My Education Goals Essay

I’m attending Monterey Peninsula college on a short-term basis Until I transfer to a four year university. Education in my family has never been an option and I have always been pushed to further my education. I myself value my education because it will enhance my knowledge of whatever career I decide to pursue. Learning in general to me has always been important, I love discovering things I’ve never been introduced to or heard of before. Like Dr. Seuss once said, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go”. I chose to attend MPC to explore my options and figure out what career I want to pursue. One of my short-term education goals is to get good grades in all of my classes this semester (my first semester of college) and to create my ideal career plan. A long-term goal of mine is to complete all of my
In politics today it is very important that us as a country understand and care about what’s going on. It enables us to be involved in our community and gain knowledge about how to be an active citizen. I think this is a good way to incorperate politics into our education system. I myself don’t know a lot about politics but definitely am getting a better understanding being in college. Americans should know what is going on in our country and should help contribute to it in a positive way.

Lastly, another purpose of higher education is simply just to learn. Even if you don’t have a plan or a particular job that you want to pursue higher education is always there to take advantage of and learn something you haven’t before. You don’t have to be a certain age, race, or religion. College is like one big community, we are all here for different reasons but one purpose and that is to learn. No one knows everything and there is always something new to gain knowledge about. That to me is the most beautiful thing about higher