Personal Responsibility and College Students

Personal Responsibility and College Students

Personal responsibility means to take responsibility for my own actions or mistakes. If there is not personal responsibility, it can create a negative impact on your success as a student. Personal responsibility is important to be a successful student because everyone needs to be held accountable for their actions. It is important not to blame others for our lack of success.

"The acceptance of personal responsibility is what separates the adult from the child. It's the great leap forward into maturity. Responsibility is the hallmark of the fully integrated, fully functioning human being."

Without accepting personal responsibility you will not be 100% successful as a college student or in life. If one doesn't accept personal responsibility this can have a negative impact on a student. We can't fault others for our lack of success. We as students have to make sure we don't "pass the buck" meaning throw the blame on others for our lack of success. Previously I was a college student for 4 1/2 years at the University of N. C. at Charlotte. I had a serious problem with procrastination. Now if I had accepted my personal responsibilities as a student I would have had my bachelor's degree by now. I started college right after high school and the high school mentality followed me. I waited to the last day to study for exams, do my papers and assignments. These bad habits contributed to me not being successful. I now know what it takes to be a successful college student.

"Students' personal and social responsibility is thus identified as essential to

the learning students need to meet emerging challenges in the workplace, in a diverse democracy, and in an interconnected world"

It is very easily to lose focus as an online student. If we as students don't realize that it is our responsibility to do our readings, assignments, daily questions and substantive posts then is could be grade affecting. If we don't make good grades because of not taking ownership or accepting personality responsibility then this could prolong our goals of receiving our degrees. I am a living statistic of this. We must accept when we are right and also own up to when we are wrong.

"The very same characteristics typically associated with personal responsibility are inextricably linked to the development of social responsibility as well. Personal responsibility and social responsibility involve the moral obligation to both self and community, and both forms of responsibility rely upon such virtues as honesty, self-discipline, respect, loyalty, and compassion." Hersh and Schneider (2005)

Everyone must be held accountable for his or her actions for things they do in life. We have to realize that with everything we do there