Ryan Anderson Case Study

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Ryan Anderson was a very successful man. While he was growing up with his father, George Anderson, and his mother, Julie Anderson, his family struggled to meet their goals in life. His parents divorced when he was three years old, but got back together when he was only five years old. Ryan always told his mom and dad that he wanted to be a policeman when he grows up. His parents always told him to pray and dream to reach for his goals. Every night and during Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, he would always pray to reach his dreams. His parents saw a successful, smart Kid right in front of them. They knew, when he grows up to become an adult, Ryan would be a really successful policeman. As Ryan reached his Freshmen year in high school, he changed …show more content…
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“OK, thank you very much!” The counselor called Ryan’s parents and talked to them about what needs to be done to stop them from fighting and called the three bullies to the counselor’s office and they got suspended for two days. As graduation came, Ryan was the Valedictorian of the class of 2017 and was accepted to University of Michigan for full scholarship. He took classes to become a manager. Ryan had this one Math teacher that will always tell his class daily life lesson when they are done with college. Mr. Rothwell, the math teacher, never got advices from his parents about life, so he tells his students advices about life. One day while they were about to start class, Mr. Rothwell said,
“Reach for the sky.”
That advice inspired him to work hard each and every day to succeed in life. When he was done with college he lived with parents for one year. They were still struggling to keep up in life, but they were trying their best to stay positive each and every day. Ryan looked for jobs to help his parent and while sitting in a couch one day, he heard the phone rang. He picked it up and he was accepted to be a marketing

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