I believe that a strong work ethic is essential to being a success in life. Whether it is in school, in your personal life, or your first job, work ethic is the most important thing to becoming a successful person. So far in my life it has gotten me through many hardships and has made me into an all around better and even more successful person than I ever was before. Early in freshman year i made some bad decisions with my dad's money, and had to get a job at the age of 14. I worked cleaning out the basement of a restaurant, washing endless dishes and floors until my arms hurt. My work ethic kept growing bigger and stronger every day i went into work until i enjoyed going every day. It helped me push through those sore shoulders, bleach stained hands and sore back, to make money back and to pay my debt to my dad. I believe in strong work ethic because it has helped me not only land another job at an up and coming coffee shop, The Corner Grind, but it has helped me quickly rise up and become a very successful worker and loved by my …show more content…
I started out freshman year not knowing what was about to hit me, and ended the school year with a 1.0257 GPA. Through the past two years I have gotten it up to a 2.87 with hard work and never stopping improving myself. I have gotten A’s and B’s every year since then. In class i will be working through a packet faster than most people are working through the first page. They have said things like “wow you are so smart” and mocking things like “oh he's getting it” but all i am really doing is working hard toward my goal of finishing so I don't have any homework. I would rather not talk to friends during class and not have homework, using my strong work ethic, and it has shown in my grades and strong rising GPA. My GPA has been rising while I have had to juggle a job, homework on top of homework and being a student athlete rising up in the ranks of my
Klemens argues that a good work ethic comes from passion. A productive work force must be passionate in order to produce work that is not subpar. From this passion stems commitment and hard work. Without passion
Samuelson uses his essay to explore a thesis that Americans are moving from a ‘work’ ethic to a ‘fun’ ethic. However, he doesn't spend much time explaining or introducing this, preferring to spend his time presenting facts, articles, quotes, polls and stories to prove his point. Unfortunately, as a reader, this choice of evidence, rather than solidifying his point, actually begs the question: what is his point? Samuelson spends very little time in the essay actually concluding or explaining his information. Instead, he buries the reader with facts and statistics, moving on from one factor to another before the reader even has the chance to grasp the importance of the previous one.
In the essay, “The Work Ethic, In A Modern Guise”, author Joanne B. Ciulla talks about how the modern style of working is different from the traditional and old work ethic, and how the young and coming generation does not want to work hard but instead wants instant results. The long lasting formula of working hard and performing seems to be fading away. Instead of mastering the subject, students care about the final results and brownie points. Moreover, Ciulla asserts that students engage in activities that pay-off well in the end rather than the excellence of the work. In the article, Ciulla describes the situation of today’s students being more centred about the idea of getting a higher grade. According to Ciulla, students do not show determination but they want second-chances so that they can have a better grade than before. Students want that better grade simply because they have put a lot of time. Sometimes, professors unreasonably give students a higher grade which leads to a false confidence among students which is the root of other causes. In the end o...
