For the most part, kids are notoriously bad at planning for the future. It's one of the things that keeps a kid, well, kid-like I guess.
Now, this is a generalization and I don't mean to insult you Type-A folks who plan out your lives to the second because that feels better. I'm talking about kids as a rule--the norms not the exceptions.
Our class is made up of 10th, 11th and 12th graders and all of you are at very important milestones in your lives: seniors obviously are getting ready to leave the halls of Oak and go and make their way in the world; juniors are getting ready for their last year of high school, and sophomores are gearing up for what most people (including me) say is the hardest and most important year of their academic careers.
So, my question for you this week is--do you have a plan? If so, what is it? If not, how come?
Well to be completly honest no i dont have a plan, not even a slight one. I have always been the type that goes through life and more or less makes it up as they go along. The way i have always seen life is that it is flat out unpredictable, you never know what might happen. With this in mind i figure why make a plan where there is no way to know what might show up to create a problem. My life has simply been easier to deal with situations as they arise and to make your descisions on impulse rather than think them through, Sometimes think about a very good idea really just reveals the flaws and makes people second guess the idea entirely. however i cant say that my way of life isnt flawed because sometimes i do wish i had a better plan so i wasnt going into situations blindly but i like the way i live and dont plan on changing it anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteGood evening, allow me to start out by saying that I do have a plan and I don't at the same time. My plan that I do have is to continue to excel in sports and treat my body the right way. Study harder and reach whatever goal comes in mind, one goal at a time. This next year, I plan to get involved in anything else that I haven't done yet, school wise, then I plan on applying for scholarships sometime next year. While on my way to college, I will study the human body and all of its works and abilities, to the best of my ability. I would like to go into college somewhat educated on what I will be studying, which may be Sport and Exercise Psychology
ReplyDeleteI was never much of a planer at all in my life. For me I waited to do everything at the last second. I’m not sure how I got started on this because both of my parents are always on my back to make sure I do everything correct and ahead of time. However, for me my best work always comes at the last second. Every great paper I have written or eye opening speech I have delivered always came the night before where I am cramming it in within 6 hours. So taking this into consideration I think it’s safe to say I have almost no plan. For college I have no plan except a basic one and the work I am putting into college is bare minimum. My one plan, if you could even call it that, is to make it into Eastern Connecticut and even with that I am waiting for the last minute. Knowing me I will be like this throughout my life because I have been like this in my past. I take every day one at a time and take every problem when it arrives and that’s what I will be doing with college. So to answer your question plain and simple, yes I have a plan and that’s to go to college, but I have no idea how I am going to do it.
ReplyDeleteI kind of have a plan I suppose. Not a detailed plan a rough sketch I guess you would call it. I know that I want to go to college and get a degree. I don’t know what I want to do though. I feel as if I’m going into college blind. After college I want a good job that makes decent pay. I eventually want to be off on my own doing things by myself. After a few years of being off on my own I want to meet a guy, hopefully settle down. That’s all I’ve ever thought about. The reason why I don’t have a plan is I feel like it came up really fast. My junior year teachers never really talked much about it. Didn’t even think about it until now when I had to pick a college.
ReplyDeleteyou ca sayi kinda have a plan my plan is to get good enough graders to get out of high school and go to a very good colleage the colleage i alwas dreamed about going o was howard i want to go to school and studied either law or psychology that part i havent figured out yet just as long as i get out of high school with outstanding sat scores and banging class rank im pretty much good to go. its either that or marry a rich guy lol either way
ReplyDeleteI don't call what my dreams and hopes actual plans. They're merely thoughts that I let linger until I find an actual path to take towards them. My parents however have a plan for me. It sounds sheltered, and well very not grown up but I like it for the time being. My parents will provide for me to be successful for the next four years, or better yet my college years. I plan on helping them out, but so far they won't accept any assistance. Now my plan is to do the best that I can and keep my health in line so they don't have to worry about anything else. Changing and finding a definite plan, which I find ironic, is technically my plan. It's frustrating because I'm a planner, if people want to hang out, I plan ahead, never am I the spontaneous out-of-no-where-lets-hang-out person. I like everything to be in order when I'm the one doing it, which is also weird hence I'm a very messy person. My rough sketch is that I go to college, wether it's ACCC or Stockton, and in the next two years develop absolute confidence in what I want to do then actually work on doing it. It sounds very boring, and very blah, but it's safe and predictable. I know I do too much for the sake of my parents, but I don't want to do something that I will later regret when they're disappointed, or miss out on the time they have here with me.
