Challenging Choices
1. Take a few minutes to think about two situations in which you experienced tension with a classmate, a teacher, a parent, or yourself:
- A situation in which you were happy with how you handled this tension.
- A situation in which you were not satisfied with how you handled this tension.
2. Consider the two situations and respond to the following questions:
- Who were the participants? What were their roles and responsibilities? How might these roles and responsibilities inform a particular opinion or perspective on the given situation?
- What factors did I weigh in making my decision?
- What would I do differently now?
Discussion Questions
- How did the way I handled these incidents influence others?
- How did others influence my decisions about what to do?
