It was a very normal Thursday afternoon. My few classmates and me were attaching the professor to the Bunker Hill monument, which there was a big battle happened in 1775. Before entering the museum, I was shocked by the grand sight. The Bunker Hill monument was much taller than I saw from the station near my school. Not far away, there is a statue of a young lady and little boy attracted my eyes. After knowing the history of the battle from a guide in museum, I noticed that statue I saw few minutes ago was the statue of Abigail Adams and young john Quincy Adams. Every war is horrible, I believe watching the war might affect a child psychologically, thus, I was curious how a little child would become so successful in after years. John Quincy …show more content…
Due to the revolution year, His father John Adams hardly ever stayed with his family, there were so many revolution wars that needed his father to join. As an eldest child in his family, john Quincy Adams shouldered the responsibilities. He did things like an adult. Even though His early childhood happened during revolution, but he was more intelligent and mature than any other children. In 1783, he traveled to Paris to serve as secretary to his father, negotiating the Treaty of Paris. During this time, John Quincy attended schools and became fluent in French, Dutch and German. When he returned to America in 1785, Adams enrolled in Harvard College as an advanced student, completing his studies in two years. According to the document, he doesn’t have too much friends when he studied at Harvard, and he didn’t join any mischiefs as other students did. But for most of the collage students right now, drinking alcohols and parties are the common things to do instead of studying. In addition, He was very hard working person, He never stopped studying, even after College; Adams studied law and passed the Massachusetts bar exam in the summer of 1790. While preparing for the law exam, he mastered shorthand and read everything in sight, from ancient history to popular literature. Not everyone could do it, except you really do love