What we learned and How it Ties In

Over the 6 weeks we have been learning new material in class and while they are all different readings they seem to connect well together because they help us not only become a better student but help us become better problem solvers and how to manage our life better to.

At first the reading were sort of plain because it talked about how to college is different and how to manage your time wisely. Something’s that upcoming freshmen’s new already. But as the weeks progress the more and more the reading became more relevant to us students. During the course of college I was able to get useful information and apply them into my studies in my other classes. I think that these readings aren’t just homework for us to do but its kind of a student guide on being a better student than you think you are.

One of the article that I connected the most with was the intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation. Reason why it stood out to me is because it gave me the chance to think about what kind of motivation motivates me to do better in anything I do. First for those who forgot what intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is well intrinsic motivation is motivation based on taking pleasure and in an activity rather working an external reward. Extrinsic motivation comes from outside such as performing for money or reward. So after reading that article I came to the realization that I have an extrinsic motivation because for instance I’m in college to have a great career. And I came to realize that with having extrinsic motivation it came have a positive and negative conflict.

This week we have talked about grit, and how it relates to being able to work through tough problems. In the Angela Duckworth article she share that “the grittiest students not the smartest ones have the highest GPAs”. In my opinion the reason why they had the highest GPAs is because they had motivation to be excellent at what they do and they either had intrinsic or extrinsic motivation to have a high GPA.