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Do YOU make Responsible CHOICES????

Do YOU make Responsible CHOICES????. Why your CHOICES matter……. When you make GOOD CHOICES you reap the rewards. When you make POOR CHOICES you suffer the CONSEQUENCES. Learning to accept responsibility for your actions & for the CHOICES that you make is an important part of growing up.

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Do YOU make Responsible CHOICES????

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  1. Do YOU make Responsible CHOICES????

  2. Why your CHOICES matter…… • When you make GOOD CHOICES you reap the rewards. • When you make POOR CHOICES you suffer the CONSEQUENCES. • Learning to accept responsibility for your actions & for the CHOICES that you make is an important part of growing up.

  3. Words of the Day • Choice: A right, power, or opportunity that an individual has to make a selection in a specific course of action. • Consequence: A positive or negative result or outcome that is produced from an action or set of conditions. • Values: A personal sense of what is right or wrong & tend to influence an individual’s attitudes & behaviors & help shape ones overall character.

  4. When making choices… & Think… • Why do I want to do this?? • What are my options??? • What are the consequences of my actions? • How will my decision effect others??? • Is this decision in my best interests???

  5. Discuss choices students make on a regular basis….

  6. Discuss the difference between simple & serious choices.

  7. Six Steps to Making Good Decisions 1. Analyze the situation. 2. Define the problem. 3. Consider options / Develop solution alternatives. 4. Evaluate the solution alternatives. 5. Make a choice / decision. 6. Implement the plan and evaluate the decision.

  8. Discuss using the Six Step Decision-Making Process when making a serious decision • .

  9. WHAT IF………

  10. My friend wants to give me the answers to the math test and I didn’t study. Should I Cheat? • I’m having fun at this party and I don’t want to leave. Should I stay out past my curfew? • My ride has been drinking all night and is my only way home. What should I do? • My friend is being abused at home. Should I tell someone or mind my own business? • My friend is abusing drugs. Should I tell on my friend?

  11. Six Pillars of Character • Trustworthiness: Doing what you say you will do. • Respect: Treating others the way you want to be treated. • Responsibility: Being willing to face the consequences of your choices. • Fairness: Acting in an honest way & not taking advantage of others. • Caring: Going above & beyond to help others. • Citizenship: Being a good team member & playing by the spirit of the rules.

  12. What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable than teaching?-Harriet Martineau

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