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My Weaknesses Of Pursuing A College Degree

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I am lucky to have good study habits, great family support, and a good sense of financial security to help me get through college. After seeing the results of the CSI, I now see that while I have some great strengths I have many weakness that I must work on to succeed in college. To me a degree from a university is an important step in my life. Not only to succeed but to prove that I can actually do it. Having a degree from a university is important to me but I also see it as a major road block in my life because I just want to start working in a full time job. I have always had the mind set to make as much money as I can as soon as I can. Even though I see going to college as a big road block I see having a degree as important because it’s …show more content…

A college degree is the difference between being stuck as the lowest guy in the shop or job and being the manager or maybe even the owner of the company. I hope to own some sort of diesel shop one day and by having a college degree it will show people that I have the knowledge to do the work in a shop and I have the right knowledge to do all the paper work that goes along with the job. My dad has shown me how hard and how much extra work goes into moving up in a company without having a college degree. By finishing college and having a degree I believe I could own the shop one …show more content…

My strengths include good study habits, my attitude toward educators, good family emotional support, career closure, and sense of financial security. By having good study habits I will be able to receive good grades on assignments and tests. Having a good attitude toward educators, I will be more open minded about their teaching styles, making it easier for me to learn. Having good emotional support from my family and a great sense of financial security will help me get through college and advance in life because they will support the decisions I make. Most importantly I have known what I have wanted to do with my life since I have been fifteen. I also have many weaknesses that I need to work on to help me through college. These would include verbal and writing confidence, abstract thinking, and tolerating others opinions. I need to work on my confidence in speaking and writing, by improving my confidence I will have better written papers which will help me get good grades in class. By improving my speaking confidence I will be able to get a better job or a better chance at a job by being confident in an interview. Being more open minded and willing to see more than what has just been given to me, I will be able to expand my knowledge and understand topics better through abstract thinking. Tolerating other people’s opinions or being more understanding of them, I will not only do better

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