2. DECISION MAKING IS SERIOUS
•WHY?
THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY WILL
DETERMINE OUR TOMORROW

3. WHAT DECISIONS ARE YOU FACING?
• DRUGS?
• ALCOHOL?
• FAMILY TROUBLE?
• FIGHTING?
• RELATIONSHIP TROUBLE?
• SCHOOL TROUBLE?

5. CHALLENGE #1
• ANOTHER STUDENT HEARD YOU WERE TALKING BADLY ABOUT THEM IN THE HALLWAY. THEY COME UP TO
YOU AND START CHALLENGING YOU TO A FIGHT.

6. Challenge Choices
Someone wants to fight Fight them on the spot
Walk away
Tell an adult
Talk it out
Apologize for talking badly

7. Challenge Choice (+)
Consequence
(-)
Consequence
Someone
wants to fight
Fight them on the spot • Earn street cred • Get arrested
• Get suspended
• Get hurt
• Hurt someone else
Walk away • Stay out of trouble
• Earn respect from people who
matter
• No body gets hurt
• Lose respect from peers
Tell an adult • Stay out of trouble
• Earn respect from people who
matter
• No body gets hurt
• Issue could be resolved without
violence
• Lose respectfrom peers
Talk it out • Issue can be resolved
without violence
• Earn respect from people
who matter
• No body gets hurt
• Person might not want to talk
it out

8. WHAT’S YOUR DECISION?
WHY?

9. CHALLENGE #2
•YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS ASK YOU TO TRY A NEW DRUG. THEY TELL YOU THAT IT’S
NOT DANGEROUS AND MAKES YOU FEEL REALLY GOOD. EVERY ONE OF YOUR
FRIENDS HAS ALREADY TRIED IT AND THEY ALL WANT YOU TO JOIN THEM.

10. Challenge Choice
Friends want you to
try drugs
Give in to peer
pressure and try
the drugs
Say no to peer
pressure and don’t
try drugs

11. Challenge Choice
(+)
Consequence
(-)
Consequence
Being pressured to
try a new drug
Give in to peer
pressure and try
the drugs
• Earn the approval of
your peers
• Satisfy your curiosity
• Addiction
• Prison
• Rehab
• Death
• Lose respect from loved
ones
• Hurt family
• Hurt self
• Lower standards
Say no to peer
pressure and
don’t try drugs
• Freedom of choice
• Avoid prison, rehab
and death
• Avoid pain and
suffering
• Higher standards
• Possibly lose the
acceptance of your
peers

12. WHAT’S YOUR DECISION?
WHY?

13. CHALLENGE #3
ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE ROOM WAS THROWING A PAPER
AIRPLANE ACROSS THE ROOM. THE TEACHER TURNS AROUND AND
BLAMES IT ON YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU DID NOT DO IT.

14. Challenge Choice
Getting blamed for
something you didn’t do
Yell at the teacher and say “It wasn’t me!”
Politely suggest that it wasn’t you
Wait until after class to explain it wasn’t you

15. Challenge Choice (+)
Consequence
(-)
Consequence
Getting blamed
for something
you didn’t do
Yell at the teacher and
say “It wasn’t me!”
• Instant
gratification
• Argument
escalates
• ISS/OSS
Politely suggest that it
wasn’t you
• Instant
gratification
• Could lead to an
argument
Wait until after class
to explain it wasn’t you
• Stay out of
trouble
• Get your point
across
• Avoid disrupting
the class
• Delayed
gratification