...2013 Carolyn Alston What exactly is personal responsibility? I believe that personal responsibility is to make sure my priorities and assignments will be complete on time and turned in before the due date. Even though I have a son, I may not have much time to do assignments or studying, learning as much as I can is what is important to me so I would be able to find a job for my family. Using personal responsibility in education helps me by making sure everything will be complete and on time and I look through my materials for that week. I want to make sure I provide the best for my family with the education I am receiving. Going back to school is a huge responsibility because I believe and want a better job so I will be able to provide a better life. I also want to make sure that I still will be able to enjoy my life by hanging out with friends and make the best for my family, besides working all the time after I complete my bachelor’s degree. Making sure I am going to be successful in college is making sure I have the willingness to learn and have an appetite for knowledge. Once I have the willingness to learn everything in college it will become easy for me to want to learn more. Going to college is taking responsibility to want to succeed and wanting to find a better job for my family. Success at anything whether it is school or work takes practice and work. If I commit to becoming successful in college I will eventually achieve it. In this article they asked a question...
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...Personal Responsibility Stephen McCauley January 12, 2012 Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility is about taking care of yourself and being accountable for your own actions because everything you do affects not only you but those around you. Personal responsibility is involved in your everyday life; it’s in everything you do from making it to work on time to making sure that assignment you have due is turned by the due date. Not only does it affect you but those around are also affected by personal responsibility, decisions you make on a daily basis can affect those around both negatively and positively. “The opposite of accepting responsibility is making excuses and blaming people and things for what’s going on in your life” (Tracy, 2006-2011), For example if instead of saying I know I should have taken the time to study and prepare for the weeks assignment you decide to say it was because of you didn’t have time or you had to work late you are then making excuses for not taking personal responsibility for your own actions. Personal responsibility and college go hand and hand, without being able to take personal responsibility for how you manage your time and how often you decide to focus on your studies you could have rough time of it in college. College is not like high school in the respect that you won’t have someone telling you where to go and what to do there is less “hand-holding” when you get to the collegiate level, you are expected...
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...The life list assignment helped me figure out some of the things that I want to accomplish in the future. While I was working on this assignment I learned that there are a lot of things that I want to do in my life. I think that this assignment was a really good one because it made me reflect and think about the future. This assignment helped me think about what I could accomplish and made me write down my dreams and goals. Even though some people didn't take this assignment seriously I did because I think that by writing down my goals and dreams it made me think seriously about what I want to do with my life now and in the future. My life list includes both dreams and goals; I believe that if we want something bad enough we can accomplish...
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...The cereal box assignment taught me how companies will do just about anything to sell their products. For example, they know that people who want to eat only healthy food will pay more for it, so they make their products more expensive and colorful; that sort of tricks people into thinking that they are getting a good deal. I think eating healthy is right, but I don’t think it is right for companies to put an oat-based cereal in a colorful, slogan-filled box and charge people four times more for it than they would pay for plain oatmeal, which would be much better for them. When doing the bicycle sales assignment for clowns, I used the “rhetorical situation” from our book.; I carefully considered my text, my context, my audience and...
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...For category number one I chose Unit two Activity 5 Assignment 2. In this assignment I used my previous knowledge of my interests form, the last unit. This helped me decide how I can volunteers and help out side of the classroom. I will need forty hours of volunteer work to graduate high school and after high school to find a job it would be a good idea to have some volunteer work on my resume. I learned that I love to help others and teach. I like to share my knowledge with the world to make it a better place, and I feel I want a career that can do the same. This shows how this assignment has impact on my life outside the classroom, as my new knowledge has thought me new information when I’m deciding to volunteer. Unit 3 Activity 2 Assignment 1 fits the criteria of category 2 perfectly. In this assignment I learned and figured out what my occupational goals are. I used research skills and information I already had from previous activities. I might need to do something like this again when I am trying to find which career options are best form me after university. By doing this assignment I learned that I have many options in my interest through art and that I should not be ashamed to peruse art further on as there are many careers that would want my creative mind. Over all I had found some back up plans for my occupation....
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...How I need to manage time now since I am a JIU student? Amanda Hayes Jones International University May 22nd, 2010After reading this article about time management tips for students. I learned that you have five tips to manage your time wisely and get your paper in before the due schedule. Time management is one of the most important factors in colleges students class work. As I read this article it shows why most students don’t have the time to complete their assignments on time due to their classes, work, activities out side of school and just their social activities. It describes in the paper that I need to learn how to manage my time and use it toward my assignments. Five tips that I have describe in the paragraph above are Keep a Detailed Calendar. If I make a weekly planner for my busy schedule I will not fall behind in my classes. This article teaches me that it is best to keep attract of all my daily and weekly schedule. Such as assignments due, work and home things that will keep me on top of my studies and school work. If I manage my time wisely and keep a planner and I look at it each and every day it will help me succeed in the long run and to manage my time accurately. The second tip is to plan out your time. If I am having a busy day and I don’t think I can finish that assignment that was due on that day. It always best that I could do it the day before or two days in advance I will have my work complete on time. If I know that I am busy on that day when...
