...definition of personal responsibility is when someone takes ownership of a task, team or person weather they ultimately achieve success and or failure. Our education system is riddled with scandals and bouts of inappropriate relationships between faculty and students which ultimately have grave ramifications hindering these young people in their future and how they perceive the educational system. Today we are finding that this is no longer the case because not all people in positions of trust should hold their position. Many teachers have been caught having inappropriate relationships, assaulting the same children they are charged with educating and also, some teachers have chosen to neglect their “less capable” students. I feel that if we begin taking responsibility for our actions early on, then our society would suffer less. People would begin holding themselves accountable for the things that they are doing, or thinking of doing. Our young students need their teachers taking responsibility for their actions. These things are damaging them far beyond the point where their studies are on the forefront of their mind. On the flip side of that statement, as our young students become adults, they must find a way to overcome the mental trauma that consumes them and creates a fray in their mental well being and detracts from their college success. If we begin to look at our long-term scholastic success in short-term increments, then I believe that overall, we will do better. Those...
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...all of the pain, they can be turned into wonderful opportunities to learn the art of overcoming. The largest and most adverse problem affecting American young people today is the issue of the breakdown of families. Disintegration of family is always the first...
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...there monetary value. True success has nothing to do with material possessions, but comes from a deeper place that is much more substantial than money. When I was younger my father and I would take long rides on his truck every weekend. On these long drives we traveled from state to state and would have many in-depth conversations on success. One time in particular, I remember we were driving along the highway and I saw a 2003 Cadillac Escalade. When I was younger this was my favorite vehicle and I told my Father when I got older I was going to purchase one. My father told me that in order for me to purchase one of them when I got older I would have to be successful. So, I asked, “What does that mean?” He replied with, “You have to go to college and work hard and get a good job.” Looking back at the conversation, my father related success with money as many people do. I thought it was funny that his idea of success did not correlate with my thought of the word. I always thought success had to do with how you thought of yourself and not how other people looked at you. For many people they measure success on their happiness and how interesting they can make life. Few people find happiness in material possessions, but the majority of us do not. Many find happiness in their families: husband, wife, children, etc. Others measure their success on how happy they can make other people. For example,...
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...Transcendence is overcoming the odds of something. Achieving a task where nobody believes in you. In Jon Krakauer’s, Into the Wild, the main character Chris McCandless ultimately achieves transcendence on his journey. However, this can be argued. At the beginning of the book one of the first things revealed about Chris is his death. So how did he achieve transcendence if he died? Isn’t that failure itself, not succeeding at your task? Even though Chris’s life ends on his journey in Alaska, he found peace before his death. On his deathbed, Chris shows a change of heart. On page 199, he wrote a note, “McCandless penned a brief adios: ‘I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. MAY GOD BLESS ALL.’” This note was a goodbye. Chris was never able to say goodbye to his parents, friends, and other...
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...our children are raised on have heroic and inspirational themes. The Bible tells of David battling Goliath, and The Wizard of OZ tells of the cowardly lion who must find courage to face the witch. There are other forms of courage such as when Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela spoke out against injustice, or people like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney took huge financial risks to follow their dreams. Courage ranges from physical strength to mental stamina. There are probably more kinds and examples of courage than what I'm going to talk about,but I'm just going to touch on a few. The first kind of courage is overcoming fear,so you can do what needs to be done. It could be something as small as overcoming the fear of speaking in public. Whatever your fear, it will take courage to face that fear. Fear of failure kept me from going back to school and furthering my education. Finally,at age thirty-eight, I overcame my fear and returned to school. I regret not doing it sooner. Nelson Mendela once said” I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”( qtd. Mandela) People feel fear all the time; for instance, soldiers and police officers are terrified at times, but they chose to be heroic anyway. I’m sure Martin Luther King was scared,but he stood up for what he believed and eventually was murdered for it. If you are afraid...
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...personally responsible take ownership of their actions and hold themselves accountable for their performance and the decisions they make. There are many factors that contribute to scholastic achievement, but each student has the power and capability to choose his or her own path that will lead to success or failure. Those students that look within and admit they have control of their accomplishments have a greater chance of reaching their academic goals than an individual that chooses to blame others when they are unsuccessful. Many students coming out of high school not emotionally or morally mature enough to manage the changes in their lives, especially those that live on campus. In addition to the day-to-day tasks, such as getting enough sleep, eating properly and arriving on time for their classes there are relationship issues and other distractions that cause a student to deter from academic studies. Ceplak (2012) repeated a student’s comments stating that the student liked school because of his classmates, socializing and friendships even though he received poor grades. An Individual that copes with his or her new found freedoms and all the distractions of college life are better equipped to do well and earn their Bachelor’s degree. Holding yourself responsible for your conduct and changing your behavior so school work is the primary concern are positive steps toward the personal responsibility that is needed for academic success. Another factor that can aid an individual...
