So many things happen in the world today, people fail to take personal responsibility for their actions, and getting a higher education. People have different views on being personally responsible and attending college. Some people ask themselves, what does personal responsibility mean to me, and what is the relationship between being personally responsible and gaining college success? Have a plan of action to practice personal responsibility, while receiving an education. Taking responsibility for one’s actions will not only help them when expanding their education will help them as they walk on to the real world, in the career that they choose, and their future endeavors. It is a person’s future that lies on the balance, and responsibility is not only a part of becoming an adult, but also a professional in the real world. Personal responsibility has different meaning to people. Responsibility means take care of situations when they arise. We never know when a situation can arise, but when it does are they physically and mentally prepared to handle and deal with the situation. Responsible people think about their actions before acting on them. Planning for situation and taking certain measures. Things always turn out better when a plan is worked on; precaution is a part of being responsible. Accomplishing tasks in a timely manner is another part of being personal responsible. Time is a luxury, but can run out when there is a task due. People typically underestimate the time necessary to complete their tasks. According to the planning fallacy model of optimistic time predictions, this underestimation occurs because people focus on developing a specific plan for the current task and neglect the implications of past failures to meet similar deadlines (Buehler, Griffin, & Lam, 2011). A responsible person, knows how much time you have to complete a task, and sets time for it. There are different ways to complete tasks in a timely manner, set them in a calendar. Create a schedule and make time for appointments and assignments. Dependability is also very important, when you are personally responsible. When a person completes tasks on time, people count on him. When people work in teams, they depend on you to complete certain tasks. It is important that a person completes the task handed to them by their team. Failure to complete a certain tasks, fails the person and his team members. Failure leads to people not wanting to work with you, team out casting. Finally, when students are given the opportunity to review their collaborative performance and revise their strategies prior to an actual graded activity, they are more likely to be effective team members (Snyder, 2009). It is always good to have a preliminary plan, when expanding your education, so that to practice personal responsibility when it comes to education. A plan can make it easier to get you through those years that you have to come while working to get a degree. One thing to include in that plan is to have attended class every time that you need to be in class. Class is very important because a lot of material is presented. Also, reviews are going on while you are in class. If you don't understand some of the home work, then when you review the work during class, you can ask questions that will help you understand. Class participation is another step in your preliminary plan. College is never easy and since we are not geniuses, then we don't know and understand everything. Therefor when you participate in class, it helps to understand assignments. It is never wrong to ask questions; even the smartest people in the world ask questions. People attend college to further their education, and many times they tend to hit a bump in the road, asking questions to your professor or your fellow teammates will help you through those rough times. Again when working with a team, there are possibilities that you can hold up the rest of your team, when a problem arises, due to a question that you are having trouble answering. When questions are asked, team members that have a better understanding of a problem can help, or give feedback. Further, courses that grade class participation encourage students to participate in class discussions and engage more actively in their own learning (Dallimore et al., 2006).
Turning in your assignments is another step on your preliminary plan. College is going to be hectic with work, not only from school but from your job. But part of being responsible is turning in your assignment, turning in your homework helps you with your grades. Assignment completion helps you understand, what you class is all about, it helps you prepare for test that you will take for your course during the time in class or the semester. Lastly, studying helps you prepare for exams on the course you are taking for your major. The only way to understand the class that you are taking is to study and you help yourself understand the course. The only way to get better at something is to practice; well studying is just like practice. The only way to understand, improve, get better grades, is to study. Studying and understanding a subject is a good way to get a good grade. The relationship between personal responsibility and college success, is the following. Personal responsibility and college success are two things that are going to affect not only your present but the rest of your life. These two things are going to affect people’s future; by becoming personal responsible you take response for your actions. You have your way for the future, they help you to attain better jobs, and lead you to a successful career. People look up to you, when you get the job, and you are responsible, and educated. Finally these two actions lead you to get a better job, there for you can provide for your family, give them a great life, and spend more time with them. In conclusion being personal responsible and college success, changes so many aspects in a person’s life. These are a couple of steps that can be applied to the two things that you will run into, when getting your higher education. This is what being responsible and having a college education mean to me. In the end responsibility make you a better person, parent, and professional as you walk on to the real world and face your future endeavors.