Although there are many goals that I would like to achieve as a University of Phoenix student, I have successfully narrowed it down to the following four main goals on which I will concentrate my efforts: Maintain the motivation necessary in order to earn my degree, become a more valuable employee at work, become a more effective and assertive team member, and to enjoy myself and have a good time while I learn. The sense of accomplishment I will feel as a result of meeting my personal goals along the path will give me the motivation I need to continue until I earn my degree. Setting realistic goals is important as a student, as it will aid in keeping me focused and on the correct path to success.
             The third goal I want to achieve is to become effective and assertive as a member of my learning team. I have limited experience in working on projects in teams, as the majority of my current job involves individual work. The classes I took for my associate's degree at Chemeketa Community College required very few team projects. In addition, I tend to be an agreeable person, and will need to work on the skills necessary to become more assertive with my thoughts within my learning team. There are several ideas I can extract from Chapter Six in Keys to College Studying on how to evaluate an argument and build a persuasive case. My first step in achieving my goal of becoming a more assertive team member is to use critical thinking skills to question my teammates ideas or arguments constructively, rather than accepting their arguments without question. By questioning their arguments, I will gain a deeper insight of the subject and will be able to see things from a different perspective.
             The fourth goal I want to achieve as a University of Phoenix student is to have fun and enjoy myself as I work toward my degree. This is one of the most important goals, as it can serve as a foundation for the other goals. I will be much more pro...