My Study On My Goal Entering College

I set a goal to further my education by enrolling in college before I turned twenty five. I was on call 24 hours a day as tow truck driver at the time not leaving me time to meet the time frame of that goal. I did not completely give up on that goal and have currently met it. The reason I was eventually able to reach this goal is my unwillingness to give up on the things that are important to me. Even if things don’t go exactly how you plan you should not give up on

Ever since I was young, I was exposed to a Historically Black College or University, Jackson State University. I had always went to activities and functions such as football games, summer programs, and other special events. I did not know whether I would attend a historically Black College or University (HBCU) or not at the time. I had finally decided to go to a HBCU, and I would attend Tougaloo College in the fall to further my education. I have many goals and objectives for pursing my educational experience at a historically Black College, and I plan to achieve them.

memory: every time you read look for comparisons, and ask yourself, “Where have I seen this before?”

I have decided on what I wanted to do with college since I was a child. It sounds ridiculous, but I am passionate about what I want to do. I was inspired at a very young age since I was in third grade, and I knew that I wanted to be a teacher. A teacher for what grade is what I did not know. As my family grew bigger with my nephews and nieces, I realized that I wanted to be surrounded by kids. I put what I wanted with my passion and got major. My intended major is to receive a double major in Primary and Elementary education, my goal is to receive a Masters in at least one of these majors.

The ultimate goal of a college education today is to prepare young adults for the “real world,” being the workforce. Nowadays, it is crucial to have a sharp wit, positive attitude, and innovative ideas to bring to the table. Colleges should provide lessons for these skills and teach students how to apply them in real-life situations. Priming a graduate for professional settings is a key component to lead a successful career. In order to work a suitable occupation, a person should know how to search for an appropriate and quality job. Research is of utmost importance, especially when exploring the job force. Susan Svrluga from The Washington Post states, “Finding a job is a lifelong skill that most of us will use eight times or more during

Huffman & Dowdell (2015, p.218) defines memory as the internal record of previous events or experiences. Memory is a constructive process where the information is organized and shaped, while being processed, stored and retrieved (Huffman & Dowdell, 2015, p.218). Sometimes this construction leads to errors and constructs false memories. Huffman & Dowdell (2015, p.219) describes three basic operations of memory; encoding, storage and retrieval. They define encoding as the processing the information into the memory system. Storage is defined as retention of the information which has been processed. And they defined retrieval as recovery of the stored information. They compared these three operations of the memory to functioning of the computer, where the input data is first encoded, then stored on a flash or drive and finally the information is retrived from the stored files. In order to do well, the student must

For me I want to be able to understand my subjects and be able to talk about them in some detail if I was asked to, I would like to have completed this goal within four years. Then be able to attend a decent college after that, where I can learn more and find out what career I truly want to go into. After that I’m not too sure what I will be doing but I believe I will like it and end up successful in the end.

From the beginning of my life I struggled to express myself. When I was learning to speak I had a speech impediment which hindered me in many areas. Later on I mostly caught up with speech therapy, but in that time I was too preoccupied to focus on writing and realized I needed to catch up with my peers. On each essay I was told to write in school I made sure to not only do my best but to also make sure I improved on each and every composition. I stressed over this growth and the importance of my writing to the point that my primary goal as a student was to become the best rhetorician I could be. I slowly learned, through my life, ways to improve and hone my skills in the art of speech. With body language, enthusiasm, and humor I made myself the best I could be, and with these tools I take the daily opportunity to practice through analyzing other people 's’ writing, my own compositions, and conversing with those who surround me.

My life was never the same. I fell in love with the subject and finally felt as though I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. No other subjects ever interested me the way psychology did. I had never taken an AP course in high school and found that this course was exceptionally challenging. The course pushed me to care more about school and the grades that I was receiving. The course opened my eyes to my future. I set a long term goal for myself, to become a clinical psychologist, and I was not going to let anything interfere on my journey to completing my goal.

My educational goals is to attend Jackson State University where I will receive my M.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Forensic Science. I plan to achieve this degree in five years with being a full-time student during the school year and even taking hours during the summer. Being a Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) major many doors are open for those majors such as jobs, internships, and even residency opportunities. Once I complete my M.S. in Chemistry at Jackson State University I plan to attend the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). At UAMS I will obtain my M.D. and that will get me one step closer. I will then be able to embark on my four to five years journey for forensic pathology residency. This residency

Going into high school as a junior I never really thought about what it would be like to take a psychology course but I realize that I learned a lot that I never knew before and this was a great course and I am really glad that I took it. The things that took from this course that I can compare and relate to my life are the uses of technology in our society, social inequity, race of others, family and culture, gender differences, and personal life problems.

“The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.” This is a quote that can easily be applied to my life. Through kindergarten to my junior year in high school, I was just like all of the other kids. Pursuing my education to one day be able to provide for my family. However, those days of being a kid ended sooner than expected. Over the summer before this semester began, I was kicked out of my house for something that I could not help, the person I had fallen in love with. I was forced to grow up only having my junior year of high school completed. I began working at a full time job as an assistant manager in hopes of being able to provide for myself. Through this course, I was able to balance everything that I had going on while still completing assignments and learning about the research aspect of writing an essay.

Having memories impacts our lives greatly without them society would not be as it is today. According to Grison, Heatherton, and Gazzaniga(2015), memory is the capacity to acquire and retain information and skills. Not all experiences will be equally remembered, some events will leave no memory, others will be remembered but later forgotten, and other times a memory can be remembered for a lifetime. I will be looking into how student can use memory concepts that will improve student’s grades if they follow it correctly. And also talk about my personal study habits and how I can improve them so I can get a more positive result in my classes.

Everyone should have personal goals that evolve around anything that needs to be accomplished. I set goals on a daily basis. One goal that I seem to have not truly focused on has been my college education. Considering all things, I decided I needed to focus on my college education. The first thing I needed to accomplish was to enroll in an institution for higher learning. Now that my enrollment is complete, I am an official student at the University enrolled in the undergraduate program for business management. As a student at the university, I now have to set personal goals so that I will be successful in my endeavors. My personal goals are to gain personal growth and development and graduate from my undergraduate program in business

This is not my first rodeo when it comes to college. I graduated high school in 2008 in Lacey, Washington. Upon graduation, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Although, I felt like everybody expected me to already have the next 20 years of my life planned out. All I really knew was that I wanted to make something of my life and I wanted to impress the woman who worked the hardest for me, my mother. We’d had talks in the past about my future but none too serious. But this time around at 27 I knew I needed to make up my mind. That’s what led me back to North Lake College. I’m ready to keep pushing through my tumultuous life to reach my goals. I deserve to pass this course because I’ve worked hard to get where I am today.