paragraph 3 final

My fathers and my own logical thinking has lead us to make decsions based off of rational thought that has lead both my father and I on a more sucessful path in our lives. My father had to make a decsion at a young age that has made a lasting inpact in his life in a positive way. "Right before the revoluion, in Iran, my father at the age of 16 made me decide between staying at home and going to school with all my friends or go to the states, to a place unknown to me and study their without any of my friends" (Azadegan).  My father thought about this decsion for a long time and did not make the decsion based off of pure emotion and what he wants to do, he made it based off of what was logically the best thing for him, even if it means to give up his friends for a fresh and better start.  My dad did choose to go to the states and he did make the rational and logical choice.  This lead him to a more sucessful life as he went to college in the states and started working as a lawyer.  Rather, his friends back in Iran stayed, had a great time in Iran but the revolution happened and they couldnt leave and a few of them were even captured and killed. I have just had to make one of the biggest decsions in my life, where to go to college.  The decsion came down to wheather I wanted to stay home for college or to leave.  Although emotionally, leaving home and starting a new life somewhere else is more appealing to me, I had to be logical in my decsion making and realize that what I emtionally feel is better for me, is not necsearily rational for what I want to do in the future.  I will posibily have a lot more fun in another city for the first 2 years of college, but then what? Staying in a city like Los Angeles, might not be a change and might not be as fun as going somewhere else, but looking at my future plans and what I want to do with my life, staying in Los Angeles is where I will be able to sucuessfully reach my goals.  Both my father and I had to make decsions that will change our lives forever and unlike Mersault, we made these decsions based off logic and rational thought and not emotion.