Choices Have Consequences

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?
Citation: Harmatiuk, S. (2008, May 16). Choices Have Consequences. Retrieved February 16, 2012, 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.
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