Personal Responsibility

What exactly is personal responsibility? I believe that personal responsibility is to make sure my priorities and assignments will be complete on time and turned in before the due date. Even though I have a son, I may not have much time to do assignments or studying, learning as much as I can is what is important to me so I would be able to find a job for my family. Using personal responsibility in education helps me by making sure everything will be complete and on time and I look through my materials for that week. I want to make sure I provide the best for my family with the education I am receiving. Going back to school is a huge responsibility because I believe and want a better job so I will be able to provide a better life. I also want to make sure that I still will be able to enjoy my life by hanging out with friends and make the best for my family, besides working all the time after I complete my bachelor’s degree.

Making sure I am going to be successful in college is making sure I have the willingness to learn and have an appetite for knowledge. Once I have the willingness to learn everything in college it will become easy for me to want to learn more. Going to college is taking responsibility to want to succeed and wanting to find a better job for my family. Success at anything whether it is school or work takes practice and work. If I commit to becoming successful in college I will eventually achieve it. In this article they asked a question, “What can you do to increase your opportunities for success in school and in life?” ("What you don't get out of a college education: Personal success skills necessary to succeed in school and in life," July). In answer to this question, I would believe that achieving my success in school and in life would let me increase more opportunities, maybe in a very good career. If I continue to be successful, I will know how hard it will be but achieving success will be one thing that I will strive for. If I want to be successful in what I do I have to commit to three things. I need to make sure that I am the one who wants to take personal responsibility for my success. I am the only one who can make sure of that. If I slack off, my success will be in jeopardy. The second thing I need to do is set high goals and doing whatever is possible to reach them and achieve them. Last, things happen; as I go through life, I need to make sure I react positively to the negative setbacks and move toward my goals in education. Successful people take personal responsibility for their lives, careers, and success (Success Common Sense [Success Common Sense-Blog], 2009).

I want to succeed in college. I have already done it once by achieving my associates’ degree but I have 33