...What are the critical elements of the Short Paper Rubric? The critical elements of the Short Paper rubric are the three things that initially motivated me to start college, three things that will motivate me to keep going and to graduate, and how I plan to stay motivated throughout my coursework? After reviewing the critical elements, the critical element I feel will give me the least trouble as I work on my assignment, is the three things that initially motivated me to start college. I’m grateful to say my family is and always has been a motivating factor in all that I strive to accomplish. Since my grade school years my family has always praised me for being extremely smart. Even though, I didn’t follow through on my plans for college following high school, I always knew there would be a time when I would finally say enough was...
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...order to be a successful college student. However, a few of the factors that I believe are most important and contribute a lot to college and life success are, victim and creator mindsets, self-motivation, self-management, and believing in myself. In the beginning, some of these strategies were challenging for me. At this point, I have tried to work on myself and am continuing to work on areas that need improvement. In fact, I feel that there has been a great amount of improvement in my weak areas since the beginning of the semester. One cannot possibly be successful if always using the wrong...
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...What three things motivated you to start college? The three main reasons that motivated me to start college was myself, my family and my current job. I have always wanted to go to college and have a bachelor’s degree, but I let life get in the way. I had my son at an early age, and from that moment on I knew he would be my main focus. I had to go to work and provide the best I could for him even though we were young. Fast forward 7 years, he is in second grade and is starting to become much more independent. I finally found time and motivation to go to school and further my education. Doing so will afford me the ability to spend more time with my family, as my current job requires me to work holidays and weekends. My second reason for enrolling in college is my current job. I have been working retail for over 10 years and can no longer be promoted without a college degree. I have decided to go to college and get a degree to either move forward on my current career path or start fresh. My preference is to change careers since I want to leave retail, even though I know the potential risks I could face. The main reasons for wanting to leave my current job are stability and always missing out on family events, especially major holidays. My plan is to get my bachelors in Human Resources Management with a minor in Psychology. Then once I complete this, continue to work towards my masters and become a social worker. However, while looking for social worker jobs or learning the...
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...The three things that initially motivated me to start college are my younger siblings, my future, and last but not least to further my education. I always felt like with me being the oldest sibling, my younger sisters look up to me. Therefore, I want to be that role model to them, and show then anything is possible. Not to mention my future is crucial since it's in my hands I'm responsible for the outcome. If I do my best , then ill be the best. If I take it as a joke, then ill be the joke. So I chose what's best for me. Furthermore its very imperative to attend college and further your education. Especially if it is something you desire, why not have a degree for that career. Ever since I was young I wanted to own many businesses. To be my...
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...My initial motivations to start college was my family, a career, bettering myself, and free college thanks to the Army. With the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill, I am able to actually afford to go to college so this is a major motivator it is also an opportunity for me that I could not pass up. When I joined the Army I never really put much thought into wanting to go to college I thought I was going to make a career out of the military. When I got out of the Army I needed to come up with a new career plan for me that is when I realised that I needed to go back to school to do that. When I decided to go to college I had to think of what my end goal was and what classes I needed to take to get there. One of my end goals is to better myself, which is also a motivator for me. I wanted a skill set that I can apply to just about any career that I could think of which is why I wanted to have some kind of business degree. With having a degree that can apply to such a wide range of jobs and careers it will make it easier to help provide for my family....
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...Self-Regulation and Willpower Instructions: Use this worksheet to reflect on self-regulation and willpower. Items with an asterisk require completion (*). 1. Summarize the main ideas from the video and article. Each summary should be at least three sentences. A. Video – “The Science of Willpower: An Interview with Kelly McGonigal”* According to Kelly, willpower is the ability to make a choices with your biggest goals even those choices are against your will. Your goal serves as your motivation for you to have the "I will" attitude. There might be hindrances that will stop you achieve your goal but your "I won't" power should be strengthened inorder to overcome your resisting impulses. Your "I will" power will be your motivation as to what do you want to be in the future. It will give you a sense to see your future self. Willpower is something you need if you really want something to change in your life even if you have to go through things that you're not interested. Instead of thinking of the things that you will go through towards your goal, you'll focus yourself on the bigger picture on what you will become when you achieve your ultimate goal. B. Article – “Academic Delay of Gratification, Motivation, and Self-regulated Learning Strategies”* This article is about the benefits of delay of gratification in your educational assignments. Most people wants or expects the results right away. Some students tend to stay on their task than to look for alternatives...
