A Respectable Person Who is the superman in the world? I would answer my grandfather without any hesitation. When I was little, my grandpa took much care of me, and he also picked me up from school every weekday, because both of my parents were busy with their work. My grandfather was not only a family leader and a farmer, but also a mentor and a wonderful grandpa for me. He was a very perseverant person, and he taught me many things that I cannot learn from school, such as the hard-working spirit, optimistic attitude, frugal lifestyle and the philosophy to deal with problems. Besides, my grandpa was generous and loved to help the underprivileged. Therefore, my grandfather was the person whom I admire and respect most. My grandfather was a hard-working farmer. Living in the countryside, my grandfather owned a piece of land to grow grains. It seemed that he had no holiday because he worked in the farm every single day, wearing a raincoat on rainy days and putting on a straw hat under the heating sun. Whenever he picked me up from school, instead of going back home directly, he always took me to see his farm first. I sat on the back of grandpa’s bicycle, and enjoyed the view of crops glowing in the sunset. Every time when we were there, he would read a Chinese poem, “How many of you realize that each grain in your rice plate is a result of hard labor.” in order to tell me how hard it was to grow the crops. Besides, he tried to be the model for me not to waste any food. For example, my grandpa never left anything in his bowl after meals, even a tiny grain of rice, so that I would treasure the precious food. My grandfather’s personalities made a great impact on me. He was optimistic and he always looked on the bright side. Every summer time was the time to reap the rice in the field, and it was the most joyful time for my grandpa as well. Unfortunately, in the summer of my first grade in elementary school, there was a strong typhoon hitting Taiwan during the harvest. My grandpa’s farm was devastated so severely that he lost almost everything on the farm. I would not forget how disappointed and sad he was at that time. I knew that he put so much effort and worked hard during the whole year just for only one purpose, waiting for the harvest. I thought he would have felt depressed for a long time, but he did not. On the other hand, he told me that he was lucky because at least his beloved family was all safe, and he could grow new grains again. He taught me a good lesson and told me that there was not always success in the path of life, but if we gave up, we would never meet the success. I was impressed by his words, and I always keep his words in my mind till now. My grandfather was a kind person who loved to help people. When he was little, he lived in a poor life. He used to have yams as his meal because his family did not have enough money to buy the rice. I could not imagine how my grandpa survived from such a dreadful condition. Because of his unpleasant experience in childhood, he made up his mind to help the underprivileged when he had the ability. Thus, every year, my grandpa donated a quarter of the rice to the people in need. Sometimes, he also donated his senior citizen’s welfare to charities. Once, I really could not figure out why he was willing to contribute so much, so I asked him curiously. To my surprise, he admonished me against thoughtlessness. He told me that if one day, like him, I had the ability to help others, I should not be stingy because there were a lot of people living in a worse life than me. My grandfather was the greatest grandfather in the world. He was just like a teacher in my childhood life, but he influenced my whole life. When I was only a fifth grader, my grandpa passed away for a serious disease. In his last few days, he still did not forget to remind me to be a good girl and to obey my parents. Time keeps going on, and I will never have any chance to be with my grandpa again, so the only things I can do are not to forget his words, and to try my best to be a success in the future in my own special way of defining success. He is not in this world now, though I still appreciate and respect him so much. I am so happy that I am his granddaughter.