One instance when my sister was inspirational occurred when she was the first girl to graduate on my mother 's side. My Sister already had her mind set to be a lion at Southeastern University. She got accepted and began her journey as a major in Family and Consumer Science. Like most students, she began to fail chemistry, …show more content…
She then walked up to my sister and asked "how did they hire a young black girl like you for the job." My sister then looked up at me. I thought that I would have to break up a fight or she would curse her out, but instead she politely took out her college degree and talked down to the woman as if she was some illiterate lady. The woman then felt ashamed and tried to apologize, but it was too late, my sister was back doing her job. Watching her be so strong without violence, profanity, or an attitude made me feel realize every situation I occurred could be handled in the same manner. From then on I realized every negative comment didn 't need a negative one back and I would soon have a degree of my own to be proud