Motivation Blog

1. The reason why I am in the teaching program is because I enjoy teaching. I enjoy making a difference and helping other people out. I am taking Educational Psychology because first, it is a required course and second, I find it interesting how children’s mind work. The reason why I am at UVU is because I have been told a couple of times that the teaching program here is the best around.
2. Many things motivate me. First, the reward at the end of doing good job in all of my classes. Second, food works really good to motivate me. I enjoy all kinds of food. Usually if I am asked to go somewhere, where I don’t want to go, if food is involved, it makes it well worth it. And I am a poor college who is now a newly wed. Lastly, when there is a homework assignment I am dreading to do, I reward myself by being able to go shopping. If I finish it by the time I set to finish the assignment, I can go shopping. The one thing that motivates me by far the most is having the chance to spend time with my husband. If I work really hard to get my homework done, then I know I get to spend some time with my husband.
3. I think I succeed because I put effort into my school work and into life. I like to be organized so I don’t miss anything. I think from being organized, I have been able to accomplish more, which has helped me to succeed. I try my best in life, and from that, I feel that I succeed.
4. I fail because I don’t try my best. When I do try my best on an assignment and I don’t do so well on the grading, I try to do better next time. If I improve, then I feel I am doing well. But at the same time, life does happen, and I can only do so much. I really don’t like failing, so that’s why I try my best at everything so I don’t have to feel bad in the end and get down on myself.
5. I need to change my motivation for this class by remembering why I am taking this class. It is to learn about educational psychology so that I can better help the children I will one day be teaching. That would be a better motivation to have in the long run. I don’t feel that I need to change my mindset about this class. I already want to learn all that I can to be able to be the best teacher I can be. If that means doing a lot of homework and reading, then so be it. My mind is set to do my best in this class as I can and learn all that I can.