{My} Reflection Paper Essay
My Past, Present, and Future
Rachelle Barlow
PSY 202
Judi Muhammad
March 14, 2011
About nine years ago now – when I turned eighteen and received my G.E.D. – I was under the impression that a higher education was definitely not an option for me, and honestly, it wasn’t. Due to my knowledge of this, along with the fact that I was hired right away at what was my “dream job” at the time, I came to the conclusion that I wouldn’t ever need or want a higher education; I accepted the fact that my family nor I could afford to put me through college and made the best of it. Yet here I am, 27 years old and just beginning my journey through college, because I need to, and because I want to. In this reflection paper I’ll cover the highlights of my life thus far. Concurrently, I’ll mainly be focusing on the reasons for where I’m at in my life presently, explain my long term goals, and show how one of the development theories that I recently learned about (through this course) helps to explain my recent decision to attend college and earn my degree. Also included is the theory which is the result of my research based on the main idea of one of the developmental theories (which I also learned about from this course) that I strongly agree with, and from which I’ve drawn the following conclusion. When the ideal career opportunity and circumstances are in place, both pleasure and success are inevitably realized. On March 7th, 1984, my mother gave birth to me at the Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon. One of the things I’ve always liked the most about living in Oregon is that it’s so green; there are plenty and a good variety of beautiful trees, and I love it! For the first five years of my life, my family and I lived in Salem. I have a lot of good memories of those first five years, primarily thanks to my mom. My mom always made sure to spend a lot of quality time with me and always had plenty of fun yet educational activities for us to do. A majority
Rachelle Barlow
PSY 202
Judi Muhammad
March 14, 2011
About nine years ago now – when I turned eighteen and received my G.E.D. – I was under the impression that a higher education was definitely not an option for me, and honestly, it wasn’t. Due to my knowledge of this, along with the fact that I was hired right away at what was my “dream job” at the time, I came to the conclusion that I wouldn’t ever need or want a higher education; I accepted the fact that my family nor I could afford to put me through college and made the best of it. Yet here I am, 27 years old and just beginning my journey through college, because I need to, and because I want to. In this reflection paper I’ll cover the highlights of my life thus far. Concurrently, I’ll mainly be focusing on the reasons for where I’m at in my life presently, explain my long term goals, and show how one of the development theories that I recently learned about (through this course) helps to explain my recent decision to attend college and earn my degree. Also included is the theory which is the result of my research based on the main idea of one of the developmental theories (which I also learned about from this course) that I strongly agree with, and from which I’ve drawn the following conclusion. When the ideal career opportunity and circumstances are in place, both pleasure and success are inevitably realized. On March 7th, 1984, my mother gave birth to me at the Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon. One of the things I’ve always liked the most about living in Oregon is that it’s so green; there are plenty and a good variety of beautiful trees, and I love it! For the first five years of my life, my family and I lived in Salem. I have a lot of good memories of those first five years, primarily thanks to my mom. My mom always made sure to spend a lot of quality time with me and always had plenty of fun yet educational activities for us to do. A majority
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