As I open my laptop for a new day of a higher education, I find myself contemplating why am I here and what is it I expect to achieve from my efforts at the University of Hayward. As I reflect, I see myself traveling back over the years of missed opportunities and life experiences that brought me here. They bring me through a time which is full of twists and turns and where the color of the leaves on the trees turn rapidly, but the grass on each hillside turn always has a bit of green in it.
This place is my life. The turns I've made have focused me in directions not all would want to choose. The twists I've encountered have empowered me, given me perspective, perseverance and have brought me prosperity. But a turn I made almost a decade ago has given me great regrets, the regret of never finishing school, the regret of a deficient education.
I often ponder my regret and ask questions about the importance, viability and priority of continuing school has for me. The questions include things like; why should I continue my education? Why not continue to grow in society the way you have without higher education? Is learning a priority? Am I motivated to enroll? Each one of these questions has always been answered with a passionate and persuasive positive response, except for the question, "Is education a priority?" .
Why was education not a priority? Was I ever going to make it a priority? And what needed to happen in my life to make it a priority? Education I discovered through the years was a priority and I wanted to make it a high action item for me. But I needed to uncover what was needed to make these mear thought into action items. I found, making school a priority would take motivation to get me focused and enroll. So what did it take to get me motivated? I would like to say that it was a revelation or vision I saw in a midnight dream. Or even a financial motivation from work or business.
