What really motivates people? What is it that makes human beings continually want to better themselves? Is it for social acceptance? Is it to ensure financial gain or security? Could wanting to be hailed as an ‘intellectual’ be a reason? The true answer is all of the above and MORE! Each and every one of us possess some sort of personal ‘drive’ that could arguably be something we are born with or as a result of a life event or circumstance. Sometimes it takes certain experiences for us to ‘fine tune’ our ambitions. Luckily, as we age we also mature and with maturity comes wisdom. Many people may realize that they aren’t moving forward in their lives and perhaps are also not meeting their individual goals … thus, they make yet another huge life decision to educate themselves.
In the long run, no one knows what to expect upon entering college whether it’s done right after high school when one is expected to “be in the learning mode” or many years later say sometime between the onset of menopause and before senility sets in! With so much diversity and so many individual personalities, it has to be very difficult for an educator to adapt, as well. It is not possible for teachers to know what is going on in the mind of all of the faces staring at him/her nor the reason there are taking this certain class, their intellectual ability, educational goal, or where the student has already traveled in