A Comparison Of Oscar's Life Obstacles And Outcomes

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Oscar’s Life Obstacles and Outcomes. Oscar Eduardo Padron is currently a freshman student at Our Lady of the Lake University, he is majoring in Biology with a minor in Psychology. Oscar was born in October 22nd of 1998, is the youngest child in a family of 3, born in McAllen, Texas and by only 3 weeks of age he was taken back to Reynosa, Mexico where all his family resided. He started his education in Mexico at only 2 years and was able to graduate from high school at the age of 17. Oscar grew up with his grandmother since he was 2 due to his parent’s separation, he then moved to his mom’s house for about a year and a half before going to his dad’s house for less than a year. At the age of 12 he went back to his grandmother who now lived …show more content…
After completing Oscar’s whole education his principal purpose would be to work at the MDAnderson Cancer Center at Houston, Texas where he was first seen and treated for his disease. Oscar has always loved to work with kids that most need it around his community and also those who have gone through what he had. He would surely continue doing that whereas working as a Neurosurgeon. Oscar has been encouraged even more by watching the American series Grey’s Anatomy where Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) is the main Neurosurgeon and even though he has gone through a lot of circumstances where his life is at danger he has never stopped doing what he knows best “If you don 't feel the losses... that 's when you know you 're not cut out for this kind of work.”- Derek Shepherd One phrase he always says is “It 's a beautiful day to save lives.”- Derek Shepherd and for some reason Oscar sees it as a very memorable expression because it shows how he is optimistic about the person’s future. Oscar look up to him as a role model due to the fact that besides having to deal with family and work problems he is able to manage his skills very well and always having a …show more content…
There are 13 seasons, each season consist of 24 episodes, each episode is 45 minutes long and even though is a long, exhaustive, and shockable series its worth watching it. It shows how crazy, happy and extreme a life of a surgeon can be. The character that influences Oscar the most is Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) he plays as the main Neurosurgeon in this series, he can totally say this character has shaped his view towards the health profession and especially Neurosurgery. Dr. Shepherd did a lot while on the show, he showed the audience how hard life can sometimes be, having to deal with family problems, deaths, work issues and sometimes all at once and even then he displayed what the best way to handle things when it gets tough were. Besides Oscar’s appreciation to Dr. Shepherd he chose this specialty because of his doctor back in Houston, he had brain surgery and his Neurosurgeon was the best doctor Oscar have ever had. This doctor did what others didn’t want to do, he had more courage towards what he was doing plus he never doubted about his gifted skills. This doctor gave Oscar encouragement to keep on fighting for his life, and his family. Oscar sees himself

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