Free Daily Starters · High School
Counsellor Slot Estimate
Decision Making · Which Would You Pick
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Ariel slides the sign-up clipboard back onto the counsellor's counter while the office aide sorts blank hall passes into a tray. Ariel had estimated that a course-planning meeting would take fifteen minutes, so the slot after lunch looked safe. The counsellor explains that adding a work-study form usually needs closer to thirty minutes when schedule changes are involved. Ariel also needs to return a borrowed camera to the media cart before the end of study hall. The next open slot is later today, but it overlaps the only period when the media room is unlocked. Ariel can either keep the current slot and risk rushing the return, or move the meeting to tomorrow's first open slot.
Pick the better option for Ariel and give one practical reason.
- Keep today's counselling slot and ask the media room staff for a quick handoff before study hall ends.
- Move the counselling slot to tomorrow's first open time and return the camera during the unlocked period.
Give one practical reason based on the time estimate.
Think about it: What would change if the meeting still took only fifteen minutes?
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