College Goal Setting Why am I going to college? I made the choice to go to college because I didn’t want to end my learning experience. I want to get a higher education, not because my family encouraged me to continue, but for myself. Learning has always been one of my passions. There is nothing like the feeling of learning something, you have never heard of or seen before. I’ve always gotten myself into the mindset of being a positive learner, so I can strive to do my best. If I can do superb throughout school I know one day I will have the career of my desire. My struggles. Throughout my life, I have faced many struggles that have held me back from doing what I am capable of. So many things holding me back from such as: being injured, not getting the score I wanted on an assignment, having family problems etc… This impacted the way I felt about paying attention in class and even doing homework. My grades started slipping pretty low, and I wasn’t achieving my goals like I had planned. This caused me to become sick at least once a month from all my stress, and having a weak immune system, I just seemed to be getting worse. It didn’t help when I didn’t understand something my …show more content…
Not because I felt overwhelmed with how much I had to do, but because I had anxiety. I was always nervous when having major assignments. I hated feeling like I had to do more than what was expected, so I could feel like it was good enough for my teachers. The hardest thing was none of my teachers understood how I was feeling or took the time to ask if I was okay or needed help. When I reached out for help, they just got upset with me saying “ I’ve explained this how many times, and you still don’t get it? At this point, I would get excruciating migraines, random mental breakdowns, and had a loss of sleep. I didn’t know what to do, I could feel better about myself and how I was