The Best of Creative Computing Volume 1 (published 1976)
What Do You Value? (computer analysis of responses to value strategy game)
Now . . . how about writing a program that will analyze the responses that you
and your class have made.
THIS IS A COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS OF YOUR RESPONSES TO THE VALUE STRATEGY GAME '20
THINGS I LOVE TO DO'.
THIS ANALYSIS WILL PASS NO FINAL JUDGMENTS ON YOUR RESPONSES. IT WILL, HOWEVER,
COMPILE THE NECESSARY STATISTICS THAT WILL AID YOU IN MAKING YOUR OWN EVALUATION
OF THE THINGS YOU VALUE IN YOUR LIFE.
HOW MANY THINGS ARE CONTAINED IN YOUR LIST (FROM 1 TO 20)? 20
ENTER THE CODE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE PLACED NEXT TO ITEM# 1 . TYPE A 99 AFTER
ALL OF YOUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ENTERED.
?5
?10
?99
ENTER THE CODE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE PLACED NEXT TO ITEM# 2 . TYPE A 99 AFTER
ALL YOUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ENTERED.
?1
?4
?1O
?99
:
:
YOUR COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS ..... YOU ARE FORTUNATE. IN THESE INFLATIONARY DAYS
ONLY 30 PERCENT OF THE THINGS YOU LOVE REQUIRE MONEY.
YOU MUST BE CAUTIOUS! ONLY 15 PERCENT OF YOUR VALUED ACTIVITIES
INVOLVE PERSONAL RISK.
YOU AND YOUR PARENTS VALUE LESS THAN HALF OF THE SAME THINGS.
PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF YOUR FAVORITE ACTIVITIES. YOU
ENJOY DOING THINGS THAT INVOLVE YOU ALONE MOST OF THE TIME.
2 OUT OF 10 TIMES YOUR ITEMS WOULD NOT HAVE APPEARED ON YOUR LIST FIVE YEARS
AGO.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU VALUE. 0 PERCENT OF YOUR ITEMS WILL NOT BE ON YOUR LIST IN
1978.
35 PERCENT OF YOUR VALUED ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ENJOYED WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
WITHIN THE LAST MONTH YOU HAVE DONE 60 PERCENT OF THE THINGS YOU LOVE TO DO.
AND IN 4 OUT OF 10 CASES YOU HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN YOUR VALUED ACTIVITIES
FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.
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YOUR COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF THE THINGS THAT YOU VALUE IS COMPLETE. WE HOPE THAT
YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. PERHAPS THERE ARE SOME CHANGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE OR PERHAPS YOU HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF BY PLAYING '20
THINGS'. ONLY YOU CAN EVALUATE THE STATISTICS OF THIS ANALYSIS. IT MIGHT BE
INTERESTING TO GO BACK OVER YOUR LIST AND ASSIGN PRIORITIES TO YOUR ITEMS. IT
MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT TOWARD THE THINGS THAT YOU VALUE.
After you have written your analysis program look back over the results.
Can you identify any patterns in the things that you value?
Did you learn something new about yourself?
Are there things you are pleased with?
Is there anything you would change?
How might you go about it?
Are there some things you like to do that you haven't done lately? Why? What can
you do about it?
Does establishing priorities for your entries give you additional insight about
you and your values?
Try playing "20 Things" several times this year. Maybe you'll learn something
new about yourself each time!
This article was adapted from "What do You Value" by Sid Simon that appeared in
the Spring-Summer issue of Forum, a semi-annual publication for educators by J.
C. Penney Co. Ask for an issue at your local Penney's store. This article was
reprinted with permission from EDU No. 7 published by Digital Equipment Corp.
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