Chapter 1 You: Growing and Changing
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Leadership skills developed through student organizations can help you in
the working world.
you may hope to pass your chemistry exam. If you prepare and study
for this exam, and pass the exam, your future expectations of passing
chemistry exams may be met. Other future expectations may include
education, a job, marriage, and becoming a parent.
Some of your personal expectations may not be measurable. They
may involve more abstract feelings that bring you contentment and
satisfaction with your life. Your hopes for fi nding happiness, love,
affection, and fulfi llment are equally important expectations.
Goal-Setting in Your Teen Years
Your expectations may become your goals. A goal is something
you want to achieve or have. Maybe as a teen you have not spent much
time thinking about goals, but you have probably thought about your
future. If so, then some goals may have entered your mind. For instance,
your parents have probably asked you what you plan to do when you
get out of school. From an early age, others may have asked, “What do
you want to be when you grow up?” You have probably answered that