I know to some people making goals aren't the first thing they want to do. I know this feeling because when I was little the teacher would tell me to make a goal. The first thing I would write is something like beating a level in a video game or something else that wasn't related to school. In this case, they would tell me they wouldn't accept it because it's either not about school or it doesn't have to do with what we are doing in school. I feel my group picked the highest flying kite as our first goal personally because I feel that everyone around should be able to see our kite. Our second goal, is to keep that kite in the air the longest. I feel that might be the hardest because the last time I even used a kite I was like 4 and it crashed in a tree. Now the last goal we made up was having the smallest kite but the first thing I thought was how we are getting a design on it!
I appreciate your post and I sympathize with your feelings about goals. I think most people don't want to make goals initially because they have never felt how good it feels to achieve a goal. Once someone sets and achieves a goal, they feel really good about themselves and tend to want to do it more. Maybe the key is to following through and accomplishing the goals.
ReplyDeleteTai, I believe you've achieved plenty of goals whenever you play video games, so should this project be any different? You're entering a competition - a game! Just like any video game you were given the rules and you're working with others to reach a goal. I agree very much with Mrs. Grate - once you set a realistic goal and follow through with it, you are more likely to reach that goal and you'll definitely feel good about it.
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