My Motivation My major motivation to pursue my college degree is my personal growth and development goals. Since childhood, I have always desired to excel in my career and help in changing the lives of others. I believe that pursuing a college degree is a critical step towards realizing this life-long dream. I am also motivated by my family, which has always supported me and challenged me to the best I can be in my professional career.

My Purpose

My purpose in seeking a college degree is to enhance my abilities in shaping the lives of others. I am interested in becoming an early childhood educator who will help shape the lives of young children through teaching. I believe that this college degree will provide me the necessary knowledge and skills for success as an early childhood educator. My professional career as an educator will enable me to make positive impacts on the society by shaping children’s lives.

My Values

As I pursue this college degree, I am demonstrating the value of self-belief, which is essential for success in college. I am also demonstrating perseverance since the education process is not easy and can be very challenging. The third value I am demonstrating is determination to achieve my dreams. My determination is evident in the commitment I have made even when challenges emerge.

Self Discipline

One of the major challenges in my pursuit of my college degree is time management. While I am determined and committed toward achieving my dream, time management is going to be my biggest challenge due to the demands of education. However, I have conducted research on time management and examined my schedule to include time for study and preparation for class. Based on insights I have obtained from the research, I am willing to create a daily schedule of activities that incorporates study and preparation for class.

My Focus

One of the things I will to say to myself to help me persist and persevere in the pursuit of my college degree is that all great achievements requires commitment and time. I will always remind myself that no great achievement has ever been realized without commitment and time. I will also remind myself of the ultimate goal of this process. In this case, I will remind myself the overall result of my hard work and persistence and fulfillment that comes with it.

My Readiness

I have prepared for my online degree by ensuring my laptop and other resources are available and compatible with what I would require for my classes. I have purchased the necessary resources in order to take notes. I have enlisted the support of my family as they encourage me to be the best I can be. I have examined the financial resources I require for my online degree and established measures for obtaining the money.

Week 2 Discussion (1)

One new or interesting thing I learned last week was that a critical aspect to achieving my academic and professional goals is identifying my learning patterns. I found it interesting because I always assumed that people have the same learning style. While I know that life is not as simple as green and red lights as described by Bennis (2003), I always that there are no differences in learning patterns. I have always believed that all an individual requires to learn is to be in a learning environment where he/she is exposed to different learning materials or tasks. However, my perspective has since changed as I now understand that people respond differently to similar stimulus. Therefore, being in a learning environment does not automatically mean that learning will occur because of differences in responses to stimulus. Consequently, its important...

My LCI scores for each of the four learning patterns; are Sequence – 32, Precise – 32, Technical – 15, and Confluence – 28. Based on these scores, my level of use of Sequence is Use First Level, Precise is Use First Level, Technical is Avoid, and Confluence is Use First Level. Therefore, since three of my learning patterns (i.e. Sequence, Precise, and Confluence) have scores that exceed 24, I use them as needed while I do not use Technical learning pattern since my scores are below the range of 18-24. According to Johnston (2018), if an individual uses three or more learning patterns at the Use First Level, he/she is a strong-willed learner. Since I use three learning patterns at the Use First Level, I am a strong-willed learner who tends to seek opportunities to lead instead of being led.
I use Sequence to keep my work space organized and know the directions of an activity or assignment prior to undertaking it. I tend to ensure that I have the information or as much information as possible about what I am working on. When working on something, I tend to follow step-by-step directions based on the information I have. I find it difficult to engage in any task without all information and step-by-step directions.

I use Precision to research all necessary information and directions for any activity/task at hand. I research all information because I always want to be accurate and correct. When completing any activity, I always strive to provide complete and thorough explanations. I not only ask lots of questions when completing an activity, but also answer questions.

I use Technical Reasoning to demonstrate how a task is to be completed based on the available information and directions. However, when working on a task at hand, I don’t always look for practicality as long as I follow the directions given. Additionally, I tend to choose tasks to engage in based on whether I consider them meaningful. I don’t like working by myself and would always enlist the support of others.

I use Confluence to pitch my ideas and attempt something new. I love taking risks even when the task at hand seems difficult and impossible to do. I always find risk taking to be meaningful process of learning and growth. I would rather make mistakes in order to learn instead of not making mistakes.

Week 3 Discussion (1)

After reading the materials and completing last week’s assignments, I would like to learn more about self-regulation. Last week’s reading materials have shown the importance of self-regulation in determining suitable responses to different situations. These materials define self-regulation as the ability to monitor and control one’s behaviors, thoughts or emotions and change them based on the demands of the prevailing circumstances. While this concept is considered critical toward responding to different situations, its relatively difficult to practice and apply. This is primarily because it requires metacognition (conscious thought) and deliberate action that contributes to behavior change. I would like to learn more about self-regulation since its difficult to practice despite its significance in responding to different situations. I believe that learning more about this concept would be helpful in my personal and…