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...defeat by the numerous burdens and obstacles that laid before me and weighed my spirit down. Despite my never ending fear of failure and feeling of mediocrity, I managed to finish secondary school with above average grades, yet not with my best effort. In the fall after my graduation year, I was blessed with a baby girl. She is the light that brightly shines on my path. Two years later, my second beacon of light came with the arrival of my baby boy. My doubts and fears had only held me back this whole time and people around me started giving up hope that I would further my education and go above statics and achieve personal self-actualization. I overheard a family member make a comment about how it was such a pity to see someone such as myself, who is an exceedingly bright young lady, providing such a poor example to my two children. This comment made my chest heavy with a feeling of ineptitude, anger and shame. At that moment I made a resolution to prove to not only to others and myself but most importantly to my children that this was not the end of the road. The innate determination and ambition that followed led me to enroll into college and begin a journey where failure is not an option. The main ingredients to ensure ultimate success are prioritize, plan and focus. My objective is to complete an associate's in Criminal Justice at Palo Alto College to be followed with a B.D at a local University. One of my priced goals for the future is to become a true role model for my...
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...Personal Responsibility is the Key to College Success Personal Responsibility is the Key to College Success Although there are many unexpected occurrences in life; one must take on personal responsibility in order to achieve a college degree. First, one must take the initiative by researching colleges and the courses they offer. A prospective student should make sure the college they wish to attend has good reviews and high graduation rates. After finding the right college, one must enroll and meet all requirements the course demands; participate in class discussions, turn in assignments on time, and above all, ask questions. Only you are responsible for what you do or do not understand. There is no blaming anyone else for your failures. If you want to do well in college classes, you must make sure you ask for any clarification you may need to be successful at any given task. Personal responsibility and college success go hand in hand. If you want that degree, you must hold yourself accountable for your actions. If you slack, you are setting yourself up for failure; however, if you take your life into your own hands, and make choices conducive to reaching your goals, you will receive that diploma. For instance, think positive “Generally, the higher the positive affect, the higher the GPA” (Nickerson, Diener, & Schwarz, 2011, Positive affect and college success, p. 719). Make certain you feel you are comfortable with the level of work you have to do; if it is too difficult...
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...Overcoming Procrastination Edwin Scott GEN/200 02/15/2011 Dawn Ducoty . Who is a procrastinator? In a perfect world, just about everyone at some point in their life has been or will be a procrastinator. As a whole we put things off for several reasons. Some of them are because we just don’t want to do it, think or assume that we don’t have the time to do it or we just don’t like doing it. It’s a part of being human and the purpose of this paper we will try and determine what we can do to overcome being procrastinators. What exactly is procrastination? Don Marquis, an American writer, poet and playwright said, “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday”. You can find this quote at thinkexists.com. I like to think he was saying that we have a tendency of thinking that we have lots of time before something is due. According to “Webster’s college dictionary”, it is to put off taking action, to postpone or delay something that has to be done. This can be very detrimental to one’s private and daily life as long as with their professional settings also. The outline of procrastination can be started in many different manners. We will examine the actions of why one procrastinate, and come up with a course of action to prevent, minimize, or correct the art of procrastination. We will do in a series of steps. Chapters 2-4 of Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen’s Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About. Reading, MA; Addison- Wesley Publishing Company...
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...Putting off difficult or undesirable tasks until later is known as procrastination. Several causes of procrastination include fear of failure, fear of success, rebellion, lack of problem-solving skills, and perfectionism. According to Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen (2007), authors of Procrastination: Why You Do It and What to Do About It, habitual procrastinators often gauge their self-worth solely by their ability to achieve. In other words, “an outstanding performance means an outstanding person; a mediocre performance means a mediocre person” (Carter, 2007, p. 20). To the perfectionist procrastinator, not trying at all is better than an attempt that falls short of perfection (Carter, 2007). For many people it is hard to say why one would have such a problem with procrastination. People procrastinate for many reasons. Excuses for putting off a task or assignment may be as simple as there is always something better to do that moment and there is always enough time in doing it later. Every reason is a valid one to the procrastinator. However, the effects of procrastination are usually negative, which should be an incentive to overcome the urge to put tasks off. Procrastination is a common problem and is very hard to overcome and to overcome this problem one would need to begin by researching the why it is done. The best solution for overcoming procrastination is finding reputable information or studies that can be found through many sources by either the searching the Internet...
