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My dad has been the ruling figure through my whole life. He is the one who has set down the rules, and the one who has enforced them. Of course my mother has also played an important role in my upbringing, but it has always been my dad who I look to for structure. ....

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.... didn’t understand that he was trying to protect me from the many dangers of driving in bad weather. Then one day there came an especially bad morning. It had been very foggy the previous night, and by the morning the fog had greatly thickened. Before leaving for work my dad reminded me to ask my mom to take me to school. I thought, “I’ve been driving for a few months, I can handle it.” So I proceeded to drive to school. The fog was so thick that I could not see more than a few feet ahead of me. Out of no where I saw a little dog appear in front of my car. There was no way I could avoid hitting it so I swerved to the right and hit the side of ....