Everyone grows up with a dream, but everyone will not get the opportunity to do so, being born in the financial situation of their family. In third world countries people struggle to make money on a daily basis. These people want more than what they have, but to attain those extra luxuries, they have to sacrifice their current possessions.This is not possible in as sacrificing what they have can lead to starvation. They want a better future but they need to be able to live on a daily basis. It is called investment in the future vs temporary happiness. Attaining security requires risking one’s belongings to earn liberty and equality in the future. Although temporary contentment must be sacrificed to attain security in life, it must be one’s
My excellence in my grades have resulted in a GPA of 3.7 as I feel that these are the results of all the days and nights that I have spent staying awake studying and completing assignments to the best of my abilities. For me, I consider that skills needed for the future are necessary to possess because it leads to the prosperity of a career. I have committed myself entirely to take all types of experience that will pursue my career as a Master of Business Administration, Finance and Operations. Through my commitment, it develops my leadership skills as I cherish them into my life as a road to success. I have proven that I have achieved a mass amount academically in addition to taking classes a year ahead of the rest of most juniors. Furthermore, this year which is my junior year I am taking a College Now class known as History of the Caribbean. It is an honor to be in a college level class in 11th grade and keep up with the rest of my life and academic
My GPA is a 4.1000 and it teeters between 4.1500 and 4.1000. I haven't ever had a C and my grades are all A’s or A+’s. I also make sure I behave in class, so my work habits grades are also all A’s and A+’s. I’m consistently make sure that I keep my grades where they are and I always am striving for my best. If I do happen to get a grade I'm not fond of, I make sure that as soon as possible I get my grade back up to the desired A or A+. For instance, once I had a complex goal not met, so as soon as I could, I made sure I got my grade up. Now that goal is met and my grade for that quarter is A+. Even in the topics I don't enjoy as much, I make sure I work my hardest. I’m always trying to improve my grade with extra credits and 4.0 opportunities. This shows that I do meet the grade requirement for
The American work ethic is something our country should be proud of. Since the days of George Washington Americans have worked hard for what they believe in, what they need, and what they want. It is our right as Americans to be able to work for these ideals. Without out a strong work ethic our country would crumble. From businessmen to politicians a strong work ethic is necessary to keep our country financially and politically stable.
Throughout my educational career I have always excelled in the classroom. I recently graduated high school, being in the top three percent of my class, all while being a captain in the varsity football team and working full time. My high school GPA was a 4.0, and I received many awards, including First Team All-State for academics. Currently, I have a 3.5 GPA at UTA, while working part time and being involved in various school organizations. Academics are very important for me because it represents a better, more financially stable
In America, good work ethic has become a trait that is becoming more and more difficult to find. High schools teachers expect their students to practice it, but where would they learn it from? Good work ethic is a trait that is built over time, not one that is simply learnt in an afternoon. Too often, students find that they can make it through high school without ever having to use good work ethic, and as a result, don’t bother to learn how to build it up. A simple solution to this would be to make students take a mand...
A strong work ethic demonstrates a sense of discipline and undivided attention towards one’s goals and future. Good performance indicators include showing up prepared for class, reading the materials, and working well with peers and professors. I learned after my first semester in my undergrad career
A lot of my classmates taunted me for receiving good grades on all my tests. It was obvious that I had different morals than they did. Their parents did not care what grades they got. My parents were never harsh, but they would always make me feel guilty if I did not receive high grades on my report card. At times, I would feel pressured to not preform exceptionally in school because of the constant verbal abuse. In fifth grade, I received my first ‘D’ on an English test because some of my classmates dared me not to study for the test that week. Lucky for me, I had very supportive parents unlike some of my other classmates. They explained to me how important it was to maintain a high GPA; I would go much farther in life than they would because of my academic drive. I took their advice to heart and from that moment on I never let negative peer pressure effect how I performed in
While hard-work is important, it is not the only thing that matters. Living your life to the fullest is just as important. Taking chances, having fun, doing something which you would never even dream of doing; these things form who we are and who we will become in future life just as our performance in examinations and other school activities
Working for a large corporation can have a lot of pros and cons and one of the negative things that works against the company is workplace ethics. Who determines what is right and wrong in a business? Who determines the course of action to take should there be an unethical situation?
Commitment, teamwork, integrity, and your behavior are certainly very important factors in workplace ethics; however, they are not the only things that make it up. There are many principles that you should show when in a work environment, but I believe that I have covered many of the most important ones. Just remember that you need to show a good behavior, be committed to your job and your employer, work well with others, and always be honest and morally sound. If you stand by these principles you will surely show good workplace ethics, and will be liked by those around
Throughout my four years of high school I have tried to maintain a B average and I get comments from teachers on whatever I have to do better. My most difficult subject was any history class. My sophomore year the class I struggled with the most was my history class and I ended with a D in that class other than that I was an average student. My sophomore year was not a really good year for me. My junior year I did way better in all my classes and the classes I did bad the year before I made them up by staying after school and making up credits at Jamison. I am much more satisfied with my grades this year than my past years. My grades have teached me that I am going to need to study a little more harder in my college years.