Personal Narrative: The Way I Own My Learning

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All my life my parents have always pushed me to do my best in school. Always telling me to get an education so that I can have a better life than they did. Both of my parents never graduated college. My mom is a housewife meanwhile my dad has two jobs both of which are fast food restaurants. Even though my parents may always motivate me into doing good in school it is up to me if I actually try. I own my learning in many more ways than anybody else can own my learning. For example one way I own my learning is through my attitude. In order to actually learn something I have to always keep a positive mind and be willing to put the time and effort into learning something. If I were to not keep a positive mind for learning I would always only be thinking of when school is …show more content…

Making sure that I finish all of my assignments is important because it can serve as practice before a test and finishing my assignments can also keep my grade from dropping. Finally the last way I own my learning is only depending on myself but asking for help when I need it. If I were to depend on everyone else except myself to get an assignment done I would never finish anything. Copying off of someone else would not help either because then I would never learn anything. It is good not depend on someone but there will always be times where you need to ask for help. Asking for help is important because the lesson that you are having trouble on can be more clear and you would not have sit there not knowing what to do. Always having a positive attitude towards learning, always staying focused, and depending on myself but knowing when to ask for help are just some of the ways I own my learning. These things may seem simple but they impact my future drastically. Staying positive can keep me away from quitting and can help me more towards graduating

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