Choices Have Consequences

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Goal Setting Exercise: Choices have consequences

Scenario:

You are having dinner with friends. One of your friends, John, is also in your English class. As he leaves the table, he turns and says: "I guess I’ll see you at 7:00." You are puzzled because you don’t remember making any plans to get together. You ask him: "What do you mean? Did we have some plans for tonight?" He replies: "Don’t you remember? Our English professor told us we had to go to that lecture on Shakespeare tonight."

You had not remembered to put the lecture on your schedule, and you have a full study schedule for that evening. Consider what the consequences of the following options. In your estimate keep the following ideas in mind:

You have to write an essay in which you will have to include material from the lecture.
You are not behind in any class.

Choice 1:: If you skip the lecture, what consequences might ensue?
Choice 2:: If you go to the lecture, and add additional time to the end of the evening, what consequences are possible?
Choice 3:: Is there an option that allows you to go to the lecture without adding any extra time to your evening?

University of Notre Dame, 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Harmatiuk, S. (2008, May 16). Choices Have Consequences. Retrieved November 22, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/first-year-of-studies/making-the-academic-adjustment-to-college/goal-setting-exercises/choices-have-consequences. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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	Info Choices Have Consequences Document Actions — filed under: exercise, consequences, choices Goal Setting Exercise: Choices have consequences Scenario: You are having dinner with friends. One of your friends, John, is also in your English class. As he leaves the table, he turns and says: "I guess I’ll see you at 7:00." You are puzzled because you don’t remember making any plans to get together. You ask him: "What do you mean? Did we have some plans for tonight?" He replies: "Don’t you remember? Our English professor told us we had to go to that lecture on Shakespeare tonight." You had not remembered to put the lecture on your schedule, and you have a full study schedule for that evening. Consider what the consequences of the following options. In your estimate keep the following ideas in mind: You have to write an essay in which you will have to include material from the lecture. You are not behind in any class. Choice 1: If you skip the lecture, what consequences might ensue? Choice 2: If you go to the lecture, and add additional time to the end of the evening, what consequences are possible? Choice 3: Is there an option that allows you to go to the lecture without adding any extra time to your evening? University of Notre Dame, 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Harmatiuk, S. (2008, May 16). Choices Have Consequences. Retrieved November 22, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/first-year-of-studies/making-the-academic-adjustment-to-college/goal-setting-exercises/choices-have-consequences. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.