Personal Responsibility

Personal responsibility and what it means to me

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Personal responsibility and what it means to me

Personal responsibility and self-efficacy are the same concept. To ensure success as a college student, you need to believe that you are capable of completing assigned tasks. After completing the task you observe your performance to evaluate your work. When the task is met satisfactory, it pushes you to work even harder toward success. Students most hold themselves accountable for their actions. By balancing between school, work, and family, life’s every day challenges can be done in perfect harmony. Success or failure as a college student weighs heavily on making the right decisions.

One of the difficult challenges students are faced with is effective time management. Time management can be difficult in today’s world especially if you have a full-time job and family. Between raising four children and running back and forth to different practices, working 45-plus hours a week, raising two dogs and a newly adopted kitten, where is the happy balance between school, work, and family? A daily planner can be beneficial to keep all your tasks in order. Keeping an updated schedule for children’s activities, work appointments, and school assignments can help manage and prioritize your time as well as indicating specific goals that need to be accomplished during the week for homework assignments.

Sticking with the schedule is important and will take some serious commitment. Juggling time between family, school, and work can be extremely difficult at times. A scale was completed called the I0-item Student Personal Responsibility Scale, and it stated that “lack of personal responsibility is considered one of the main causes of American School failure” (2001, p. 331). By taking responsibility for your own action and realizing your responsibilities as a student will help to ensure success as a student in college. The good choices and decisions you...