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Get the Real Answers: Decision Making
Question
What does the word choice mean?
The Real Answer
When you're given a choice it means you:
  • Have the right to make your own decisions.
  • Accept responsibility for the choices you make and the consequences of your actions.
Question
What does it mean to be a responsible person?
The Real Answer
A responsible person is:
  • Able to act with little guidance or supervision.
  • Accountable for their behavior.
  • Trusted or depended upon to do things on their own and to follow through on obligations.
Question
We've all heard about peer pressure but what does it mean to you?
The Real Answer
Peer pressure is when:
  • You allow your "friends" to persuade you to do something that you do not want to do (bad peer pressure).
  • You don't have the courage to do something good that you want to do, but your friends encourage you to do it anyway (good peer pressure).