Perspective Paper

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE PAPER 1

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE PAPER

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

MBA 500 FOUNDATION OF PROBLEM SOLVING

INSTRUCTOR KIRK DAVIS

03/28/08

PERSONAL PERPECTIVE PAPER 2

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE PAPER

I decided to pursue my MBA degree because of the many reasons. One reason that I can never forget was when my dad used reverse psychology on me. He told me that I could not complete any schooling because I was too involved with my friends. He was right. I had just dropped out from community college a few months back and I was trying to join the NAVY. I was rejected by the navy due to having a GED. The NAVY wanted a high school diploma not a GED. I wasted two years after high school when an ITT recruiter called me. I went for a meeting with her and at the end I gave up my friends for a bachelor’s degree. I wanted to prove to my dad that I could do it, and I did. I also wanted to prove to myself I could do it. I remember the day I was supposed to graduate from high school and not being there. Instead I was at work sweating like crazy in the hot summer at a produce stand. I was the first to graduate with a degree from my family. The day I went down the aisle when I was graduating