ENG121 Personal-essay draft

Running head: GOING BACK TO SCHOOL 1

Going Back to School

Melissa Maclean

ENG 121 English Composition 1

Jeremy Pilarski

January 1, 2018

GOING BACK TO SCHOOL 2

Going Back to School

The modern world has several adults who are pursuing education for various reasons that include getting a sense of accomplishment, job security, and career advancement. For instance, acquiring a degree can assist an individual stay ahead of the immense competition for jobs in the contemporary workplace. In this regard, I decided to go back to school for self-fulfillment, advance my career and have better pay, act as a role model to my children and set their education standards, and increase my chances of getting a better and well-paying job as well as rise to the management levels.

Since my childhood, I have had a dream of achieving the highest possible level of Education because of my immense passion for learning. However, my goal of pursuing further education has been delayed some circumstances in my life delayed, but hope has never been lost. In this regard, I have always taken advantage of opportunities to learn at home, at work or at school with the expectation that one day; I will enroll in a university to acquire more knowledge in the field of my career. Since I believe that advancing education is essential for both career advancement and for living a good life, I decided to go back to school to fulfill this dream. Therefore, I will mark my graduation day as a point of self-fulfillment in reaching the desired level of education and a significant milestone towards the achievement of my goals in life.

Notably, in the modern world, several graduates are joining the workforce; subsequently, making the working environment more competitive than ever before. Therefore, because of the increase of graduates, the employers are currently seeking to employ people with university degrees and encouraging their employees to go back to school to advance their education. As such, the number of people simultaneously working, and learning has tremendously increased over the last few years. In this case, I decided to go back to school too I improve my credentials and be able to compete with the other fresh graduates. Furthermore, the competitive world requires a continuous upgrade of skills, which is enhanced by a university degree among different methods. Also, seeing a significant number of people lose their jobs because of low levels of education created an immense fear of losing mine and failing to secure another one. In this regard, I felt that going back to school was the best way of dealing with the fear. Therefore, I decided to go back to school to improve my chances of getting a better paying job, advance my career as well as rise to managerial levels. I have realized that most of the well-paying and managerial openings require a university degree; hence, believe that obtaining one would increase my chances of rising through the ranks in my current workplace or landing a prime job elsewhere since it comes along with advanced skills.

Although I have gained experience in my career, it is inadequate to guarantee job security due to the competitive state of the job market. In this regard, I decided to go back to school to increase my job security and avoid early retirement that may arise as many companies start laying off workers due to the hard economic times. I also felt that even if I lost my job at my current workplace, a combination of a degree and experience would help me secure a position at another place; hence, avoid early retirement. Availability of online degree programs, which have considerably eased learning while working was also a significant source of motivation when deciding to go back to school. Notably, the online approach to attaining a degree is flexible since it does not require my physical presence at the university; hence, I can comfortably study and do all the assignments after work and during weekends from home.

Lastly, like many parents, I decided to go back to school to set an example and act as a role model to my children. I believe that convincing my children to advance their education will be more accessible to me when having an advanced level of knowledge than without. Also, I feel that going back to school is an excellent way to prove to my children that education is essential; therefore, motivate them to follow my educational path.

Apparently, my decision to go back to school for an undergraduate degree was motivated by the full range of benefits attributed to advanced education levels, which include increasing the potential to earn a higher salary; hence, improve living standard, intensifying job security, as well as extending chances to advance to managerial positions, strengthen job satisfaction, and reducing early retirement risk. I am aware that these benefits will not occur automatically, and I will need to continue improving my skills and acquire more knowledge regarding my field of career. Nevertheless, I plan to undertake master and doctorate degrees in the line of my job after completing mine undergraduate degree in supply chain management.