My life has been full of experiences in which transitional learning took place. The most profound is the lesson I am currently learning. My experience that is in my life is that I made a choice to go back to school to get a better education about working with children, so I can become a teacher. The reason why I am doing this is because I want
Critical Thinking Application Paper Russell Young MGT/350 June 29, 2011 Ronald Korrub Critical Thinking Application Paper Although people around the world use critical thinking almost every day about their life, work, and business decisions hoping to make the best decision possible, but what is critical thinking. According to Foundation for Critical Thinking (2009), "Critical thinking is that mode of thinking - about any subject, content, or problem - in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon them.” In this paper I will provide some of my personal experiences about applying critical thinking to a work-related decision, and the importance and benefits of critical thinking in the decision-making processes. I have been with my job for about eight in half years now and my best critical decision I think I ever made was eight in half years ago when I left my job of 10 years at Harper College Police Department to go to Palatine Police Department
Alicia Reagor Professor Dougherty English 67 28 March 2010 My Journey There have been many different roads in my life I feel I have Became a creator by the decision to return to school and pursue an education. Based on the book “On Course” by Skip Downing “Life is a journey with many opportunities and obstacles, and every one requires a choice. I have many obstacles in my life that I felt that if I can just put off what I can’t do for today , I can do for tomorrow. The Victim played a role in my life decisions. I waited for countless months of thinking of others than in my necessities.
Career Plan and Reflection Deshaun huston BCOM/275 August 7, 2013 Halbert Brown, Jr. Career Plan and Reflection The plans I have outlined for my life is necessary in order to reach certain goals that will beneficial for both my family, and me. Making an important decision to further my career, and get a college education has become a priority in my life. I will face many road blocks or obstacles that will have me questioning my decisions to go back to school. For Example: To work a full-time job, raise six children, and try to complete my homework assignment on time is very demanding at times can bring many sleepless nights. However, The Career Plan Building Activities gives me a strong since of urgency to learn more about myself,
Considering The Past Adult Development and Life Assessment PSY 202 Considering The Past Considering the Present assignment last week allowed me to take a deeper look on my life and all the achievements I have accomplished and looking forward to achieving. Never really appreciated what life changes have taken place until you have a moment of truth and that exactly what happened. I have chosen two uplifting life changing events from last week’s assignment to discuss as considering the past. Both are influenced by Bronfenbrenner’s proposed a theory which focused on board, interconnected influence on human development, Mossler (2013). The first event I chose was in my childhood days when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
Each time we would think about returning we would figure out another reason not to. We had become the courage we prayed for as children, the story we would tell our unborn baby’s, and the reason every thriving American cringes in the morning. We had learned to survive on our own, or at least we liked to believe we did. Our journey looking for ourselves, and finding a way to better survive, lasted close to 365 days. 365 days, of growing up that should have taken years.
The place where I know I’m most welcome Throughout my life I have faced a lot in school and it was not only academy wise there were more to it, I used to be blamed for things I don’t know about. However I learned how to make all bad things good things and make the best out of it all. I realize that difficulties can make you accomplish a lot in your life without you fighting back. I move to America three years ago and came to the country with no idea of how the school system works and I did not have any idea of how they teach students differently. Trying to achieve what I want in life is really hard all I know is that I have support all the way to the end.
Personal Responsibility Xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx Gen/200 March 24, 2012 Kelly Gross Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility is time management, dedication, and independence toward a goal. Relating this to education, this entails balancing school work, extracurricular activities, family, a holding a full-time job, finding importance in what I’m doing, and working hard to achieve the results expected. I will explore what personal responsibility means to me and what it means to my education and family and how I will achieve success. Time Management Time is very precious. Something that helps me get the most out of my time is to schedule my days a week at a time.
Through this changing world, the baby boomers have come to rationalize they need to return to school for the following reasons: downsizing, economy, technology, careers, new skills, and dreams they put on hold for different reasons. I was like many other baby boomers that had to return to school, for one reason or another. Why I decided to return to school was to achieve
They got divorced when I was less than a year old. I had never before looked into my past to find the answers to who I was now and how to change it. This was my fresh start and I knew in order to truly fix myself and become successful in my life I would have to confront my issues. Even if they could not be fixed, I needed to be aware of them. I began working on my communication with my friends and family, and trying to make myself stop not letting me feel things.