Personal Narrative: My Extrinsic Motivation

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My intrinsic motivation is currently at a moderate level. Which isn’t to bad because I went to college based on mostly extrinsic motivations. I was motivated by the thought of a good job, better starting pays, and my family pushed me to where that was my only option. I did have a little curiosity, my intrinsic motivation to go to college. I was curious to know is college as bad or crazy as depicted by graduated alumni. When it comes to college now all my classes have the extrinsic motivation of grades, classes, and parents. Some classes though are motivated intrinsically. My anthropology class is motivated by fascination and curiosity. My Business 1010, English 1100, and Math 1120 classes are motivated by their necessity to move my degree along.

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