My Academic Experience

Week 9 My Academic Experience Fatimah M. Myers US/101 April 13, 2013 University of Phoenix Instructor Annette Kubalanza Outline My Academic Experience 1. The Value of Completing a distributor point in Higher Education 2. Plans for My Academic and Career Future 3. Reflections of Topics in Class A. Time and focusing Management B. University Resources C. Critical Thinking THE VALUE OF COMPLETING A DEGREE IN HIGHER teaching method American society values higher didactics. College provides many opportunities for developing a variety of social networks, both formal and informal.Obtaining a college degree will be such a valuable and rewarding science for me. It opens many new opportunities for me on a professional and individual(prenominal) level. Upon completion, I will be solitary(prenominal) the second person in my entire family to earn a degree. One of the most outstanding personal values of obtaining my degree is allowing my children see me work hard for a pause life, and a better salary. festering up, I remember my mother struggle to take care of my sister and myself Doing her best to make ends meet.My believe is my children will learn through me that a higher education will allow for a better life making them the third and fourth college graduates in my family. PLANS FOR MY ACADEMIC AND CAREER FUTURE The demand for postsecondary education is higher than it has ever been. Higher education aids in an economic well-being. Earning my Associates academic degree will allow me to become suitable for promotions. It will be a short-term goal accomplishment, allowing me cardinal step closer to the career of my choice. However, it is not where I want my education to end.Continuing my education and earning my Bachelors tier is the next goal in my academic future. My Associates Degree is in healthcare Administration, and my Bachelors will be in Business Management. Obtaining a Bachelors in Business Management will allow me to branch issue of the Healthcar e field, or start my ingest Medical Billing Company if I choose. Having a Bachelors, in addition to my years of experience, makes me eligible to be promoted to an Operations Manager, or a Director at my current job. I can as well as be a Billing Manager at a hospital. All of which are careers I am interested in.The final plan in my academic future is to earn my Masters Degree in Social Work. After completion of my Masters, I can pursue the career of my dreams, a Hospice Social Worker. REFLECTIONS OF TOPICS IN CLASS I have learned so much in this association to prepare me for a successful college experience. There were some topics that caught my attention more than others. Such as, time and dialect management, University resources, and critical thinking. Time and Stress Management How I manage time is a reflection of what I value. Managing my time corresponds to how successful I will be in college and throughout life.Knowing and setting priorities to meet goals, carrying out plan s, taking control of time, and staying focused are some events that are involved with time management. For many of us, equilibrise school with work and family is the greatest challenge involved with prioritizing. Good advance planning will suffice in meeting these challenges. Staying focused is usually difficult, especially for first-year students. Staying focused entails remembering and dedicating to the most chief(prenominal) purpose for being in college. Sacrificing unnecessary commitments and keeping my long-term goals in mind will cooperate me to remain focused. University ResourcesAn online learning environment can be quite challenging. I am unable to put up my hand to ask a question, and receive an immediate answer. For this and several other reasons, the University Resources is such an important calamus to the success of my college experience at the University of Phoenix. The University Resources are made up of many different resources. Such as, the University Library, nitty-gritty for paper Excellence, and the plagiarisation Review. Visiting the library is somewhere I should go whenever I have enquiry that needs to be done. The library benefactors with research for a class, a job, or for anything personal.The University Library has websites that other help for students, while providing invaluable services to students and faculty members. The most useful resource available in a library is a librarian. They can be contacted in several ways, and will treat inquiries with respect. The Center for Writing Excellence, or CWE, is made up of resources to help develop written communication skills. One of the most important resources is the ability to submit a paper for Grammar and Plagiarism Review. All assignments should be submitted for review to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offense, and can lead to expulsion from the University.Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the thoughtful comity of the information or ideas that we encounter. It involves having the ability to think for yourself. Being able to responsibility make a decision that affects our lives involves critical thinking. The three steps of thinking critically are to ask questions, consider multiple points of views, and to execute conclusions. Applying critical thinking to my everyday decisions will help promote my career goals, and allow me to live a life filled with morals and ethical decisions. REFERENCES WEBLINK www. wpcarey. asu. edu WEBLINK www. chronicle. com/article/Ameicans-Value-Higher