Individual Accountability
Academic Achievement Relative to my Individual Accountability
Jerry Philips
GEN 200
May 15, 2013
JOSEPH BALISTOCKY
Academic Achievement Relative to my Individual Accountability My personal opinion on personal responsibility and its relation to my academic achievement is simply doing things right and doing the right things in accordance to the system and processes of all aspects of life, having the right mindset on the reason as to why my academic achievement is important to me as a student, then following through on the specific objectives needed for me to reach my goal and taking full responsibility of whatever the outcome maybe. As indicated by Tracy, “Responsibility is the hallmark of the fully integrated, fully functioning human being. Responsibility goes hand in hand with success, achievement, motivation, happiness and self-actualization. It’s the absolute minimum requirement for the accomplishment of everything you could ever really want in life” (Tracy, 2011). Even though environment and lifestyle influences decision making, life lived by adhering to values, consistent output of effort towards positive achievement and the formation of character represents individual accountability because doing things right and doing the right things influences our ability to respond to challenges and issues of life; responsibility, accountability, reliability, and dependability are details within our control to cultivate and improve our personal responsibility.
Relation of Individual Accountability to Academic Achievement “The great escape of our times is the escape from personal responsibility for the penalties of one’s own behavior” (Sowell, 2009) brings to light that if and when we begin to accept that we have the power manipulate the outcome of our academic success, we will easily take responsibility of the outcomes that proceeds. The following are elements that demonstrate and confirms that individual accountability paves a pathway to academic
Jerry Philips
GEN 200
May 15, 2013
JOSEPH BALISTOCKY
Academic Achievement Relative to my Individual Accountability My personal opinion on personal responsibility and its relation to my academic achievement is simply doing things right and doing the right things in accordance to the system and processes of all aspects of life, having the right mindset on the reason as to why my academic achievement is important to me as a student, then following through on the specific objectives needed for me to reach my goal and taking full responsibility of whatever the outcome maybe. As indicated by Tracy, “Responsibility is the hallmark of the fully integrated, fully functioning human being. Responsibility goes hand in hand with success, achievement, motivation, happiness and self-actualization. It’s the absolute minimum requirement for the accomplishment of everything you could ever really want in life” (Tracy, 2011). Even though environment and lifestyle influences decision making, life lived by adhering to values, consistent output of effort towards positive achievement and the formation of character represents individual accountability because doing things right and doing the right things influences our ability to respond to challenges and issues of life; responsibility, accountability, reliability, and dependability are details within our control to cultivate and improve our personal responsibility.
Relation of Individual Accountability to Academic Achievement “The great escape of our times is the escape from personal responsibility for the penalties of one’s own behavior” (Sowell, 2009) brings to light that if and when we begin to accept that we have the power manipulate the outcome of our academic success, we will easily take responsibility of the outcomes that proceeds. The following are elements that demonstrate and confirms that individual accountability paves a pathway to academic
References: Sowell, T. (2009). The great escape of our time is the escape from personal responsibility. Enterprise/Salt Lake City, 39(10), 15. Gitomer J. (2009). Take personal responsibility for your success. Grand Rapids Business Journal. 27(425). 11.