HCS301: Strategies For Achieving My Educational Goals
Strategies for Achieving My Educational Goals
Tina Warren
HCS301
November 17, 2014
Mike Liang
Strategies for Achieving My Educational Goals
In life, to successfully move forward I need to establish goals. “The tragedy in life is not reaching your goal, but having no goal to reach” (Leadership for Student Activities, 2005). I must have a plan of how I will achieve my goals and be able to identify when an important element of that goal is reached. Possible setbacks must be considered and purposeful schemes arranged for when the unexpected shows up. According to Deci and Ryan (1984), “Goals, whether trivial, routine, significant or life altering, are part of peoples everyday lives”.
My professional short term goal is to attain a fulltime …show more content…
I have always strived for excellence in my academics. I would be disappointed in myself if my grade was not an A. This has led to unwarranted stress and illnesses. I now know that I was taking on too much. I came to the realization that I could not get an A in every class. Being a single parent comes with challenges on its own. Adding a job, all responsibilities of the home, child’s education and illnesses only made matters worse. I have made a vow to ask for help when I need it. My pride has gotten in the way in the past. I have to put pride in the background, if only for a few months while on this journey towards success. A long term personal goal that I have is to get married and own a house. My parents have been married for fifty two years and I always look up to them. I dream of having what they worked so hard to maintain. Getting married would mean I would have someone to share the household responsibilities with. It would also mean I would have someone to go explore the world with. I would love to travel the world, go on cruises and enjoy the different sceneries that nature has to offer. I presently reside in a condo and my space is very limited. I would love to own a house with lots of space. I love decorating and gardening, this is very limited or nonexistent in my present …show more content…
A system you can use to tell where you are. My milestone for achieving my short term goals would be getting an acceptable grade for my weekly assignments and getting at least forty hours of work per week at my job. Completing my weekly assignments by utilizing the resources that the University has to offer will increase my chances of attaining a B or better in the class. Communication is significant to human interaction, without it we would not know what to do nor would we know what we want to have done (Casey & Wallis, 2011). I must communicate with my team members if it is a team assignment and make sure all objectives are clarified. Communicating with the instructor is vital in succeeding. If an assignment is not understood, prompt communicating with instructors will facilitate effectively completing task. Another short term goal milestone would be to find a suitable partner. This has been a quest in the past. Sorting through potential partners is a task I rarely enjoy. Many persons send their representative for the first few interactions. Afterward the true person shows up and most times I understand why the representative had to come forth first. The true person’s character was not much to be
Tina Warren
HCS301
November 17, 2014
Mike Liang
Strategies for Achieving My Educational Goals
In life, to successfully move forward I need to establish goals. “The tragedy in life is not reaching your goal, but having no goal to reach” (Leadership for Student Activities, 2005). I must have a plan of how I will achieve my goals and be able to identify when an important element of that goal is reached. Possible setbacks must be considered and purposeful schemes arranged for when the unexpected shows up. According to Deci and Ryan (1984), “Goals, whether trivial, routine, significant or life altering, are part of peoples everyday lives”.
My professional short term goal is to attain a fulltime …show more content…
I have always strived for excellence in my academics. I would be disappointed in myself if my grade was not an A. This has led to unwarranted stress and illnesses. I now know that I was taking on too much. I came to the realization that I could not get an A in every class. Being a single parent comes with challenges on its own. Adding a job, all responsibilities of the home, child’s education and illnesses only made matters worse. I have made a vow to ask for help when I need it. My pride has gotten in the way in the past. I have to put pride in the background, if only for a few months while on this journey towards success. A long term personal goal that I have is to get married and own a house. My parents have been married for fifty two years and I always look up to them. I dream of having what they worked so hard to maintain. Getting married would mean I would have someone to share the household responsibilities with. It would also mean I would have someone to go explore the world with. I would love to travel the world, go on cruises and enjoy the different sceneries that nature has to offer. I presently reside in a condo and my space is very limited. I would love to own a house with lots of space. I love decorating and gardening, this is very limited or nonexistent in my present …show more content…
A system you can use to tell where you are. My milestone for achieving my short term goals would be getting an acceptable grade for my weekly assignments and getting at least forty hours of work per week at my job. Completing my weekly assignments by utilizing the resources that the University has to offer will increase my chances of attaining a B or better in the class. Communication is significant to human interaction, without it we would not know what to do nor would we know what we want to have done (Casey & Wallis, 2011). I must communicate with my team members if it is a team assignment and make sure all objectives are clarified. Communicating with the instructor is vital in succeeding. If an assignment is not understood, prompt communicating with instructors will facilitate effectively completing task. Another short term goal milestone would be to find a suitable partner. This has been a quest in the past. Sorting through potential partners is a task I rarely enjoy. Many persons send their representative for the first few interactions. Afterward the true person shows up and most times I understand why the representative had to come forth first. The true person’s character was not much to be