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...we handle the bad situations and our attitude towards life. Every person has the choice of free will, so it is up to the individual to make good choices, and do everything she can to help him/herself succeed in life. You will have to make the conscious choice to do the work that is needed to achieve your goals in order to get most of the things you want out of life. As an example, if you want a better job, you need to have an education. If you need to lose weight, you have to exercise and eat healthy. A person who is not personally responsible is someone who does not accept responsibility for their own actions, they find ways to blame everyone else. This way of thinking will not make a person very successful in college or life in general. The outcomes of almost all situation are up to you and you handle them. It can either be an action you take to achieve a certain outcome, or your attitude and way you handle a bad situation. College success depends a lot on personal responsibility. To be successful in college, you need to make good grades and graduate. This is ultimately your responsibility. To achieve this goal you need to incorporate personal responsibility. It is only you who can sign up for classes, attend class, take notes, study, and earn good grades. Although there may be situations that arise that can make this difficult, it is up to the student to handle the bad situations. At the end of the day, whether you pass or fail is up to you. You...
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...world but I wonder why everybody wants to be a perfect person if it is impossible then. It is undeniable that everyone has their own bad habit and we all know that bad habit is categorized as a weakness. However, I believe that we can change it to be a good quality that we can own by improve ourselves. This is because there is always a room for improvement. Me, myself has my own bad habit that is procrastination. I have promised to myself that I want to change this habit as I can see the effects on me; cannot complete my task on time, lowered down my grade and make me become lazy. One of the effects is I cannot complete my task on time. Therefore, it can hinder me from be a good student. As a college student, I cannot run from many assignments. Besides, the time given to complete the assignments is not too long. As a good student, I suppose to manage my time wisely so that I can finish all the assignments on time but as I have this bad habit, I cannot complete it. I always procrastinate. As a result, I was late to submit my assignment and my teacher will scold me for that mistake. I know that procrastinate is not good for me but I cannot help it. I always hold to these words, “better late than never”. My friends told me that I had misunderstood to these words but I am keep on denying it as I want to cover my mistake. It is clearly visible that procrastination has affected my life by hinder me from complete my work on time. I always...
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...What To Expect From This Class This class is delivered entirely online. That means that everything for the class (course content, course discussions, assignments, links, images, PPTS, study guides, pre-tests and exams) will be completed online. Each week is presented in its own learning module. Course Requirements Weekly Learning Modules will contain the following items: Reading Assignments and Lessons: A Chapter or chapters that are connected by period, culture or style of art. Each contains a summary of the chapter, key concepts, a list of images you should be able to identify and a PPT presentation of for each chapter again with images, key concepts, links, questions and important information within the note area. This will change once the lectures can be recorded. You should use these guides to help you focus your reading and note taking. You will be tested on this material as well as from the textbook and any extra videos or reading assignments given for each chapter. Note that artworks are influenced by the time and place in which they were created. Even though chapters might separate geographical areas, there were connections through travel and trade. There is a definite thread that connects art through time and through cultures. A Discussion Forum and /or Journal Entry: These will sometimes involve you having to answer questions compare images, watch a video, or visit a web site before completing the discussion or journal entry. For each discussion, you...
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...Mapping Immunity to Change By: LaKisha M. Crawford It's difficult to change. This is demonstrated by the number of New Year's resolutions we make and how few of them actually lead to lasting change. For most of us, the resolutions are just more evidence that change attempts seem doomed from the start. Yet most of us see our resolutions as worthy and important. We truly want change in our life, and we are sincere in our commitment to achieving it but just don’t know how. Kegan and Lahey developed an Immunity to change X-ray to help leaders change and become the leaders that they want to be. Not everyone is a natural born leader. Leadership is something that has to be learned. Knowing how to effectively manage your workload is an important part of being a good leader. Learning how to delegate tasks out to employees, prioritize, set realistic deadlines, avoid distractions and say no to unreasonable requests can help to increase your sense of job satisfaction and that of your staff. This also enables you to produce work of a higher quality, because you are able to place more of a focus on the projects you should be spending your time on. Everyone has a well-tuned system of coping mechanisms in place which helps keep us safe and helps us to avoid fear, anxiety, and emotional discomfort. Kegan and Lahey liken this phenomenon to an immune system. Our own emotional immune system is intelligent in...
