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Why "SMART Goals" are just "plain DUMB"...

...especially for TEACHers heading into...

2013 (new year)

OMG (TG ver 4 blog)

but...

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Horrid word!8 But, in practice, many supporters of "goals" also try to flog their wares by telling us that the process of goal-setting allows us to:


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Funny that! None of my dreams (ever) come with a deadline...8 The "SMART" version of goal-setting is all about doing that PLANNING - "RIGHT"!


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Yani, if you do not "plan RIGHT"...you are "plain DUMB"!8 Am I really? Shirously? You'll be "asking" for something soon...good luck with that! 8 SMART is an acronym (an acronym we, in EDUcation, "borrowed" from the world of "busyness").

"Busyness?" - yes, just hold that thunk for a second or three!

8 ...an acronym that is more fully spelled out in this way:


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