Why I Decided to Continue My Education There are three simple‚ and fairly common‚ reasons for why I decided to return to school to continue my education: Higher paying jobs‚ being a good role model for my children and personal satisfaction. Higher Paying Jobs: I relocated to California from North Carolina about 4 and ½ years ago. What was I thinking? The cost of living here is outrageous‚ the jobs don’t pay that well and you are almost destined to have a roommate or two or three‚ just to make ends
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When I first came to this school‚ I was in second grade. I can’t believe I was at this school for 6 years. I can’t believe i’ve been here for about 6 years. I never thought I would be in Atwater for this long‚ since before my family moved. From house to house and I going from school to school. Throughout the years at Bellevue I didn’t have a tough time making friends‚ but the hard thing was watching them move away. Well some of them. The good thing is I still have those friends today‚ the ones I met
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One rainy school morning‚ when I wake up to get ready for school‚ I decide to come up with a plan to quit school. You see‚ I absolutely despise school. It is my least favorite thing in the world. I know “I have” to go but I just can’t anymore. The homework is too much‚ the waking up early is too much‚ and the teachers are too much. This is why I need to come up with a plan to quit school. After school‚ I go home and sit in my bed and think of my plan. Stage 1- Before I go to bed I make sure my
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Alcoholism: Genetic or Learned Behavior? First‚ before I could answer this question‚ I had to do a little research. Alcohol addiction is a physical dependence on alcohol which occurs gradually. Over time‚ drink too much alcohol changed the balance of chemicals in your brain associated with the pleasure aspects of drinking alcohol. Excessive‚ long-term drinking can affect the balance of these chemicals‚ causing your body to crave alcohol to restore good feelings or to avoid negative feelings
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Gazing up at the stars‚ I thought of all the amazing times I had been a part of. The whole week had been full of zeal. Every day was a payoff of all of the work put into this experience. "Did it have to end so quickly?" I wondered to myself. "Just think of next year"‚ I said to comfort my disbelief‚ "It’s going to be ten times the fun. I’ll make sure of that." After what seemed like years of waiting‚ the day of camp finally arrived. I hastily packed my bags and threw them in my car. My
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Effects of Motivation on Learned Helplessness Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a human being or an animal has learned to act or behave helpless in a particular situation‚ even when it has the power to change its unpleasant or even harmful circumstance (Seligman‚ 1975). This feeling of helplessness is generated when the individual has been exposed to previous uncontrollable events and thus learns to fail in the current situation because responding in the past had yielded
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10-17-17 Mrs. B When school was first invented‚ it was in the industrial age. School was used for a training for kids to train for factory work. School is still used today as so called “training” for a real job but in many ways the school system hasn’t changed since the industrial age. In school everyday all kids do is follow instructions‚ but in the real world‚ how much could following directions really help you? In school you are rewarded for doing exactly what you’re told. In the industrial
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I chose to go back to school in order to give my daughter and myself financial stability‚ home stability‚ and a better career opportunity. Choosing to go back to school was by far the smartest decision that I have made. Once I graduate and get more established‚ I can offer my child financial stability. Not only would I be able to pay the bills‚ but also be able to live comfortably. I want to be
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I decided to return to school because of my financial situation‚ my children‚ and myself. All of these reasons above are why I decided to go back to school‚ and so I would like you to sit back as I paint you the picture of my life before I decided to go to school. I have been struggling financially for some years since I had my children. With the economy being so bad‚ and prices constantly going up how can I continue to survive on mininum wage? Before I had children it seemed a lot easier to survive
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I wake up‚ eager to get to school. As I lay in my bunk bed‚ I scan the outside world and see the cars. The sun just rose and it’s a little chilly outside. It was the 4th or 5th day of 6th grade and today we would choose new instruments for the band. I was considering switching to french horn‚ but my first pick was the tuba. In elementary school we could only play trumpet‚ clarinet‚ or saxophone. When I get out of bed‚ I change and tell my family good morning as I walk into the kitchen‚ my body filling
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