Suppose Marcus is failing algebra and his teacher, Mrs. Fernandez, asks Marcus to come by his classroom during lunch to discuss the situation. With only a few minutes to prepare for their meeting after excusing his last class before lunch, Mrs. Fernandez quickly pulls up Marcus’ 10-year plan online and discovers Marcus wants to be a high school history teacher and baseball coach. Knowing this, Mrs. Fernandez has the opportunity to point out to Marcus that, upon review of his goals and dreams, there is a problem if he doesn’t pass algebra, as it is required to get into college.
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