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...Responsible people desire respect and consciously put forth outstanding effort to achieve excellence. My standard is to go above and beyond expectations to earn respect and success. Personal responsibility is a practice that becomes habit forming if a person sticks to his guns. What is the importance of personal responsibility in education your career? “When applied to education, personal responsibility means that students accept the responsibility to study hard and to learn as much as they can in courses that press against the limits of their capacity. Without job training, an apprenticeship, or a two-year or four-year degree, most young people are destined to a life of marginal employment and income” (Haskins, 2009). To be successful in college my individual duty is to ensure positive outcomes derived from my good behavioral perspectives, originated from how I was brought up, and types of conditioning I received. To go more in-depth you have to ask yourself these questions? How does Personal responsibility affect yourself image? As a responsible student, employers and, people will rely on me because I reflect a positive image. How can personal responsibility can lead to advancement in your education and your career? Without training how...
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...Over Coming Fear and Doubt There are a lot of ways the people deal with/or not dealing with overcoming fear and doubt. In this article it gives ways to help you decide which direction and steps you want to take as an individual obtain skills needed to overcoming and prosper and reach their full potential. If at all possible don’t avoid the fear make it positive and own your doubts. People give up on their dreams and goals daily but there are 6 simple steps that can be taken to Own IT and overcome. One step is making the decision. You and only you make choices for yourself. The article states “Plant the seed of your dream inside of you and you commit to loving this seed until the day you can harvest the fruits of your efforts.” (Dr. Annette Colby ©2008-2014 Advanced Life Skills) This reminds me of myself! For the last 19 years, I always said I wanted to go back to college, graduate and fulfill something meaningful in life and show my parents that all the hard work, sleepless night, nurturing and trouble I put them through was worth it. When committed to something you are just honoring yourself and even when it gets overwhelming remember this is what you decide and really want out of life. The second step is you are not your fear. The article says that fear is an emotion and if you recognize and accept that, then you can continue to move forward just relax. Stop and think, what steps I can take to succeed or what is motivating you? For me this is what delayed me...
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...Study Habits of the Top Performing Class of Senior Students of Lyceum of the Philippines University Manila In: Business and Management Study Habits of the Top Performing Class of Senior Students of Lyceum of the Philippines University Manila STUDY HABITS OF 4TH YEAR STUDENTS A research proposal presented To the Department of English and Literature College of Arts and Sciences Lyceum of the Philippines - Manila In partial fulfillment of ENGN 12A July 2012 CHAPTER I Introduction Study habits, in general, can be simply defined as the ability of an individual to comprehend information in order to fully understand and maximize the capacitance of learning in which it became a demand to our society. It does not only limit itself to students often going to school to master and memorize the concepts/lessons he/she has acquired from their teachers, but it does apply on every field of work. However, the problem that several universities have in common with their students is that almost 1/2 of the total population from different departments suffer from failure and repetition of grades indicating lack of proper training and communication. This phenomenon until now continues to be the number one dilemma for students especially when confronting their worse, feared, or even so-called “hated” subjects. Students are also more likely to fear and feel more anxiety when it comes to quizzes and examinations regardless of a subject’s difficulty. Failing grades either indicate...
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...Annette Roter Although personal responsibility is a perception of ideas or standards established by society, personal success depends upon personal responsibility because it promotes accountability and also reflects on the accountability in our professional lives. Upholding personal responsibility is the key to success in any type of environment. It is the commitment to ourselves telling us to get out of bed to get ready for work or to go to class. On the other hand, personal responsibility is the acceptance of failure to accomplish the task that we are obligated to. As a college level student, we know that part of our responsibility is to read assigned materials, complete task on time and take part in classroom discussions at the very least. Failure to complete these tasks ultimately could result in dismissal from a chosen program and a delay educational goals. One strategy for overcoming the pressures of student life is time/self-management. At the college level the student is held accountable for his or her education. This means no excuses. It does not matter that the dog “ate your homework”. Had you made time to feed the dog he may not have chosen to eat the homework instead. Time management does not mean to give all your energy and focus to only working on school assignments. It simply means to designate time for completing these tasks. Creating a to-do list whether it be on notebook paper, post-it notes, or using my personal favorite, apps on cell phones are great...
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...My life has always been about overcoming obstacles, facing adversity, and triumphing even when every statistic is stacked up against me. The way we choose to carry out our lives is all based on our perception. Similarly, Perspective is the way we analyze and see the natural world around us. Our beliefs, our past experiences, and our relationships affect the way we perceive everything around us, which in turn, changes our perspective. A time in my life, where my perspective changed was not so much one specific event, but a period of time where I was very ill. Indulge me for a moment, as we rewind to a defining time in my life. As a child, I was marked as a failure to thrive baby. For years I received excellent medical care, and through the...
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