The journey to being a successful student begins with taking personal responsibility. Successful students who graduate college often give accolades to parents, teachers and peers who made significant contributions to their academic success. These contributions; financial, emotional and educational, help students through pit stops along their road to success. This voyage begins with establishing educational goals, accepting personal responsibilities, and developing a plan to reach their goals. A goal lacking a plan to achieve your educational goal is a wish. Students embarking on a journey without charting a defined course can be unsuccessful in navigating educational success.
Define what personal responsibility means to you.
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Being responsible requires discipline, commitment and making sacrifices. These qualities are traits that successful students emulate. Discipline is required to follow your plan while avoiding distractions. Commitment is needed to remain focused to achieve your goals. Sacrificing of your personal time will help you to prepare, study, and submit assignments. The duration of time spend in the pursuit of success shouldn’t be measured in time, but in the amount of your personal desire to succeed. Time management is the key to ensure a student’s academic success. In Sean Covey’s book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, he reinforced how important highly effective people view time. Time management is centered on one single thought: organizing and executing around a person’s priorities (Covey, 1989). Concentrating on educational goals and managing time between your activities can be the difference between success and …show more content…
p. 77). Some techniques to improve chances of success are to focus on improving areas of personal responsibility; time management, financial responsibility, and health management. Time management, study habits and writing techniques learned in previous courses will continue to help identify academic strengths and weaknesses. A plan to becoming a successful student begins by understand proper study habits, allocating time for assignments and establishing a support network. Enlist the support of family, friends and peers for their support to ensure you are held accountable for assignments. Seek the assistance of classmates, instructors, and academic advisors through threaded discussions, classroom meetings and emails. This network of students and educators understand the difficult journey and will provide motivation, assistance and guidance. Online classes verse traditional classroom instructions are more difficult because instructors rely on writing instructions to convey concepts and then interpret your feedback. This process is challenging, but actively engaging in web discussions, group emails and conduct additional research are keys to excelling in online
Define what personal responsibility means to you.
Personal responsibility …show more content…
Being responsible requires discipline, commitment and making sacrifices. These qualities are traits that successful students emulate. Discipline is required to follow your plan while avoiding distractions. Commitment is needed to remain focused to achieve your goals. Sacrificing of your personal time will help you to prepare, study, and submit assignments. The duration of time spend in the pursuit of success shouldn’t be measured in time, but in the amount of your personal desire to succeed. Time management is the key to ensure a student’s academic success. In Sean Covey’s book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, he reinforced how important highly effective people view time. Time management is centered on one single thought: organizing and executing around a person’s priorities (Covey, 1989). Concentrating on educational goals and managing time between your activities can be the difference between success and …show more content…
p. 77). Some techniques to improve chances of success are to focus on improving areas of personal responsibility; time management, financial responsibility, and health management. Time management, study habits and writing techniques learned in previous courses will continue to help identify academic strengths and weaknesses. A plan to becoming a successful student begins by understand proper study habits, allocating time for assignments and establishing a support network. Enlist the support of family, friends and peers for their support to ensure you are held accountable for assignments. Seek the assistance of classmates, instructors, and academic advisors through threaded discussions, classroom meetings and emails. This network of students and educators understand the difficult journey and will provide motivation, assistance and guidance. Online classes verse traditional classroom instructions are more difficult because instructors rely on writing instructions to convey concepts and then interpret your feedback. This process is challenging, but actively engaging in web discussions, group emails and conduct additional research are keys to excelling in online