Life Skills
This daily habit — getting enough sleep, eating well, and exercising — is the foundation of your physical and mental health
What is a healthy life style (self care routine)?
his document, given to you by your employer, shows how much you earned and how much was deducted for taxes and benefits before you received your paycheck
What is a pay stub?
Showing up to work or school on time, every day, and following through on your commitments demonstrates this quality.
What is reliability (or dependability, punctuality)?
When you make a mistake in class or miss a group deadline, owning up to it and making it right — without blaming others — is the definition of this community agreement.
What is being accountable (or accountability)?
This is the term for a short-term work experience — often unpaid — where a student works alongside professionals in a field they are interested in to learn what the job is really like.
What is an internship (or job shadow / work-based learning)?
When you have a big project due in two weeks, breaking it into smaller tasks and setting mini-deadlines is an example of this skill
What is time management (or time organization or planning)?
A plan that tracks how much money you earn and how much you spend each month — and keeps you from overspending — is called this.
What is a budget?
You receive a text from your manager asking about your schedule. Instead of replying "k sounds good lol," a professional response would adjust for this — the setting or audience you are communicating with.
What is communication tone (or professional tone / audience awareness)?
This community agreement means listening when others are speaking, honoring different opinions, and treating everyone in the room with dignity — even when you disagree.
What is being respectful (or showing respect)?
Before choosing a career path, experts recommend taking one of these assessments to discover which types of work align with your personality, strengths, and interests — such as the Holland Code or Myers-Briggs.
What is a career interest inventory (or career assessment / aptitude test)?
A disagreement has come up between you and a close friend. Instead of avoiding the situation, you calmly share your feelings and listen to their perspective. This approach is called this.
What is conflict resolution (or effective communication)?
This three-digit number, ranging from 300 to 850, tells lenders how trustworthy you are when it comes to repaying borrowed money
What is a credit score?
Your team is working on a group project and one member is not pulling their weight. Rather than complaining to everyone else, a professional response is to address the issue directly and respectfully with that person first — demonstrating this quality.
What is professionalism (or maturity / constructive communication / work ethic)?
Coming to class with your materials, having done your assigned reading, and being mentally ready to participate is a daily demonstration of this community agreement.
What is being prepared?
A nurse, a software engineer, and an electrician all have this in common: each requires a specific set of formal credentials, technical training, or licensure before you can work in the field professionally.
What are career qualifications (or certifications / licenses / required credentials)?
You just moved into your first apartment and need to figure out what to buy, what to cook, how to do laundry, and when bills are due. The broad category of practical, everyday abilities needed to live independently is called this.
What are life skills (or independent living skills / adulting skills)?
Financial experts recommend keeping this many months' worth of living expenses set aside in a savings account specifically for unexpected events like a job loss or medical bill.
What is a (3 to 6 months) emergency fund?
This workplace concept refers to the idea that every individual on a team brings a different strength, and that respecting those differences — rather than undermining them — leads to better outcomes for everyone.
What is teamwork (or collaboration / valuing diversity)?
A classmate is struggling with an assignment and falling behind. You offer to explain a concept, share notes, or just check in on them. This act directly reflects which community agreement?
What is supporting your community (or supporting others)?
This term describes careers that do not require a four-year college degree but instead use apprenticeships, trade schools, or community college programs — fields like HVAC, welding, dental hygiene, and cybersecurity fall into this category.
What are skilled trades (or vocational careers / technical careers / career and technical education)?
This decision-making framework asks you to identify the problem, gather information, consider your options, weigh consequences, choose a course of action, and then reflect on the outcome.
What is the problem-solving process (or rational decision-making model)?
When your employer contributes money to your retirement account only after you have worked there for a certain number of years, that employer contribution policy goes by this name.
What is vesting (or a vesting schedule)?
An employer receives two candidates with identical skills. One has a history of calling out last-minute, missing deadlines, and needing constant reminders. The other does not. Employers often describe the qualities the second candidate has as this — a term that captures attitude, initiative, and persistence on the job.
What is work ethic (or a strong work ethic / professionalism)?
These four community agreements — Be Accountable, Be Respectful, Be Prepared, and Support Your Community — are most effective when every member of the group embraces them, not just when it is convenient. This idea, that agreements only work when they are consistently honored by all, is the definition of this broader concept.
What is shared responsibility (or collective accountability / community norms)?
A student interested in healthcare could become a surgeon, a medical coder, a hospital administrator, or a public health researcher. The fact that one broad industry contains dozens of distinct job roles across different education levels and salaries is described by this term.
What is a career pathway (or career cluster / career ladder)?