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Create a Personal Development Plan Work, Education, Civics, and Health You probably think of your career -- your pathway -- as work.
But most careers require not only a high school degree, but some kind of schooling after high school. Most high school students are tracked to "go to college". College may be a very good idea. It may be the best idea. It may also be a complete waste of time. It depends on what you want to do. You also have to be real about it. If you intend to be a doctor, but you got "D" or "C" in biology -- you have to get real. Doctors, medical school students, and pre-med college students don't get "D" or "C" in biology or chemistry. They get "A". If you don't get "A" in high school biology or chemistry, go back and change your grade by doing extra work. Define your education based on your career. You're not going to be a lawyer without going to college. But you can be a pilot, tool-maker, entrepreneur, computer programmer, or a million other things through apprenticeships, military training programs, or by going to work. But even these require the right education. An apprenticeship, military training program, or employment with the wrong company, in the wrong program, in the wrong trade, can be a complete waste of time. "Civics" is a big part of everyone's success -- even for people who don't recognize it. The organizations you belong to, the volunteer activities in which you engage, the participation you have in communities and groups beyond your family -- all these can, and will, support you on your way to the career, education, and citizenship you choose. Finally, there is "Health". Finding our path, and sustaining effort on it, requires health. Health is physical, psychological, mental, intellectual, emotional, relational, and spiritual. We don't tell you how to define your health, or how to realize it. But we do require that you define it for yourself, and set goals to meet it. Complete the List Below:
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