Success and School
Prior to beginning this activity, read Chapter 12: School, Work, and Leisure,
In this reflection,
- Identify and explain key points throughout out your lifespan (childhood, adolescence, and adulthood) that have left an impression on your beliefs about receiving an education.
- Include at least three experiences: one in childhood, one as a teen, and one as an adult.
- Identify what led to the events and what effects each event has had on your academic journey or beliefs about earning a degree.
- Identify factors suggested to be effectors of development, by your weekly reading that align with your experiences (i.e., childcare, preparedness, learning environment). Share only information that you are comfortable with, or you may use another’s experiences or a fictitious example.
- To successfully do this, add proper citations throughout your writing.
Your journal, this week, should be 400 to 500 words and have an introduction and a conclusion
You should exhibit obvious attention to critical thought and understanding of the content, as demonstrated in Samantha Agoos’s TED-Ed Animation, 5 Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking (Links to an external site.). You should include citations as needed to support your ideas. As this is your personal reflection about the material this week, your journal should limit the use of quoted material. Proper grammar should be applied,
At a minimum, cite your text to support your assertions within your explanation, but you may also use additional scholarly sources.
Shriner, B., & Shriner, M. (2014). Essentials of lifespan development: A topical approach. Bridgepoint Education.
Answer preview
Receiving an education is a key advantage to prepare children for maturing and becoming independent adults. Though it is widely known that education is important to cooperate in one’s life, it is not the key to success. However, it changes their mental and emotional progress. Certain changes are key factors in defining stages of life. However, it is important to pay attention to experiences as they nature one’s character. Separate phases completed during a life span explain human development.
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