This is when you stop and think before speaking.
What is filtering?
The act of following rules and treating others with respect.
What is appropriate behavior?
You are in a group and the group is totally ignoring all of the ideas that you are contributing
What is answers vary
The act of not saying anything when you have nothing nice to say.
What is being polite?
The act of taking out your anger on others.
What is inappropriate behavior?
Your little brother, Connor, comes home all bloody and bruised. He kicks the chair, yells at your Mom, and swears. It turns out that he got beaten up by a bunch of kids on the way home from school. The kids are bigger and have a tough reputation, but your little brother also has a bit of a mouth on him and always fights back. Connor asks you to help him out, since you are even bigger than the kids who beat him up.
What is answers vary
Filter or Not Filter: I don't know how to do this... I need help.
What is filter?
The act of removing oneself from situations before things escalate.
What is appropriate?
You would like to call up your friend to see if he/she would like to hang out over the Spring Break. What should you do?
What is answers may vary
Your friend Amanda used to be a cheerful person who liked to party and have fun. Lately, she’s been very depressed, however, and she never responds to any of your texts. When you ask her why she just shrugs and says “I don’t feel like it”. When you tell her that friends are asking about her, she says: “I don’t even care.” After you talk for a bit, she mentions that her girlfriends make fun of her clothes and her parents are always fighting.
What is answers vary
Filter or not filter: Shut up! You jerk!
What is not filter?
The act of refusing to work when you are asked by your teacher to complete an assignment.
What is inappropriate?
You are a student with Autism. In the school you go to, there’s a lot of bullying and you hear a lot of ugly comments about students who are "different". But some kids are okay. Still, they do make jokes sometimes. You’d like to be friends, although some of their behavior bothers you. What do you do?
What is answers vary
filter or not filter: The desire to call your peers names.
What is not filter?
The act of trying to "force" your way into a group that does not seem to be receptive to you joining in.
What is inappropriate
You would like to make more friends but you just don't know how or the ones that you try to talk to seem to ignore you. How do you handle this?
Answers will vary.