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Tuesday 25 October 2016

Making Decisions

Making Decisions

In the playground a student is being deliberately excluded from a group because the ‘leader’ in the group has decided he/she doesn’t belong. Akenesi is ‘in’ with the group at the moment.  What should Akenesi do?
Akanesi could choose….

1.
A. List Options:
1 She could stand for the girl/boy

2 She could leave the situation alone

3 Welcome he/she into the group

B Say what is right or wrong about each option.
Option 1
The first option listed is that it is right to stand up for the person who is going to be excluded from the group.
Option 2
It may be a right or wrong answer for Akanesi because this type of situation might put her in a spot where she thinks she has to decide on where the person should come into the group.
Option 3
It might be the right option to welcome her into the group because they don’t know who this person is and what she/he might bring knowledge.

C.  Say what would be the consequences of each option for everyone concerned.

1. The students in the group might be a little uncomfortable about having to not decided who comes into the group. This can also effect the leader in the scenario because she/he might think it’s their decision to make who come into the groups.

2. In this case Akanesi might feel like she has been put on the spot to decided who comes into the group. But we also have the leader who thinks its best the this student (she/he) is her decision to make.

3. If the leader was to allow the person enter the group this might be a wrong decision to make. But again this has a say as well to the whole group including Akanesi.

D. Say what values you think lie behind each option and tick those that reflect gospel values -  the values of Jesus.

1. Faithfulness is what I see in Akanesi because she wants to stand up to the leader and show that it would be a good decision to let the person in.

2. She shows that she is trustworthy and ignorance that she would guide the person if she/he into understanding the people in the group.

3. She also shows that she is respectful of the decision she would make choosing groups.

E. Say which option you would have chosen and why.

1.  The first option. Because in my opinion it wouldn’t feel right leaving this girl/boy out of the group. And a decision that the whole group should make together as a team.
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Summary
Sometimes in our lifetime we will face challenges which will mostly be about making good decisions. With these decisions it can affect us in such ways we might not imagine. It can impact our lives sometimes but that can be because of some situations where you might make the wrong move or decision.

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