WRITING: My Hero
LEVEL 150 - 180 Who do you admire? Write about your hero. / ¿A quién admiras? Escribe sobre tu héroe. My Hero My hero is my mother. Her name is Maria Yolanda Pittman. She was born in Ancash, Peru, in 1949. When she was a teenager, she both went to school and worked really hard. In Ancash, most people make a living by raising animals, growing food, and running small businesses; so at home, my mother helped her parents in those three ways; and that was not easy because she had to go to school in the morning and in the afternoon. At lunchtime, she had to cook for her family; and at night, she had to do homework no matter how tired she was. When she turned 18, she moved to Lima and looked for a job. It took her some time to adapt to her new circumstances. She is not a famous person. She did not go to university, either; but she is very important to me because she taught me what the most important things in life are: family, hard work, and hospitality. I look up to her because sh