Life Experience Research Paper
Identify the benefits of life experiences for the adult student, and describe two life experiences that will be useful as you pursue your degree.
There are benefits to returning to school as an adult student based on past life experiences. For myself, one benefit is to better myself for me and my children. After high school, all I have done is work, I was given an oppurinity to work in collections, something I had never done before. I made some mistakes and hit the wall a few times in my early years. I decided that I wanted a family and subsequently had four children. At that point in my life, I was not mature enough to raise a family, maintain employment, and attend school. My children are now all in school and I am settled into a nice …show more content…
home and a great job. I have matured enough to be able to set priorities for myself, and decide where I want my career to go. I am now very focused on getting my college degree, with the final goal being to obtain my Bachloers degree in Health Care Adminastration. Age and experience has brought me to a point where I know that I need a college education to continue to grow in my field. I am now mature enough to take my education seriously and make it a top priority in my life. The second benefit of life experience that will help me on my academic path as an adult is parenting.
I believe that having four children in a row, and raising them to be young adults, drastically will change my focus in life. I have become determined as a result of parenting these children to take education seriously. I believe that modeling behavior teaches our children how to become successful adults. When I was parenting in my early twenties, my focus was much different. I wanted to work, and be the type of mom that was always available for my children. I was not focused on my education at that time. As my children grew older, I wanted to teach them through my parenting skills the importance of obtaining a college degree. Through this experience, I also realized that I did not want to ask my children to do something that I was not willing to do. I became motivated to show my children not only would I return to college and work full time, I can show them it is possible. Now that I have enrolled in college, and am taking my coursework seriously, I am finding that my children want to follow the same path. Parenting these children helped me to gain insight, and to become motivated to return to school as an
adult.
Evaluate how you can reject negative influences and benefit from positives during you current life stage. The main way that I can reject negative influences, is to remain focused, dedicated, and motivated to continue on my path. If I do not remain focused, I may become easily distracted by my peers, who want me to spend time with them instead of studying. If I am dedicated to reaching the ultimate educational goal of obtaining my Bacholers degree, then I most likely will not be pulled away from my studies. I will set time aside for my studies and my family, so I have time for my family and school. If I remain motivated, remembering that reaching my goal will allow me to further my career, be able to better financially support my children, and give myself more confidence, then the negative influences will not impact my educational goals.
There are benefits to returning to school as an adult student based on past life experiences. For myself, one benefit is to better myself for me and my children. After high school, all I have done is work, I was given an oppurinity to work in collections, something I had never done before. I made some mistakes and hit the wall a few times in my early years. I decided that I wanted a family and subsequently had four children. At that point in my life, I was not mature enough to raise a family, maintain employment, and attend school. My children are now all in school and I am settled into a nice …show more content…
home and a great job. I have matured enough to be able to set priorities for myself, and decide where I want my career to go. I am now very focused on getting my college degree, with the final goal being to obtain my Bachloers degree in Health Care Adminastration. Age and experience has brought me to a point where I know that I need a college education to continue to grow in my field. I am now mature enough to take my education seriously and make it a top priority in my life. The second benefit of life experience that will help me on my academic path as an adult is parenting.
I believe that having four children in a row, and raising them to be young adults, drastically will change my focus in life. I have become determined as a result of parenting these children to take education seriously. I believe that modeling behavior teaches our children how to become successful adults. When I was parenting in my early twenties, my focus was much different. I wanted to work, and be the type of mom that was always available for my children. I was not focused on my education at that time. As my children grew older, I wanted to teach them through my parenting skills the importance of obtaining a college degree. Through this experience, I also realized that I did not want to ask my children to do something that I was not willing to do. I became motivated to show my children not only would I return to college and work full time, I can show them it is possible. Now that I have enrolled in college, and am taking my coursework seriously, I am finding that my children want to follow the same path. Parenting these children helped me to gain insight, and to become motivated to return to school as an
adult.
Evaluate how you can reject negative influences and benefit from positives during you current life stage. The main way that I can reject negative influences, is to remain focused, dedicated, and motivated to continue on my path. If I do not remain focused, I may become easily distracted by my peers, who want me to spend time with them instead of studying. If I am dedicated to reaching the ultimate educational goal of obtaining my Bacholers degree, then I most likely will not be pulled away from my studies. I will set time aside for my studies and my family, so I have time for my family and school. If I remain motivated, remembering that reaching my goal will allow me to further my career, be able to better financially support my children, and give myself more confidence, then the negative influences will not impact my educational goals.