As the eldest son of a peasant farmer and a charcoal seller in rural Ghana, I have always been struggling my way up. In order to support my parents take care of me and my younger siblings, I had to spend time every day after school working in my father’s farm. It wasn’t easy, but that was my only option. Sometimes, I am even discouraged and wish that I could quit school, but my desire to change the situation in my family has kept me going. I have been studying and working diligently towards my education because that is the most assured way to successful future. I believe that one day, with hard work and determination, my dreams will be a reality. Because both of my parents are illiterates, I want to become a prominent educated person and also set a good pace for my younger siblings; however, inadequate finances have always been an impediment to my ambitions but my determination has never waned. When I was twelve, things became very difficult for my parents so I was compelled to start working with my father in his farm to increase crop production in his farm. Going to school and work...
As a Latina growing up in New York City with parents from the Dominican Republic, I knew the difficulties of living in poverty. As a child, financial arguments were a common thing, budgets were strict and extra funds were low. However, when it came to education money was not a factor. Education was the solution to poverty, with a good education you’ll succeed and obtain a great job. I kept this mentality with me throughout my academic career. I completed my undergraduate studies in Rhetoric and Communications in hopes of starting a marketing career. That quickly changed when I started my first post-undergraduate job.
One famous scientist has said the following words, “When everything seems to be going against you remember the airplane takes off against the win, not with it.” – Henry Ford. If the airplane can do it then, cannot I? This is the mentality that I have developed from facing all that I have in my lifetime. Amongst the most wearisome of my worries was gaining monetary stability. However, I did not make that discourage me. I always told myself that I would gain education and I would not let anything stop me. Living in a single parent family though did not make that dream easy for me, but I sought help from gracious organizations that have helped me throughout the years. I would want to be the person to help someone just like me who does not have the financial backing in getting an education. This is one of my goals as well as to help youths in my community to turn their backs on drugs and gambling and see the bigger picture of the world that we live in. I would love to let all youths know that if they have the will to become the next Nobel Prize winner then they will become as they please. In my attitudes and actions this is what I say to youths in my community, hoping that they would imitate a part of me despite all the odds against
My story began on a cool summer’s night twenty short years ago. From my earliest memory, I recall my father’s disdain for pursuing education. “Quit school and get a job” was his motto. My mother, in contrast, valued education, but she would never put pressure on anyone: a sixty-five was passing, and there was no motivation to do better. As a child, my uncle was my major role-model. He was a living example of how one could strive for greatness with a proper education and hard work. At this tender age of seven, I knew little about how I would achieve my goals, but I knew that education and hard work were going to be valuable. However, all of my youthful fantasies for broader horizons vanished like smoke when school began.
I was raised in an encouraging household where both of my parents greatly valued education. Although they were high school graduates, neither could afford to attend college; a combination of family and financial woes ultimately halted their path. As a result, my parents frequently reminded me that getting a good education meant better opportunities for my future. To my parents, that seemed to be the overarching goal: a better life for me than the one they had. My parents wanted me to excel and supported me financially and emotionally of which the former was something their parents were not able to provide. Their desire to facilitate a change in my destiny is one of many essential events that contributed to my world view.
Theories of Motivation What is the motivation for this? According to the text, motivation is defined as a set of factors that activate, direct, and maintain behavior, usually toward a certain goal. Motivation is the energy that makes us do things; this is a result of our individual needs being satisfied so that we have inspiration to complete the mission. These needs vary from person to person as everybody has their individual needs to motivate themselves.
When I was born, my family had just migrated to California from Mexico. In a new country, my father worked in landscaping earning less than $4 dollars an hour, while my mother relied on public transportation to take her newborn child to and from doctor visits. In the land of opportunity, my family struggled to put a roof over our heads. But never discouraged, my parents sought to achieve their goals and worked tirelessly to raise my younger brother and I. From a young age, I was taught the importance of education; this became a major catalyst in my life. My desire to excel academically was not for self-gain, but my way of contributing to my family’s goals and aspirations.
“Motivation is the will and desire that a person has to engage in a particular behaviour or perform a particular task” (Lawley & King, P269). In life motivation will be needed to enhance the workforce in various ways, many organisations will use motivation to increase the percentage yield of an individual or to make an individual feel a part of the business or organisation. Incentives have a huge influence on behaviourist & extrinsic approach. In addition other aspects; humanist theorist, intrinsic approach, Taylorism and Fordism have a part in perception of motivation.
