Individual Delopment Plan

Learning experiences are such a wonderful thing because I can look back on those experiences to see where I have been to where I need to go. I can also reflect on the things that I have done right and continue to do those things and also look to see things I have done wrong or could have done better to where I can make better decisions if I am put in those particular situations again. With so many choices to choose from, I am choosing to speak about the fact of going back to school for myself to pursue my own personal goal of achieving a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. I chose to do this after receiving encouragement from family and that drive with inside myself saying that I want to achieve more no matter what my circumstances are and I can do it.

I have been out of school for three and a half years and I am comfortable within my own life and I like it. I have no worries or complaints. What changed you might ask? My family is what changed. I am the mother, nurse, cook, school teacher, you name it and one day my family came to me and said, "Are you really happy?" As usual, I said of course. They responded, "We know you are happy because you have us, but isn't there something you would personally like to do for yourself?" I told them to let me think on it and I came up with I wanted to go back to school to get my college degree. When I told my family that is what I wanted to do, they were more excited for me than I was for myself. From that point on we planned and supported each other and as time got closer for the big day, which was my first day of school in three years. I had jitters all over again like I had not been in school. I actually see how my children feel every year when they go back to school. I actually became nervous and my worries started to show, such as will I like the school and the curriculum. My biggest fear was if I was going to be a good student. Yes, I have been in school and had done quite well before but this is a different ball game because college requires a lot more attention and diligence.

With me getting over my biggest fear I have learned how to take my time in school regarding my work and myself. I have also learned how to have a self patience that I didn't think I had before because it takes patience to make sure I got the work done right the first time. One more thing I have learned is to not take my family for granted because they have been really supportive of me as well as being a lot of encouragement when it came to college work that I was uneasy about. My unconditioned stimulus was school and unconditioned response was not doing well in school. My conditioned stimulus and response would be school as well but the response would be doing well in school because of my own dedication and the support from my family's encouragement. If there was no dedication from myself and encouragement from my family the learning through classical conditioning