Journal No.

2 Worksheet on Developmental Tasks

What are the What are the What are the

expected tasks you expected tasks you expected tasks you
have successfully have partially have not
accomplished? accomplished? accomplished?
(as Grade 11)

The expected tasks that The tasks that I have The tasks that I have not
I have successfully partially accomplished accomplished yet are:
accomplished are are: achieving mature preparing for marriage
growing up from relations to both sexes, and family life as an
infancy and early accepting my own adolescent, starting an
childhood to physique, achieving occupation, and
adolescence, being able emotional assuming civic
to develop my independence, preparing responsibility.
fundamental skills, for an economic career,
conscience, morality, being able to acquire
and values, achieving values and an ethical
personal independence, system to guide
learning the appropriate behavior and having the
sex role, and was able to desire to achieve social
build a wholesome responsibility.
attitude to myself.

Processing Questions:

1. Being Grade 11, what are the developmental tasks expected of you?
Rate yourself from 1-10 (10 as the highest) on whether you have
accomplished those tasks.
Being in Grade 11 is a period of life in which you have to explore the different
aspects of life such as home, family, school, work, and one’s role. The
development tasks that are expected of me are; adjust to the physical changes, I
should have built confidence and acceptance to my physical appearance already,
adapt sexually and established my sexual identity, at this period, it is important
to establish relationships and establish the values of sexual behavior. Thinking
ahead, I should be able to understand others’ point of view or opinions, thinking
of others and discern the different situations. I must have developed the sense of
responsibility since we are starting to be independent and must continue to have
a connection to our parents. And finally, I must realize my commitment to my
family, community and citizenship, know the advantages or disadvantages of
the transition to college, work, or independent living. I rate myself 7 out of 10 as
to whether I have accomplished those.
2. As you are in Grade 11, you are in transition from high school to
college, from being an adolescent to young adult. How do you feel about
this transition?

I think it immediately evokes a sense of wanting to go back. You start pausing

trying to remember exactly what it looked back. You start to realize that you
can’t just let the days drift by in front of you, because soon it will all be over.
You start to wonder which classmates will go to what college, who you’ll see
again, who there you could have been best friends with but you never bothered
to get introduced to.
It's definitely a new feeling, but the transition doesn't start your junior year in
high school and it doesn't end that year either, It's very much an ongoing event
that I still feel myself going through as a freshman in college. I think the
transition is overall a feeling of increasing responsibility for yourself and in
different areas of your life. It's also about learning to handle these
responsibilities that makes the transition tricky sometimes. Sometimes it's easy
to wish for the days when I didn't have to think about what I'm doing with my
life, life seemed simpler as a freshman in high school. But I think the new
responsibilities I have are also exciting and are helping me to grow into
someone who one day will be independent and who will be more skilled at
handling the responsibilities I have. So overall, I guess I feel responsible and
excited. I think this will be my biggest challenge yet—I’m not very good with
maturing or growing up and I tend to fear the next steps and changes.
But it won’t be the hardest challenge I go through, and I’ve been through plenty
of challenges before, maybe this one won’t be too hard.

3. Do you think you are ready for this transition which may mean more
responsibilities and greater accountability? If no, what are the expected
tasks you need to work on? If yes, what are the ways to take so you can
better plan for the future?

Yes. I think I am ready for this transition. My ways so I can better plan
for the future will be to be a honest decent caring member of society, to
use my common sense, to use my thinking abilities, to learn how to
listen, use and apply good sound morals, values in daily life to benefit
and protect myrself and those around, identifying the right goals,
developing a plan to reach those goals, be brave enough to take small
steps forward, being patient, thinking realistically, and don’t be afraid to
take risks.