I was born into poverty even before I was even born. My way of life was set even before my existence. Growing up I was strongly encouraged to dedicate my energy into my school work. Knowing that someday all that hard work and dedication will one day pay off. It wasn’t until my senior year of high school when I realized the true importance of going on to college really was. The only reason I excelled in my studies was because I was always enforced too, so when it came down to my decision to continue school I didn’t know what to do. I decided that even with a degree in today’s economy it won’t have much of an impact. But I couldn’t have been more wrong than ever. I eventually came to my own senses and decided for myself that all my years of being in school, planning for my future, long hours of hard work and perseverance shouldn’t go to waste. I shouldn’t waste my own intelligence and give up on what’s important. For me, a lower class civilian, the American dream is very much alive and achievable. And it guarantees a better life for me in the future. I decided to go to college because although I knew I should continue my education, I never realized how important it was for my future and well-being to have that knowledge and use it to better use. Although I may not come from wealth and will have to work twice as hard as the rest, I believe that as long as I remain
I was born and raised in rural Oromia in Ethiopia. My mother did not receive any formal education. My father had to quit at third grade because he did not have any support. I had to move away from my family when I was about 10 years old and live with relatives so that I could attend school. Life away from home was very difficult. Early in the morning, way before school starts, I had to go to the river and fetch water for the family I was living with. Every day after school I had to go to the nearby forests to collect fire wood and carry it home on my head. Every Saturday, I had to go to the open market, half an hour away, to purchase and carry home items needed for the household. Every weekend I had to hand wash clothes for all members of the household and iron them. In short, I had to endure humiliation, hunger, and abuse in order to stay in school. Regardless of the difficulties, though, I was always one of the top students. In college, I relied on the assistance of strangers and summer job to stay afloat. At the end, I graduated as the top student of the year and was awarded the President’s Cup. Thus, I became the first in my family, both on my father and mother’s side, to earn a college degree.
Growing up in Nigeria, I have always been a person who had their whole life planned out. I knew what I wanted in life and how to get there but unfortunately, my parents had other plans. In the Igbo tribe, we had certain traditions where parents often determined the career paths for their children. They derived this concept as a result of people who followed similar paths and equally succeeded. In life, they seeked power, wealth and recognition; achievements acquired by their children’s hard work. By their measurements and standards, the only way of reaching such goal was by becoming a banker. Every parent dreamt of having a banker in the family and my dad was no exception. From a very young age, he made it a mission to pass his desired aspirations to his children but unfortunately, I refused to accept that burden. After months of pestering me, he rested.
After I finished high school I had no idea what profession I should pursue, I did not know what appealed to me, what is it that I wanted? But my predicament was ephemeral since my father always had a plan for me which I was not aware of. My father had a dream in his eyes soaring high since his formative college years, the dream to study law. He could never fulfill his desire because of financial issues—my father hails from a farming family—my grandfather only had enough resources to properly clothe and feed his 6 children, the possibility of providing a higher education to one of them was far-fetched and incomprehensible to him. But my father was never dissuaded, he worked hard and made himself the man who would provide all the opportunities for his children. He became the man who would live his youth, and his dreams
In the movie The Pursuit of Happyness [sic], Will Smith talks about how Thomas Jefferson used the word "pursuit" in the Declaration of Independence. He goes on to state, “...a person can pursue happiness, but can never obtain it.” A level of happiness may be experienced as a result of hard work and dedication. Most people have tribulations and setbacks while striving to reach happiness; even ideas of what constitutes happiness fluctuate from person to person. A determined individual may overcome exceedingly complex problems in order to access an adequate level of happiness.
In this course, we learned about many circumstance which afforded people with better odds of becoming “successful,” or the perfect circumstances to take initiative...
Education becomes more important as new generations come. In order to earn success and be financially stable; the modern generation needs to have a college degree. For example, my parents grew up in a wealthy family in Nepal in the 1970s. Nepal is a third world country, and there are large gaps between the rich and the poor. During that time in Nepal, being born in a wealthy family was a blessing because money in the family was never a problem. However the country lacked many opportunities that the U.S. has and due to the lack of resources, education did not have much importance in the society. For instance, marriage was given more priority than an education. When my parents were teenagers in Nepal, their parents were not strict in studies. My parents were emotionally and mentally prepared for marriage at a young age. They did not dream to become a doctor or an engineer like myself, rather they dreamt of getting married and having kids. Therefore, my parents do not think that education is the most important thing in life. Their mindset creates problems between us because I want them to be involved in my educational life. I want them to understand that getting a college degree is my main priority. I want them to remind me that I should study hard and stay focused to meet the deadlines of assignments. I want them to go on college visits and support my decision of furthering my
The dream is lofty I realized that, but I had the instrument to achieve it, I knew I had to educate, I had to teach. This monumental revelation is fortuitous in some sense, earlier I was indulged in self liberation through knowledge but until I taught one of my friends (who generally scored low in exams) at her behest I never fully realized the power of teaching. Everyone was surprised to see her semester result when she managed to secure a SGPA of 7.2, but my happiness was twofold in the sense that I knew a way to materialize my