Personal Goals Of Returning To College

An obvious goal as a working adult returning to school is, of course, to earn a degree. My overall goal is no different than any other student, however, I also have several personal goals I hope to achieve while attending the University of Phoenix. Some of these goals are to acquire new skills and enhance my current business abilities, to apply what I learn in the classroom to forward my career, and to feel personal satisfaction of finishing something I started. Already having experience in the business world has proven to me that it is essential to have skills to maintain and improve daily functions. Three skills I'd personally like to improve on are my organizational, time management, and presentation skills. At my place of employment
After high school, I attended community college that was just down the road. My hope was that it would make the jump from high school to college an easier transition. I soon found that one of the main differences was the fact that attendance was not as strictly enforced as it was in high school and, being a teenager, I immediately blew off classes in favor of just hanging out with friends or picking up that extra shift at the restaurant to earn more spending cash. After taking classes here and there over the span of two and half years, I found paying bills to be a more pressing need than finishing school. Moving from one full-time job to the next and constantly putting of returning to school became the norm in my life. Not until I started with my current employer. did I stay with one job more than three years. What began as a temporary position became a steady paycheck. After three years and two promotions, I began to realize that this had the potential to become a career. I was enjoying what I was doing and got the feeling that it was more that just a job and a paycheck. I was making a difference with a Fortune 500 company. Again, I put off returning to school thinking that I didn't have time for it. Of course I'd always wanted to go back, if for no other reason than to finish what I'd started years earlier, but my thought was "Where can I find the time?" Even after the first class I started to have reservations about if this was the right time for me to get back into the ring as a student and if I would be able to dedicate the necessary time to my learning team and assignments. I realized that I need to prove to myself that I can finish what I started, even if it is the second time