Monday, February 27, 2012
Motivation
Education is an essential part of me. The main reason my parents. My parents with three children, had decided to emigrate from South Korea to the United States was so that my siblings and I would have the best education possible. When I was only ten, I could not understand why she had to bring me to a foreign land where I could not even speak the language. Eleven years later, as a student at University of Washington, I thank her with all of my heart for the wisest decision she has made for me. I understand that I am fortunateto live in a place where education is highly valued. As for me, I embrace the privileges of high education available to me and would like to seize all the opportunities given to me. With the knowledge I have gained, I desire to live an exciting and joyous life with people I love. Then, I want to help many more to have hope and passion for life as I do. With that said, my parents motivate me to study harder in school. It is now my turn to pay them back for all the things they have done to me. I want to study harder in school and get a good job because my parents have sacrificed their life for me to go to school in the U.S.
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My parents are also really big motivators in my life. It is because of them that is was able to do well in high school. They had high expectations of my grades and performance in school and that quickly became my intrinsic motivation for me. I like that you feel the need to show your parents that they made the right decision and you have been successful since coming to the United States!
ReplyDeleteI agree that parent's motivation from an early age, not only act as extrinsic motivation, but also become intrinsic, as the child then internalizes their parent's expectations. This was my experience, as a second generation American, my parents were intent on having their children succeed in America. This included high academic expectations as well as instilling the idea that hard work and effort is needed for achievement; failure is simply not an option. I then began to internalize these views of myself, knowing that I have the capacity to achieve what I desire if I put in the work. Their influence affected the way I viewed school and work and instilled in me a strong sense of ambition, which drove me in high school to get good grades, with the intent of going to college.
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