Tuesday, August 28th

Here is your assignment for tomorrow:

1. You will be writing a brief Cost/Benefit Analysis for the decision you make with the four situations below.

Important: People make choices about things every day - all day. For every decision you make you actually undergo a Cost/Benefit Analysis. Your brain looks at the situation and decides "What's is more important?"; "How will this benefit me?"; and "What will this 'cost' me?" (or what will I have to do/what will I give up). 

2. Copy and paste the situations below into a word document. Save the document into your Social Studies folder (Unit 1 folder) AND place a copy in your dropbox folder. You should save it like we learned in class today - i.e. 18bmarkwaldCostBenefit. Put your first initial and last name instead of mine, right?

Cost/Benefit Analysis Homework (What Would You Do?)

1. Mr. M offers you the opportunity to go skydiving! 

• What will be the "benefit"?
• What is your "cost"?
• What's Your Decision?
• What's more important to you?

2. After High School you have the opportunity to attend an elite University!

• What will be the "benefit"?
• What is your "cost"?
• What's Your Decision?
• What's more important to you?

3. After College, you have an opportunity to join the U.S. Marine Corps!

• What will be the "benefit"?
• What is your "cost"?
• What's Your Decision?
• What's more important to you?

4. Okay, let's say you have the opportunity to try out for a very selective and competitive traveling team for some activity of your choice. The tryouts will be very hard and there is no guarantee you will make this team.

• What will be the "benefit"?
• What is your "cost"?
• What's Your Decision?
• What's more important to you?