I really loathe all school assignments having to do with "goals". So freakin' stupid.

explain in the essay what essays like this hinder your developmental growth

I remember when I was in school (long time ago) We had a written test for band, the last question was ....

What can we do to make the band better? My answer : Fire the band director.

Davage, in reality, goals are important. But for now, in school, goals should be the same for everyone, learn as much as you can, and pass.

Goals are important, but this is a little ludicrous. My goals were "get straight A's and keep up current activities" which I did.

I don't the necessity of 500 words to explain my progress towards those goals, my progress is consistently on top of said goals.

I was a smart ass, so I'd do that. Write one sentence, and under it. This essay shorted to save energy, paper, and time.

"My goal is to learn as much as I can and to get the best possible grade I can, all while helping to save the planet."

I'm only a smart ass in my imagination =/ I'm a pretty solid goody-two-shoes otherwise.