Mitchell Life Orientation 2025
Mitchell Life Orientation 2025
Table of Contents
Activity 1............................................................................................................................................................3
Activity 2............................................................................................................................................................6
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Activity 1
1.1 Goal-setting is the process of identifying the specific things you want to achieve
and taking action towards achieving those outcomes. It is quite crucial for grade
11 learners to set education goals because it gives clear direction ensures that
they stay focused on what is important, they also attain motivation, better time
management and self – discipline.
1.2 - Poor Time Management: Grade 11 learners who do not have clear priorities
may find it difficult to manage their time effectively which may lead to
procrastination and poor academic performance. Increased stress and
burnout, May also develop increased stress and anxiety because of all the work
eventually burnout because they try to tackle too many tasks at the same time.
Lack of Direction and Focus may cause Grade 11 learners may end up feeling
lost and uncertain because of the lack of direction and focus. Missed
Opportunities and Regret, Additionally, the feeling of regret and missed
opportunities since they did not prioritize life goals which could’ve helped them
achieve their aspirations.
1.3 - Social Media Comparison, This can create feelings of low self-esteem and
dissatisfaction in their relationship because of other people’s relationships online.
Peer Pressure and Unrealistic Expectations, Other people’s opinion in your
relationship may apply pressure, these people can be friends, family and social
circles. They may encourage unhealthy behaviors; pressure you into marriage or
to be perfect without any flaws.
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1.4 Perseverance and persistence are are both important for achieving life goals ,
Perseverance helps you conquer obstacles and Persistence helps you to stay
committed to your goals no matter how long it takes.
1.5 When choosing a career, it is very important to think about your personal values.
This is will help you be more happy and fulfilled, you make good decisions and
you are mostly pursuing a career that allows you to be yourself. When the career
aligns itself with your values it will help you to be motivated, fulfilled and
committed to your job.
1.6 Your own well-being is important for having healthy relationships. When you are
happy with yourself, you are more positive and communicate better and nothing
can cause you to be negative in your relationships.
But when you do not take care of your own well-being, you might easily get angry,
always defensive or emotionally unstable. This can cause relationships to not
work out.
1.7 As a Grade 11 learner, the relationship between my parents and I has changed
because of my age and maturity. Now I want to be independent, and also try to
be more responsible of myself. I don’t fear anymore to talk to my parents about
anything, this includes sharing my thoughts, feelings and challenges because
they are like my mentors instead of just my elders.
1.8 There are Some relationships that are bad for you and can have a negative
impact on your well-being. This may be Toxic Communication where you are
being disrespected and constantly receiving criticism. This eventually leads to
Emotional manipulation, people might say hurtful things and make you feel bad
about yourself or try to manipulate you go do things you do not feel like doing.
This always happens when there is a Lack of Boundaries because they do not care
about your feelings and expects you to do things that will satisfy their needs only.
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Physical or Emotional Abuse or any kind of mistreatment whether its physical
harm or form of threats and name calling which make you feel less of yourself.
1.9 The way Society views our choice of subjects is different and also complicated.
Some people will admire your choice because they see that you are passionate
and willing to try new things.
Others may end up having confusion they have their own expectations of you
and what they think you are capable of.
Some people also receive the support they need because its about what they
want and their interests. In this day and age people still believe that girls are fit
for specific jobs such as being a doctor and caretaker, while boys are fit to be
soldiers and miners. The Society tells us what’s important which causes us to
choose certain subject over others.
1.10 There are ways relationship goals can help create a conducive learning
environment, which can support your career goal such as,
Building Positive Relationships, Having good, strong relationships, supportive
people who are there to guide you which can be your peers, mentors or family.
Be more involved in group work projects, discussions and share what you know
with others to promote teamwork.
Be more willing to seek help from people who know such as coaches, mentors
or people who are expects in their field. It is also good to create an environment
that helps everyone feel comfortable with sharing their thoughts and ideas.
Having open minded conversations with people from different backgrounds and
industries will help you broaden your understanding, which help you develop new
ideas and better decision-making.
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Activity 2
2.1 Democratic Participation this means that the citizens are involved in making
decisions for their country and given opinions on the laws. When citizens are
consulted, they represent other people’s views and they are fair and attend
to people’s needs. The Government also wins the trust of the people
because they have taken the consideration of the people.
2.3 Lobbying the Govenrment is important when they do not render services as
promised because when citizens lobby they make the voiceless to be heard
and make their concerns heard. They also raise awareness using Social
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Media so that the higher government officials can take action towards their
concerns
2.4 Citizens should make sure that the government is held accountable,
the Government is responsible because they provide the services like
road, schools, and hospitals. This helps prevent corruption and
disorder, and makes sure the Government provides services like
education and basic needs. It gives citizens a chance to express
themselves and participate in the decision-making for the country.
2.5 - It should be upheld because it protects the rights of citizens and their rights
are also respected.It also Promotes fairness and justice, by making sure
everyone is treated equally and fair, which prevents the Abuse of Power
such the government leaders who sometimes may over look the rights of
citizens and act unfairly.It also Supports democracy, and ensures that power
is exercised in a responsible manner.
2.6 When the Local government fails to provide clean water it has a negative
impact on the health of the community. Dirty water causes people to fall sick
and they use water for bathing, cooking and drinking.
Business and farms also require water because without it they cannot work.
This also means people lose their jobs and cannot buy food.
Communities also struggle to keep their homes and streets clean, when
trash is left in the streets to build up it make the community seem neglected.
The more people drink the dirty water they increasing their health costs and
medical care. It increases poverty because water is a basic need and
inequality.
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2.7 - This is important because when citizens know the reponsiblities of public
representatives they can hold them accountable for their actions and the
decisions they make. Citizens are also now able to participate and make the
right decisions during elections. They also communicate their needs and
voice their complaints to public representatives who address these issues on
the community’s behalf. The people will no longer have to suffer instead,
take action on their concerns by seek help from their representatives. The
representatives are taken more serious because they are there to be the
spokesperson for the community.
2.8 Young could Raise Awareness, by organizing campaigns, and making use
of social media platforms, and educating the people around them.
They can also host meetings where they gather together at a community hall
for discussions, where they can all express their concerns together
They can also use their creative and innovative minds to develop ideas to
solve the problem of water in their community, this can ideas such as
designing low-cost water filtration systems.
Young have the drive and determination to organize a way in which the
community can take action to address the poor provision of water.
2.9 They can provide citizens with tips on how save water and how they use it
and how they will benefit as well.
Start a campaign where people are educated on the usage of water and to
raise awareness on the misuse of water.
Encouraging people to make sure that their leaks are fixed so that water is
not being wasted.
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People are also encouraged to monitor their water usage to check on
whether you are conserving water and there are no leaks
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