Academic Success

Definitely should have written this before spring break…. but oh well, let’s just see where this goes! So Courtney and Kayla presented during our last class and their topic was academic success as we should all know. Two major points they worked on was external/internal motivation and being an encourager/discourager. Both of these points were great at inspiring and promoting thought about my own academic success and how to promote success in my own mentees.

            External and internal motivations are often hard to see until you actually slow down and think about how you function. I personally am motivated by both depending on what I am dealing with in terms of it being academic success or a club activity. External motivation is my main drive to be successful through academics because I like to study with friends to obtain better results. My friends' external motivation is usually very positive to make me want to study more to continue to be successful academically however I can also use my internal motivation to push myself to study hard for each test I will be facing. When it comes to dealing with club activities that I have been designated to be a chair for or on the committee, I feel as if it is my obligation to get everything done because I have been appointed to this position and been trusted to do my part to make the activity successful.

            Now with the encourager/discourager part, I personally try to do nothing but encourage my friends to be successful whether that is in academics or work. However, I do discourage activities such as drinking and smoking because of the negative impacts these activities will have on your life and the effects it will have on your loved ones. I know that encouragement pushes me to continue to do better so that is why I continue to do this myself.

            I hope that what I learned during this past class period can really help me to make my mentees successful and assist them in figuring out how they are motivated!! I hope you all had a wonderful spring break and see you all later this week!