In 4 to 5 sentences give an example of a decision made in its intended consequences then give an example of a decision you made that had unintended consequences

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The intended consequences decision was the following.

I was very aware that if I committed myself to study and work hard, I had a real chance to overcome my bad situation in school, and I could change the wrong perception my teachers had about my behavior. I knew I had to show a totally different picture of me and my work, as the kind of attitude I show at the beginning of the semester.

The decision I made that had unintended consequences was when I decided to work last summer in a fitness club as a clerk, just to make a few extra dollars and not stay at home being lazy. The unindented consequence was that the company was in the marketing and promotion period and they thought that I could be part of the marketing and advertising campaign, participation in some of the promotional videos. Just by working there and being a dedicated employee, they invited me to do some advertising and I ended up earning some more money that I invested to pay school.

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place.