Personal Goals:
A personal goal I have this year is to have good time management skills. This is personal because I do not want to always focus on school work, and intend to make time for extra curriculars and hanging out with friends. In Bain’s work, I found a quote about interests, “The subjects didn’t just sit around expounding on the value of creativity. They found something that fascinated them, They became interested in problems they could solve, in a work they could do,” (page 203). I want to be able to manage my time in a way to allow what Bain is speaking of here. Making time to explore and find something that I find interesting in or out of school. Without having good time management, I would not be able to do this.
Academic Goals:
My long term academic goal is to graduate from college. This connects to Ungar’s Misperception article, when he talks about employers looking for college students, “More than three-quarters of our nation’s employers recommend that collegebound students pursue a ‘liberal education’,” (paragraph 7). I feel comfortable knowing that when I complete my goal of graduating, there will be plenty of job opportunities for me because I did receive an education in a liberal arts school. This is also why my goal is important to me, so I am able to get a job in an area I am interested in.
Works Cited;
Bain, Ken. “Curiosity and Endless Education.” What the Best College Students Do, Harvard University Press., 2002, pp. 199–220.
Ungar, Sanford J. “7 Major Misperceptions about the Liberal Arts.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2010. ProQuest, https://une.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.une.idm.oclc.org/trade-journals/7-major-misperceptions-about-liberal-arts/docview/214633457/se-2?accountid=12756.
