Freshman Goals

In my freshman oral English class, we did a unit on talking about the future.  One activity was to make specific, measurable, attainable goals for their years in college.  Here is a random sampling:

• pass the National Computer Rank Exam
• read 1000 books
• look thinner
• have a dog
• improve my spoken English
• improve my written English
• learn several English songs
• win a scholarship
• learn Korean
• go to grad school in Beijing
• pass my level 4 and level 8 exams
• travel to Hainan
• make some good friends
• finish reading the Bible
• lose 3 kg in 2 months
• teach Cambridge English
• read 8 pure English novels
• be an English tutor in the summer
• write beautiful English essays from beginning to end without changing a single word
• enrich my life
• become a volunteer
• learn Japanese
• get a driver’s license

For each goal, they had to write a three-step action plan.  Here's my favorite:

Goal: fall in love with a boy

1. take part in some activities and find out the boy who suits me
2. find more chances to talk with the boy
3. find a right time to express my feeling

 :)