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...English portfolio Anne van Oudheusden CEAC4B Englisch portfolio The portfolio consists of eight assignments: Assignment 1 Radio program…………………………………………………. Page 3 Assignment 2 Cover letter…………………………………………………….. Page 4 Assignment 3 Resume………………………………………………………… Page 5 Assignment 4 Motivation email………………………………………………... Page 8 Assignment 5 Job interview…………………………………………………….Page 9 Assignment 6 Press release………………………………………………….. Page 10 Assignment 7 Essay…………………………………………………………… Page 11 Assignment 8 Summary………………………………………………………. Page 14 Annex ……………………………………………………………………………. Page 15 Assignment 1 Radio program Anne van Oudheusden 2175678 CEAC4B Step 1 Name radio show: The Duchess meets the world Description show: One girl how meets with people who live in the Netherlands but have a different culture running true their blood Step 2: Name: Rodolfo Costa Place of birth: Belem do Para, Para, Brazil Lives in Eindhoven from the age of 7. Step 3: Belem do Para is a big city in the north end of Brazil. The weather is warm/tropical. Their native language is Portuguese. Brazil is an upcoming economical country but this wealth is centered in the south where the biggest cities are. (Wikipedia 2014) Brazilians have a warm and welcoming culture it is very different from the Netherlands. Step 4: Questions: What are according to you the biggest differences between people from the Netherlands and people in Brazil? If your parents didn’t move to Netherlands...
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...The Assignment I hope that you are hungry because this assignment calls for you to investigate a restaurant and write a review. The first task of this assignment is to visit any establishment that serves some type of food or drink. I know that you many of you are on student budgets, but we all have to eat! You don't need to spend a lot to fulfill this assignment. You can write about a fast food restaurant, the school cafeteria, your local coffee shop, a bar, even a food cart would do the trick. It is not the place that matters for this assignment, but if you think that this investigation will stretch your budget too much, please contact me ASAP: I do have a backup assignment that meets the same objectives. I want to see you reach your target audience, use critical thinking skills, include important and relevant details, gather and organize a variety of examples, and use language thoughtfully. I also want you to practice the format of a standard academic essay. Please make sure to include an introduction, a thesis, supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. Your assignment needs to be about 3-4 pages (about 1,000-1,250 words), typed in a 10 or 12 point font and double-spaced. Your essay should have a catchy title and a heading that includes your name and the date. Audience and Persuasion One main objective of this essay is to persuade the audience about your evaluation through your examples. For our purposes, your target audience is other PCC students (click here for more...
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...My Plan for Academic Success Nick W Are we truly prepared for any possible event that may happen in our future? If I were to gauge my academic success so far, I’d probably give it a 7/10. This is because while my freshman year was amazing, and I did well for that year, my sophomore year was terrible, pessimistic and depressing. I did the bare minimum of everything that was assigned to me, and what I did do was terribly prepared and the effort that was put in was the bare minimum as well. But, as I did poorly, I still managed to obtain decent grades. Even though I was depressed, I still managed to gather the energy to be at least somewhat better at the subjects I did like. But all in all I must say I do not like school. The major problem...
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...a preliminary plan to practice personal responsibility in your education. Using the Center for Writing Excellence resources, provide the thesis statement and informal outline for your Personal Responsibility Essay assignment. Thesis Statement: 1. Even though why at thirty one? A. more job opportunities with the company I am in or other business opportunities 2completeing every assignment because I have been successful in life why not school A. taking every class one day at a time 3. My son needs to see that if I can do it so can he Informal Outline: Personal responsibility can mean many different things to people. When I think of personal responsibility the first thing that comes to mind is my job. I am the plant manager of J.P. Specialties we make contamination barriers for concrete applications. I am responsible for everything that goes in or out of the factory. That is complete in every way with no errors and that it is up to the standard I want associated with both mine and the companies name. I have to be responsible for my actions to be successful in life as well as college. With the skills and determination I have acquired while I was in the military I strongly feel there isn’t any task I can’t handle or complete. I want to be successful, more than anything to show my son with a little hard work and determination anything is possible even at thirty one. The owner of my company approached me the other day with a concerned look on...
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...My name is Jordan and I am a freshman at Westminster College. I am an out-ofstate student from Idaho and I plan on having a career in Mechanical Engineer. I came to Westminster College to play for the soccer team and well as for the skiing in the area. I live in Hogle Hall and throughout my experiences living in the dorms I have observed many different things that I have written about. My observations are about the general dorm life, students study habits, setup of college, and roommate relationships at Westminster College. I will discuss these topics in the same order that I observed them, from the first month, to the second month, and then finally to the fourth month, the end of the semester. Dorm Life at Westminster College I have experienced once a month and three days of college. I have observed and analyzed the dorm life at Westminster College and will present my observations that pertain to the overall design of the dorms, the significances of the dorms to students social lives, and the difference in the design of upper classmen to lower classman dorms. The Hogle Hall dormitory is three stories and has a main common room in the middle of every floor. There are dorm rooms all down each side of the hall way and the community restrooms are conveniently located in the first doors down the hall from each of the common rooms, boy’s and girl’s restrooms are on opposite sides of the common room. The doorway, for the only stairwell in the building, is also located in the common...
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