<p>I’m surprised no one said purely for the sake of learning yet, which is my personal belief. However, I do tend to prefer some subjects over others. I only do the bare minimum for an A in EnviroSci for example.</p>
<p>Wait, is it possible to get an A by only listening to lectures and not studying?</p>
<p>Some weird thought is popping up in my head.</p>
<p>UCLA.
my dream school since 8th grade.</p>
<p>I am really happy with many of my classes. I love my Physics C class and my European history class. Spanish is pretty good too. I love chemistry as a subject, but my AP teacher teaches strictly to the test, so I feel like a lot of it is watered down. I like reading too, but I don’t necessarily like English class, but that’s also more about the way the class is run than the actual subject. I’m starting to like math more too. Before I got into college I had extrinsic motivations for learning too, but now that it’s done and over, I still have plenty of intrinsic motivations. Senioritis has definitely hit, but I still get my work done (it just takes longer due to procrastination).</p>
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<li><p>I don’t want to turn out like one of my parents or either of my brothers. One is 21, the other is 24, and they are both part-time employees at K-Mart (and have been since they graduated high school). Neither of them have gone to college.</p></li>
<li><p>I do think there is a biological predisposition because I’ve always strived to do well; since way before I’ve even considered or thought about my future. </p></li>
<li><p>I am a fairly intelligent person, and I don’t want it to go to waste.</p></li>
<li><p>I want to go to a good school, find a stable career, and have enough money to live a nice life, support my wife and kids, save for retirement, and of course donate to causes I support.</p></li>
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<p>Although money doesn’t buy happiness, there is a lot more you can do to make you happy if you have money. And you can’t have money without a good job, which, in turn you cannot have without a college education.</p>
<p>In my favorite classes, I need no motivation. Or at least the classes themselves are the motivation, in the classes that I don’t like all that much I don’t really work all that hard. I concentrate during class and such but outside of the classroom is a different story…</p>
<p>I’ve always been motivated to do my best at everything I do. I’m not even sure why exactly; it seems to be a personal characteristic. 
Even if I feel discouraged sometimes, that rarely lasts for long.</p>
<p>I’m motivated to study the things I love. None of them have manifested themselves in my high school classes. I need to push to complete every assignment right now. On the other hand, I could stay up for days going through OCW or my Arabic textbooks.</p>
<p>This really does not pertain to me considering i’m a second semester senior ;]
but i make sure my grades are good enough for colleges to see i don’t slack off.</p>
<p>“Not getting rescinded. So all C’s is good”</p>
<p>lol, nice ;)</p>
<p>Knowing that nobody else is going to do your work for you.<br>
Knowing that these days an education is highly valued, so I try not to take it for granted…</p>
<p>I procrastinate on H.W. and studying , and end up sleeping late every night! What motivates me to do well is:
1-Increase my chances of success
2-I’m planning on making a crapload of money (by god’s grace ofcourse), unfortuantely though, neither my parents or my grandparents want to hand the portfolio and holding company over…I have to “prove yourself” (i.e. Investment banking, Asset management, Venture capital, Private equity, etc)
3-Parents …Saudi parents are just as pressuring as Asian parents you know! imagine a person like me with a Saudi and an Asian parent!!! I still thank god for blessing me with such parents, no matter how tiresome they may be at certain points (i.e. near exams, accusing me of not studying for my math when I did for the past 4 hours…or suggesting to study for the chemistry final 2 weeks from then!!</p>
<p>I don’t work hard. I do my best to keep my Academic Honours requirements and that’s about it. High School is a total bore to me and I cannot wait to graduate. I only try hard in classes I’m interested in such as English, Social Studies, and Art. Besides that, IDGAF, lol.</p>
<p>Hmm…well I actually like school and I like learning, so that’s enough motivation for me. Also, I get really disappointed when I do not do well because I know I am not working at my full potential. :)</p>
<p>I guess I get a thrill in academics and education. I guess my motivation is the prospect of MIT, and the fact that I’d only be the 2nd person to graduate from college.</p>
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<li>I want to go off to an awesome college far away by 2012.</li>
<li>My Asian parents will ship me back to Asia if I fail.</li>
<li>I have nothing else to do but schoolwork.</li>
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<p>Me too! I’m terrified of losing options. But I also like making connections between things…I get a little thrill when I realize how things from two classes fit together lol.</p>
<p>I get awful guilt pangs when I don’t do work.
(however, I don’t get awful guilt pangs when I put off work for free period/lunch an hour before the assignment is due. So that’s usually what ends up happening.)</p>
<p>I feel like working hard to get into college or to please your parents makes school just seem like the means to a certain end. And when that end seems too far away or unimportant school ceases to matter. </p>
<p>I work hard in school because I want to do well. But I do not try to project my doing well onto other things. I just want to do well. Try to the think of school as its on end and not just the means to another objective. Try to enjoy or at least enjoy doing well.</p>
<p>Well things have certainly changed since I started this thread. My motivation is crazy now =) Crazy what a little bit of dream school (USC!) can do for the soul…</p>
<p>Good luck to you all. I believe that hard work & strong motivation will get you to your goals.</p>