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...Macy Koon Dr. Thompson COLS 1001 11 December 2015 What is Success in College What does it take to succeed in college? When I think of success I think of achieving something that I have desired, planned or attempted. A successful college experience for me would be developing important study skills such as how I can study, what I can do in and out of the classroom, and how I can manage my time. It is often claimed that the most successful college students attain success because they are only smart and study hard. Success in college for me goes beyond intelligence and hard work. It depends on my motivation and developing good study habits. My motivation is the reason I am at college. No one motivated me but myself. In the book What the Best College Students Do, Ken Bain talks about how making straight A’s is nice. I agree with him. He also says that straight A’s hardly guarantee a happy or productive life. In order to succeed it takes a personal sense of purpose. To have success we need to make good decisions and have self-confidence. In order to be a successful student I need to be a risk taker and make connections. Rather than chasing success, I have to achieve it. Bain details that there are three types of learners: surface, who do as little as possible to get by; strategic, who aim for top grades rather than true understanding; and deep learners, who leave college with a real, rich education. In high school I was a surface learner. I did not always apply myself like...
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...The Bell Rings A seven minute passing time. It takes three minutes to get from the history building to the English building, two if I run. But my history teacher tends to keep us after class for around a minute. That will leave me with four minutes, give or take, to sit down and complete this English outline. Even easier, I can just ask Alex if I can just borrow his paper. The teacher wouldn’t even notice and Alex can care less, another minute shaved off for me. Ready, set, and go. That is now becoming the usual life for a high school student in the 21st century, rushing to class in order to get work done, just before the bell rings. The mentality of high school students going into college is slowly becoming less and less focused on education. Knowing that in high school they can get an easy “A”, student’s focus more on trying to fit in with the crowd. Trying to act cool by following others, because who studies anymore? Most students will tell themselves that studying is not important and they will pass the class regardless. Students get used to obtaining good grades in their classes when they do not deserve it, which leads to a struggling college life. They get too accustomed to getting something they don’t deserve and don’t realize that their quality of work is not good enough material to earn them, not get them, an “A” on a paper. High school is not preparing students well enough to succeed in college, therefore things need to change and teachers need to put down their foot...
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...person wants to succeed in college, then they have to take charge of their own education. They have to make sure that they get the "most bang for their buck." They need to learn everything that they can learn, and they need to make sure they do not slack off. According to Hodges (2006) "Remember, once you enter college you are, for the most part, in control of the experience you will have” (para. 1). Personal Responsibility What is personal responsibility? The best definition of personal responsibility that you will find comes from this article entitled "The Sequence of Personal Responsibility" by Ron Haskins. According to Haskins (2009), "Personal responsibility is the willingness to both accept the importance of standards that society establishes for individual behavior and to make strenuous personal efforts to live by those standards. But personal responsibility also means that when individuals fail to meet expected standards, they do not look around for some factor outside themselves to blame…” (para. 1). Personal responsibility is when a person is accountable for what they want or what they have done in their life. For example, right now I want to complete my degree more than anything, so I have to do whatever it takes to make that happen. Personal Responsibility and College Success Let us just start off by saying that in reading “The Sequence of Personal Responsibility” a person can realize a student's success in college is determined in high school...
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...manner with a lot of scientific facts to back up the author’s suggestions on how to improve your skills to reach greatness. On the other hand, “How to steal like an artist” was written in an informal style and used unconventional ways to present information or, advise on reaching greatness. Although the two books had very different writing styles I was motivated by both authors to work harder to reach my greatest potential. These books have had positive implications on both my study skills and volleyball training. The first book I read “The Talent Code” looked at research and scientific evidence to explain why certain people or groups develop extreme greatness in a particular area, which Coyle called “hot beds”. Coyle spent years investigating top athletes, artist, as well as meeting with neuroscientist to explain the “hot bed” phenomena. Colye discovered three main objectives that the “hot beds” had in common. The first is deep practice, which is going back after a mistake has been made and correcting the mistake until it is perfect. The next objective was ignition which is to have a passion and love for what you are doing. Coyle’s final objective was master coaching. A master coach is an expert who is able to recognize raw talent in an individual and help him or her develop to their greatest potential. He also noted that...
