Jeanne Pugh. My grandpa has shown me that you can do anything no matter the difficulty if you work hard. Earlier in life Norman had a rough childhood. He was born on June 24, 1940, in addition , he later had a brother named Ken. When he was only 3 years old his mother died. Later in life his father remarried, however, when he was 21 his stepmother died in a fire. Just before the fire his stepmother had been canning jam, the wax spilled on her and she caught fire, Norman put her out, but it was too late. As a result of her being in his arms, his hands were badly burned. Around that same time his father had brain surgery, to help with his epilepsy. His father lost his job because at the time business didn’t have to hire people with disabilities. Because of his father not having a job, Norm had to work hard to pay the mortgage at the age of 21, he couldn 't play sports for this reason. As a result of Norm only
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He started as a regular mechanic, as a result of a lot of hard work, Norm worked his up the ladder to test engineer, then to sales engineer. After that, he transferred to manager and finally chief engineer. 20 years following the year he had started, he moved to Hastings. He began working at Hastings Piston Rings Company, he started at the same position that he had left in Muskegon. Norm retired after 43 years of hard work and determination. His working of engineering has inspired me to want to be one myself. The one thing that has showed me you can do whatever you want the difficulty if you work hard is, Norm stopped