Career Choice and Development

(avery) #1

  1. Student
    Independence

  2. Family and Important Relationships
    Belonging
    Concern for Others. The well-being of others is important.
    Loyalty to Family or Group. It is important to follow the tra-
    ditions and expectations of your family or group.
    Responsibility (On the LVI (Life Values Inventory), K said he
    would buy his family a house in Hawaii and pay for his friend’s
    car if he won the lottery.)

  3. Leisure and Community Activities
    Achievement
    Health and Activity
    Creativity
    K responded to a series of open-ended questions in the follow-
    ing manner:


Who do you admire? Professional skateboarders


Who would you like to pattern Professional skateboarders
your life after?


Who did you admire when you I admire professional skate-
were growing up? boarders and would like to
pattern my life after theirs.
When I was growing up I
admired my cousin because we
could do things together. He
initiated activities. (K was not
sure how he was like or different
from his cousin.) However, on
the LVI he identified a 10th-
grade English teacher as some-
one he admired because he had a
unique way of teaching and was


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