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Make Educational Goals

Take notes and answer questions here.

Review

Think about school last year. Are you happy with how you performed? Do you want to make any changes this year? Talk about what you want to improve or accomplish this school year.

Learn

Setting goals can help you accomplish the things you want to do and become the person you want to be. President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency spoke about how you can ask the Lord to help you as you set these goals: “Plead that the Spirit will show you what the Lord wants you to do. Plan to do it. Promise Him to obey. Act with determination until you have done what He asked. And then pray … to know what you might do next” (“Act in All Diligence,” Liahona, May 2010, 63).

President Eyring gave you a path to follow for setting goals: Discover what the Lord wants you to do, plan to do it, act with determination, and reflect and pray about what you learned.

Activity

Today you will use the following pattern to set a goal that will help you in school: Discover, Plan, Act, Reflect. Read the example below to learn how a young man named Kobi set a goal to do better in school.

1. Discover: What do you need to work on? What do you need to improve or change?

   “I need to turn all my schoolwork in on time.”

2. Plan: How will you make this change? What steps do you need to take?

   “I will write a list of my schoolwork and due dates. I will complete them by the due dates.”

3. Act: How does faith in Jesus Christ help you reach your goal? Do you need more help?

   “I did not finish some schoolwork by the due dates. I prayed to know what to do. The Spirit gave me the idea to tell one of my parents every night what schoolwork I completed.”

4. Reflect: What did you learn? Do you need to set a new goal or continue working on this goal?

   “Telling one of my parents what I completed each day is helping me get more done. I will continue to work and talk with them.”

Think of one goal that will help you do well in school. Pray and talk to your parents or teachers about your plan and how they can help. Reflect on your goal often.

Here are some examples of goals:

• I will improve my marks.

• I will be prepared for my classes all year long.

• I will study for my exams before I take them.

• I will learn something new this year that excites me.

Complete steps 1 and 2 for your goal below. Return to this activity and complete steps 3 and 4 as you work on your goal. You will review this goal and make a new goal in the middle of the school year in this class.

1. Discover: What do you need to work on? What do you need to improve or change?

2. Plan: How will you make this change? What steps do you need to take?

3. Act: How does faith in Jesus Christ help you reach your goal? Do you need more help?

4. Reflect: What did you learn? Do you need to set a new goal or continue working on this goal?

Talk with Your Family

Share with your family the goal that you made. Talk about how the Holy Ghost can guide you in completing your goal.