Why I Attend College
Why am I attending college? I enrolled in school for a few reasons. First off I was told that to get a Five Rating (the highest rating) on my next Enlisted Performance Report would have to have completed or be enrolled in college. So in order to keep myself on a strong footing for promotion I needed to head back to school. Second, I am looking to better myself not for a performance report but for myself. Completing college is something I’ve wanted to do for a while now. At my previous assignment I worked many long hours which made it impossible for me to attend school or have much of life for that matter. So now with my new assignment and much lighter work load I no longer have the work excuse. I originally went to Community College after I graduated high school but left in my sophomore year to join the Air Force. I planned on continuing once I was in and did initially but school took a backseat to other things. So in order to correct the errors of my youth I thought would give it another try and see if I can do better as an adult. What I hope to gain from the experience is more self confidence in the area of school. I was never a good student while I was growing up. Factors for this I guess would be lack of focus on my part and lack of discipline when it came time to my
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To be successful I will have to be self-motivated and self-disciplined to deal with online classes. As I said earlier since I don’t have a structured class schedule I will have to force myself to log into class at least daily to see what inform is available. Another thing is I will have to communicate more using the chat room. In a traditional class some teachers grade you on class participation but there is no seat number of responses you to give like with online. I will have to work just as hard or harder online as I would in a traditional class. Online courses are an easier way to attend school and not necessarily
To be successful I will have to be self-motivated and self-disciplined to deal with online classes. As I said earlier since I don’t have a structured class schedule I will have to force myself to log into class at least daily to see what inform is available. Another thing is I will have to communicate more using the chat room. In a traditional class some teachers grade you on class participation but there is no seat number of responses you to give like with online. I will have to work just as hard or harder online as I would in a traditional class. Online courses are an easier way to attend school and not necessarily