Expected Behaviors
You accidentally bump into someone in the hallway.
- Apologize
- Ask if they are okay
- Help them pick up anything they may have dropped
You put your head down on your desk for an entire class period.
- More homework
-Demerits
- Sent to the office
Your friend's dog just passed away and they are feeling sad. They are quiet all day at school. What is something you could do to show that you care?
- Invite them to hang out
-Give them a small gift
- Try to make them laugh
- Give them space
A classmate trips in the hallway and drops all their books.
You could...
-Ask if they need help
-Help them pick up their books
Your friend is annoyed that you are making fun of their shoes.
Your friend might not want to hang out with you if you keep making fun of them.
You have 3 homework assignments due tomorrow. You aren't sure how to do them.
- Ask the teacher for help
- Do as much of it as you can
- Send the teacher an email
You keep blurting out a funny word during social skills group.
- People in the group will get annoyed or frustrated
- Might get assigned more work to do
- asked to stay after class
Your friend walks by you in the hall without saying "Hi". Why might this happen? What's their perspective?
- They might be running late
-They might be distracted with their thoughts
On the bus, someone calls you a loser for failing two classes.
You could....
-Ignore them
-Talk to a teacher
-Tell them to stop.
Your parent tells you to stop playing video games to help take out the trash. You say "yeah, in a minute". Five minutes goes by and you still haven't gotten up. Your parent begins to yell at you.
Your parent might not let you do something because you weren't listening.
Someone in your class farted.
- Try to stay calm
- Think of something else
- Move away from them
- You don't get homework done
- You might sleep in too late and miss the bus
- You have a hard time staying awake at school
- You'll have a hard time focusing and won't get much work done.
You've been asking a friend to hang out for awhile now but they keep saying "I'm busy". What is an appropriate thing to do?
- Find new friends
- Ask why? (Only if you're ready to hear an answer that might hurt your feelings)
- Move on
You are taking a math test and can't figure out how to do a problem.
Expected:
-Try your best
- Make a guess
-Skip it and try again at the end
- Write a note to the teacher
Your teacher tells you to stop talking during class.
If you stop talking it shows respect to your teacher and your classmates.
If you don't stop talking it will frustrate and annoys others around you.
If you want people to show YOU respect, YOU need to show respect to others.
You don't want to do the work in social studies. The teacher tells you to get started.
- Do the work. It's a small problem
- Ask for help if you're confused.
The teacher tells you to start your work. You push the work off of your desk and onto the floor.
- Demerit
- Assigned more homework
- Have to stay afterschool to do it
You are friends with Josh and Sam. Josh and Sam are fighting. Both of them ask you to be their partner in science class. You are afraid one will be mad if you pick the other. What could you do?
- Choose someone else to be partner's with someone different than Josh and Sam.
- Tell one friend you'll be partners with them next time.
You took someone's jacket as a joke but got caught and now you're in trouble. You get 5 demerits.
- Stay calm and own up to our mistakes
- go to merit hall
- apologize to the person
You failed a math test.
You might become inelligable to play sports or participate in a club.
Consequences from family.
To feel good about yourself.
Your family is going through a difficult time and is fighting a lot. You're not getting much sleep and feel sad.
- Talk to a friend or teacher
- Talk to the guidance counselor
- Ask to spend time with friends to get your mind off of it.
You have 7 demerits
- Merit halls
- Can't play school sports or be in clubs
- Other people in your grade won't want to hang oiut with you
You find out one of your best friends was talking bad about you behind your back. What is a good way to handle this?
-If you know you can stay calm, talk to them and ask why they said it.
- If you're still too mad, stay away from them and talk to an adult you trust.
Your friend keeps telling inappropriate jokes in class. You want to laugh but don't want to get demerits.
- Ask for a break
- Tell your friend to stop
- Take a deep breath
Your friend tells you a secret and asks you to not tell anyone. You are very tempted to tell someone else.
If you told someone else, you would lose that friend's trust.
Your friend might not be ready for others to know their secret and it is not your job to tell others.