Your Name:_____________________________ Create a T-Chart Use the T-chart below to help you organize information and identify costs and benefits. At the top of your chart, state your dilemma in the form of a question. You should have a minimum of three costs and three benefits listed. Identify which costs and benefits are short-term and which are long-term. After completing your chart, answer the reflection questions below. You are highly encouraged to share the chart with your parents or other trusted adults and seek their input as well. What is your dilemma? Should I wake up early to complete school work before noon? Costs Benefits Temporary lack of sleep Go to sleep earlier Not fully awake when starting school Structured schedule Open availability in afternoons Plenty of time to complete work Answer the Reflection Questions 1.Explain how the concepts of scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost relate to your dilemma. The scarcity would be time, the choice would be when to wake up, and the opportunity cost would be the give and take (Costs and Benefits) 2.When making a decision, are the costs and benefits equally important to you? Why or why not? Based on your chart, explain which category, costs or benefits, would have the largest impact on your decision? Generally speaking, the benefits are more important to an extent. This is because benefits in life create opportunity. Two of the costs listed are temporary, the lack of sleep and being in school, however the benefits can be permanent. Because of this, the benefits have a much greater impact on my decision. 3.Based on the chart and your responses to the above questions, what will be your final choice? Write a brief paragraph with at least three details to persuade your instructor that this is the best decision. Between personal and logistic reasoning, I have decided to opt to a dedicated sleep schedule. I believe that the rewards of an open afternoon schedule, a structured schedule, as well as an ample amount of time to complete required tasks much outweigh the costs of temporary sleep deprivation, minute effects of lack of sleep, as well as time shaved off in the afternoons.

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