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...Summary of Discussion My interview with Katie involved many positive questions, which involved school, family, and personal life. However, Katie expressed negative points that have affected her life throughout the interview. When discussing school, Katie discovered Sociology in High School and found that to be her favorite subject. Out of High School, Katie went to Treasure Valley Community College to get her associates degree, however, found no motivation to be a good student. When she started back up at college, Katie pursued what she calls her greatest accomplishment Katie found herself on the Dean’s list. She had finally figured out what she wanted as her future career and became motivated as a student....
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...and also studied differently by saying that whatever I make is what I am going to make I have to prepare to the best of my abilities and not worry about the outcome. That has helped me greatly over the semester. What can I continue to do to improve my Anxiety: I am going to keep doing what I am doing and use that mentality to help improve my anxiety. Attitude Pre-Test Score: 15 Post-Test Score: 50 Improvement Score: 35 My previous habits related to Attitude and Academics: I guess before this year that my attitude towards my grades was not where it should be because I did not really think of how important it was to make good grades. My attitude change this semester: I realized that in order to have the future that I would like to have I must concentrate and make better grades. My attitude improvement in the future: As my grades get better my attitude will change even more towards them because I will be proud of what I made. Concentration Pre-Test Score: 50 Post-Test Score: 80 Improvement Score: 30 My concentration before this class: I was more concentrated on the having fun and partying part of college before this year began. My concentration this semester: I learned that in order to have fun and party you have to make your grades first then worry about everything else because you are here to get an education not to have fun. In the future: I am going to start tying in what I learn to...
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...Orgazmz' Hiring Methods and Requirements By Autumn Bryant Small Business Management MT209 Running a business has its perks we all know. This means we are living our dreams doing what we want. Living your own dream does however come with many challenges. One of those challenges is by deciding if use of employees is going to be required. Orgazmz' will require the need to hire employees because it is to much work for a bar to be ran solely by one person. There are three main positions, which will need to be filled. A manager will need to be hired as well as a full time bartender and also a part time bartender. Of course there will be other positions down the road that will need to be filled as business picks up, like waitresses and musicians. A manager is the most important part. He/she is going to be the go to person to deal with many of the everyday functions of the daily business. He/she will report directly to me (the owner). This will be a full-time position, which is 40+ hours a week. The manager can work the hours of 9am to 6pm Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays. He/she can work 6pm to close (2am) Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. As business picks up and profits start making good margins then there will be possibilities for possible benefits like medical, dental, and vision. The manager would be paid differently as the other employees because of the higher position. He/she will be paid beginning salary of $30,000-$40,000 a year plus tips. This position will require...
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...called the cognitive ability. During adolescence and adulthood we develop a performance for instinctive preferences. This is the way in which we make sense of our experiences. He proposed that learning takes place in four stages: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualisation and active experimentation. The first stage is concrete experience, this is the doing stage. The individual has to physically carry out actions in order to remember. The second stage is reflective stage this is where they concentrate and review the information. This involves mental thought about what they have completed and the actions that took place in the concrete stage. The third stage is the concluding stage, in which you begin to make sense of the actions in your head. The last stage is the active experimentation, is the planning stage where they would try and experiment with different things. This is demonstrating the experience first learned. Honey and Mumford (1986) has a theory of learning style. They have developed four ways to learn: reflector, theorist, activist and pragmatist. The activists love to be involved they tend to be more physical as they will think after their actions, as they prefer to...
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...ORBH 250 Spring 2015 Prof. Learning Plan Part II ! As for the future three years before I enter labor force (since I plan to go to graduate school), the biggest thing I want to work on is to find what I really want to do in the future as my career. I am currently a sophomore majoring in Accounting and to be honest, I am not pretty sure about what I want to do for living As long as I am considering right now, there are three possibilities for me as for my career—work in an investment bank as an analyst, work as an author in china. As for being a author, the very first reason is that I love to express my opinions through languages. Indeed I started thinking about being an author when I was in my first year of undergraduate. I was mostly motivated by the book, The Seventh Day, written by Chinese famous journalist Hua Yu. In that book, He expresses his opinions about political, social and economical events though relating fictions life after the death of the main charter. Therefore, I was motivated by his several sentences, hoping to become an author so as to perform my own values in Chinese writing filed. The major difficulty so far that get in the way for me to be a an author here is still the language barrier. The reason is that I did not get the formal training for this. For now, I accept American education, and totally stop accepting any Chinese stuff. In addition, I spend lots of time working on do my Finance and Accounting class, so I don’t have more time to consider...
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