Extentions and Reflections

Extensions
Lesson 3:
Create a scene, commercial, role play, poem, or song that best illustrates one of the following principle statements.

1) If you don't do what you say, people won't trust you.
Commercial

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Lesson 4:
PART A

You are riding your bike on the outskirts of town, down a quiet country road. There's a steep hill along the road that you hate to climb but love to coast down. Just as you reach the top, you see a small group of children-they're no more than six or seven years old-huddled by the side of the road. You see them notice you, so you're sure they'll stay out of your way as you zoom down the hill.

You start into your coast, picking up speed, and everything is going along great until you pass the group of children. All of a sudden, a rocks comes sailing through the air and hits you on the side of your head! You can't believe it-one of those kids has pitched a rock at you at a moment when you could easily have lost your balance and wrecked at high speed.

1) What feelings do you have, or think you might have, after reading Part A?
Wow, that's a little mean. I mean,t he kid's got to mind their own business, and they shouldn't be throwing rocks at all.

2) What would you say and do in this situation?
I would stop and ask if it was them who threw the rock, if it was, I would tell them to not do that ever again and it's very dangerous, if it wasn't them, then I'll carry on what I was doing.

Part B
After stopping and talking to the kids you find out that one of them is in the ditch at the side of the road with a serious injury and needs to go to the hospital, they had been trying to get someone to stop, and the only way to get your attention was to throw the rock.

1) What feelings do you have, or think you might have, after reading Part B?
Well, if that was the only way, then I would actually feel sorry for the children (especially the one in the ditch) and I would want to help them.

2) What would you say in this situation?
I would tell everyone not to panic and I that would help them in every way I can. Then I make a plan, which is only needed if this scenario became reality.

Reflections

Lesson 3:
Principles are timeless and lead to success. What principles does your family live by?

We must be as honest as possible. We must be trust-worthy and work hard to keep the trust people have in us. We must do our best at all times, and sometimes that means resting. Finally, we must do the right thing, it doesn't matter if any one's there to see us or not, we always do the right thing. And if there are times we screw up, we have to make the situation right.

Lesson 4:
Your Point of View (POV): Talk about a family situation in which someone had a limited POV, and discuss what led to the POV shift.

When I wanted, for the first time in my life, to attend my friend's birthday party, I would have done anything to go. I wailed and screamed when I dad told me that both my parents' schedules didn't fit with the party. I didn't know back then how hard my parents worked for our living, and I couldn't see past that and only thought they didn't want me to go. Finally, my mom took her day off, even though her boss didn't want her to, and accompanied me to the party. She didn't know how to drive at the time, and my dad couldn't get out of work, so we took an hour long bus ride there, and my mom had to stay with a bunch of 7-year-olds for the whole party (which was 3 hours). My mom sat in the corner the whole time, she looked so lonely with her book in her lap, and that's when I realized that my parents had gone through a lot to make me happy, and really, it wasn't a necessity to go to that party. After that I felt terrible, so I told my mom that we could go a little early. In the end, I missed the birthday cake, but it was worth it because I got to make things right.

Usual blog:
Wow, now that I think about it, I was a spoiled little brat! And we didn't even have the income for a spoiled brat, but that's what I was. Other parents are able to make ends meet even through these kind of things, my mom went through a great risk of getting fired. What kind of sick animal am I?

Quote of the day:
"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race." William E. Gladstone

Great, I'm a curse to the whole world!!! =(