Assignment 19 - Jackson Leach

Throughout my life I have been around so many wise people including my grandparents and family friends, and so much of their knowledge and wisdom has rubbed off on me. In particular, I do a lot of yard work and home improvement projects with my grandfather during the summer, and he spent his entire life working as a landscaper so he has a lot of knowledge to pass on, and I always learn something useful when I work with him. Once when we were setting stone blocks into place to make a temporary walkway, a block wouldn't fit right and was wedged against another block. With proper force applied the two blocks would push each other flush with the ground, but I couldn't push them hard enough by kicking or pushing them. Then my grandfather, who after years of beer and burgers probably weighs double my size, stepped on the blocks, and immediately the blocks pushed into place. He then said "Sometimes you've just gotta have a little ass in your pants" This was such a simple lesson but ended up being applicable to a wide array of situations.