Friday, October 18th, 2013.
"If you don't know where you're headed, you'll probably end up someplace else."
How can we apply this quote to what we do in school, like grades, tests...?
Many students say that their teachers enforce their policies upon them. Even though there is some level on truth in this claim, it is not completely 100% accurate. Ultimately, students have the choice of doing what they want, of ordering their own lives. The teacher does not decide what each student does. At the end, students themselves decide what is going to happen with their lives. For example, if a teacher gives a lab report due a week before the deadline, the students have the choice of deciding how they are going to submit the assignment, yet of whether they are going to complete the assignment or not. One may decide to begin the write-up the day one receives it and get it over with as soon as possible. Another may decide to work on it the whole time, revising the work in order to produce the best work possible, using the extent of the time. Yet another may decide that he/she will leave it up to the end and procrastinate for a couple of hours before the deadline. These are just a couple of possibilities of scenarios, of possible options the students may choose to follow. The students' grade, and the knowledge they acquire, are all the fruits of their efforts, of the decisions they make.
Furthermore, that is not the only way of looking at this quote. We need to have a goal in order to make the best use of our education. The goals we set ourselves are the driving force behind our education, behind the efforts we put in for our achievements. If we did not know what we were receiving our education for, if we did not have set goals, we would be similar to an insect going through kinesis, or random movement. We need to have a goal in order to aim for success, as the goals are what determine our aims, help us in evaluating ourselves. Goals are the paths we are heading towards, that determine where we are heading. Goals determine our success, because success is defined as the attainment of goals.
Furthermore, that is not the only way of looking at this quote. We need to have a goal in order to make the best use of our education. The goals we set ourselves are the driving force behind our education, behind the efforts we put in for our achievements. If we did not know what we were receiving our education for, if we did not have set goals, we would be similar to an insect going through kinesis, or random movement. We need to have a goal in order to aim for success, as the goals are what determine our aims, help us in evaluating ourselves. Goals are the paths we are heading towards, that determine where we are heading. Goals determine our success, because success is defined as the attainment of goals.
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