Personal Responsibility Rough Draft

Samuel Cedeno
Gen/200
August 27, 2012
Instructor: Jennifer Smith
Personal Responsibility Leads to Success Even though a person taking on too many responsibilities can lead to his or her downfall, personal responsibility can lead to success in higher education. Because responsibility is the force that binds an individual to the course of action demanded by the goal, personal responsibility can incur beneficial habits and admirable behaviors that will advocate successful outcome. The state of New York once sought to raise $24 million in donations to give to poor residents as an incentive to stay in school, stay at work, and stay on track (Traub, 2006). I will be revealing some examples, to implement, of personal responsibility and demonstrating how I intend to enact them in my own pursuit of higher education. The two tools that I will be discussing and relating to myself are planning and time management. I will also divulge how personal responsibility can be damaging and lead to unsuccessfulness.
Planning Ahead Responsibility, on the personal level will alleviate some of the difficulties I cause with irresponsibleness, which deters my continuing education. Planning ahead is a vital part responsibility. It is the basis for maintaining ones day-to-day activities. Having a schedule and knowing when task are to be complete can relieve the stress of feeling hastened and out of time. “He who fails to plan, plans to fail” is something my father would tell me quite often when I was younger. I have found this out firsthand. Prioritizing ones goals can keep a person from losing track of time and losing focus. I am putting into place a goals calendar. On the Goals Calendar I have inserted the goals I plan to accomplish and by when I plan to accomplish them. Here is an example: Gen/200 by September 17th or Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice by September 15th 2015. As each goal is achieved, it is marked off; if one is not completed, I move it to the top of

Bibliography: cont’d within the group as compared to the individual without the group. In this study used for this essay, the administrators not only sought to study the performance of the individual in and out of the group but they also sought to compare the actual performance of each individual and also how they scored individually before during and after testing phases. This was to show how students whom normally did well changed in the group. Average and low performance students were monitored as well. The variation used in this study was the reward of bonus points in accordance with performance. The study found that high standard students did better when the reward held its basis in personal improvement, and fared worse when the bonus was for raising group average. The proverbial pendulum swung the other way for low performing students. When their bonus points were dependent on higher personal achievement or grade, most did not perform well. This study shows how personal responsibility can cause failure or success. This, of course, depends upon the individual and what they choose to assign themselves responsibility over. CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify that the attached paper is my original work. I am familiar with, and acknowledge my responsibilities, which are part of, the University Of Phoenix Student Code Of Academic Integrity. I affirm that any section of the paper, which has been submitted previously, is attributed and cited as such, and that this paper has not been submitted by anyone else. I have identified the sources of all information whether quoted verbatim or paraphrased, all images, and all quotations with citations and reference listings. Along with citations and reference listings, I have used quotation marks to identify quotations of fewer than 40 words and have used block indentation for quotations of 40 or more words. Nothing in this assignment violates copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property laws. I further agree that my name typed on the line below is intended to have, and shall have, the same validity as my handwritten signature.   Student 's signature (name typed here is equivalent to a signature): Samuel J. Cedeno