ReplyDelete-I also plan on praying my butt off for God to let me meet that ridiculously magical Miracle Man, get married, and be absolutely wonderfully happy. (:
I don't have a definite plan, but I do have an idea of what I want to do. My plan in the making is to go to college and major in computer engineering. I do plan on becoming an eagle scout before summer comes. After college however, I have no idea. I am just focusing on getting into college right now, and will probably come up for plans for the rest of my life junior or senior year of college.
ReplyDeleteI think I have somewhat of a plan for right now. But for life I don’t have my whole plan. When I get out of high school im going to college im most likely going to go to Virginia State. Its far away for everybody not in jersey. But everybody keeps telling me go to this college and you can make something out of my life. So that’s what I’m going to do I’m going to go to college and make something of my life. After college I want to have a good job I don’t know what it is going to be but I am majoring in business and hope that is going to take me somewhere. That’s about my plan from now till the end of college. From that point I’m not sure if I what to have kids or get married or anything. I’m just going to live my life to the fullest do whatever I want but stay up on my school work.
ReplyDeleteI have a plan, but at the same time I don't know what the outcome will be. I know that I'm going to Drexel University for Engineering. However, I don't know what kind of Engineering I want to do or what job I should aim for. All I know is that I'm going to work hard in college and try to get more friends. I already know people at Drexel, so that's a start. Other than that, I don't really have a specific plan. I tend to make things up as I go along, but of course I had to make an early decision about college. Life is a gamble; no one can tell what the future will bring.
ReplyDeleteI Kind of have a plan, it's just very vague. I want to go to college and I'd like to be a paramedic. I hope that works out good and all. I also want to settle down and start a family someday. But as for now, my plan is still a work in progress and I think I'm gonna change things and add things as time goes by.
ReplyDeleteI have one but I don't. I know what I want to do but I'm not sure how I am going to go about achieving it. I know that I want to go to college and then grad school for Broadcast Journalism but I'm not sure how myself or my parents are going to pay for it. I'm the type of person that puts things off to the last minute before I actually start trying to figure out a way to get what I want done. I also like to let things flow with life, but I need to figure out where to draw the line between letting it flow and grasping what I want and doing something about it. My "plan" is as Billy said a work in progress. It will never be complete as long as I still want something out of life.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would really call it a plan. I do have I certain place I wanna eventually be at in my life but as far as getting to there I'm not really sure. I'm kinda just going with the flow & takin advantage Of the opportunities as they come along. I've never really been up tight about stuff so I guess the laid back approach is just for all my situations. I know where I wanna go but not which road to take to lead me there but I know that im going to get there
ReplyDeleteWell for starters I do intentionally have a plan. For me it’s a matter if that plan will actually function. I plan to graduate Oak going into college where I “plan” to study in medicine, something I have planned to do for a long time, well ever since I since the movie Save the Last Dance for the first time when I was about eight or nine; corny I know. At first I wanted to be a pediatrician like Derek in the movie, but over time that quickly changed as a started to realize how much I don’t really like kids. I then changed to becoming an Anethzeiologist which I still intend to be; however, at the same time I am beginning to question it. It’s great job, the pays amazing, and it’s a job one can say with honor. My dilemma is I want to do something I will look forward into waking up every morning to, that is fun, and that I love. The only problem is all the jobs that are “fun” don’t pay well and are not recognized in good standards in society. That’s besides the point though or maybe not. That’s the issue I don’t know; I guess that’s just how life is. We all don’t know how things are going to turn out. Whether we plan it or not anything can happen and I believe everything happens for a reason good or bad. My only wish is to not become my greatest fear, as long as I can do better then my father I will be one happy man.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a planner I just do things when they come along. But I do plan to continue playing sports at oak for my senior year. The reason I don’t have a plan is because most plans tend to change and a lot of times they are for the worst. No plans are ever perfect so what’s the point of having one. I mean yea I plan to get a job after high school but I don’t know if I'm going to college or the army but when the time comes for me to make the chose then that will be my chose. Unless you count getting a job after high school and working for 2 yrs a plan then that’s my plan. Unless by some miracle I get a scholarship to a college for a sport or find out what I want to do with my life and find a good college for that specific thing. I also hope i can make my children life (if i ever have any) better than my life, give them more and help them more.
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