Why college education is important to me
Why college education is important to me?
Do you have dreams? Well, I certainly do! I always had dreams of becoming a successful person in life, wealthy, working in a plush corner office, with all the trappings enjoyed by a senior executive! Now, dreams are good, provided we work on them, plan our goals accordingly, work towards those goals in a focused manner, and last but not the least, be passionate, motivated and persistent, in doing all it takes to achieve them. I would like to give below one of my favorite quotes by Mr. Paul J Meyer, which goes as follows. Quote: “Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.” – Late Paul J Meyer, Founder and owner of Leadership Management International. Unquote. One of the most important goals in my mission to achieve my dreams is to undergo formal college education. In fact, it is one of my most important goals. The ongoing paragraphs shall elucidate my thoughts on this. I shall first start with basic education, and its importance, before moving on to college education, and its importance to me.
Why is basic education so important, first of all? Let us analyze why basic education is important to anyone, before we attempt to look at a college education. We are taught the three R’ s in our basic education, viz., Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. One certainly needs to have this basic knowledge imbedded in us, if we are to make any impact on life. It is those early years, when our memory is sharp, our eagerness to learn, and our innocence, makes us imbibe all that is being thrown at us, in basic education. This sets the ball rolling, for our future learning, and the foundation to build our character, value systems, and our ethics! In addition, it sets the tone for our future, and our plans for what we want to become in life. So, I made sure, I had a good basic
Do you have dreams? Well, I certainly do! I always had dreams of becoming a successful person in life, wealthy, working in a plush corner office, with all the trappings enjoyed by a senior executive! Now, dreams are good, provided we work on them, plan our goals accordingly, work towards those goals in a focused manner, and last but not the least, be passionate, motivated and persistent, in doing all it takes to achieve them. I would like to give below one of my favorite quotes by Mr. Paul J Meyer, which goes as follows. Quote: “Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.” – Late Paul J Meyer, Founder and owner of Leadership Management International. Unquote. One of the most important goals in my mission to achieve my dreams is to undergo formal college education. In fact, it is one of my most important goals. The ongoing paragraphs shall elucidate my thoughts on this. I shall first start with basic education, and its importance, before moving on to college education, and its importance to me.
Why is basic education so important, first of all? Let us analyze why basic education is important to anyone, before we attempt to look at a college education. We are taught the three R’ s in our basic education, viz., Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. One certainly needs to have this basic knowledge imbedded in us, if we are to make any impact on life. It is those early years, when our memory is sharp, our eagerness to learn, and our innocence, makes us imbibe all that is being thrown at us, in basic education. This sets the ball rolling, for our future learning, and the foundation to build our character, value systems, and our ethics! In addition, it sets the tone for our future, and our plans for what we want to become in life. So, I made sure, I had a good basic