Motivation: What motivates and demotivates me to learn?
By Dana LaRose
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 19, 2009
Many things motivate me to learn. Most of all, I am motivated by my curiosity. If a topic is being discussed that I find interesting, I will focus more on that conversation and look up information which I am not familiar with. I love science so I am constantly reading science articles to learn about new discoveries.
I am also motivated by my family. My mother is a single mom and she has worked hard to support my brothers and me. She is constantly trying to do too many things at once. She motivates me to learn because she inspires me to know more about the world around me. She motivates me to do well in school so that I can have a good career and be an independent person.
My brothers motivate me as well. They are both younger than me and when we used to play school they were always my teachers. They have motivated me to learn more about education. I am motivated by my own goals as well. I personally want to do well and am a driven person. This causes me to be motivated because I enjoy the rewards of having good grade; mainly that they make me feel I have accomplished something. I am also sometimes motivated by people telling me I cannot do something but this is rare.
When people are negative, I am not very motivated. Especially in a school setting, if someone is not supportive, I am not interested in learning. Extremely low expectations also de-motivate me. If someone believes I cannot do something, I do not feel a reason to prove them wrong because that is not fair judgment. If expectations are too high, I feel stressed and feel that I cannot amount to what the person is expecting anyway.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 19, 2009
Many things motivate me to learn. Most of all, I am motivated by my curiosity. If a topic is being discussed that I find interesting, I will focus more on that conversation and look up information which I am not familiar with. I love science so I am constantly reading science articles to learn about new discoveries.
I am also motivated by my family. My mother is a single mom and she has worked hard to support my brothers and me. She is constantly trying to do too many things at once. She motivates me to learn because she inspires me to know more about the world around me. She motivates me to do well in school so that I can have a good career and be an independent person.
My brothers motivate me as well. They are both younger than me and when we used to play school they were always my teachers. They have motivated me to learn more about education. I am motivated by my own goals as well. I personally want to do well and am a driven person. This causes me to be motivated because I enjoy the rewards of having good grade; mainly that they make me feel I have accomplished something. I am also sometimes motivated by people telling me I cannot do something but this is rare.
When people are negative, I am not very motivated. Especially in a school setting, if someone is not supportive, I am not interested in learning. Extremely low expectations also de-motivate me. If someone believes I cannot do something, I do not feel a reason to prove them wrong because that is not fair judgment. If expectations are too high, I feel stressed and feel that I cannot amount to what the person is expecting anyway.
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