Responsibility

1. Responsibility SCMS Character Education « Take a Stand, Lend a Hand » « If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. »- Abigail Van Buren

2. Am I a responsible person? Read the following five statements and rate yourself by responding never, sometimes, or always. • My parents and family rely on me to get my chores done on time. • I think through the consequences of my actions before making a serious decision. • When working with a group, I am a person who can be depended on by my fellow group members to get work done. • I don’t blame others or make excuses when I make a mistake. • Teachers and adults in my school building trust me. « The price of greatness is responsibility. »- Sir Winston Churchill

3. What does responsibility look like? Make a list of what you think responsible students do. Below are a few to get you started. Responsible students... • Can be depended on to do what he/she says they will do. • Never blame others for his/her mistakes. • Take care of his or her possessions. « You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. »- Abraham Lincoln

4. Responsibility for my Community Lighthouse In this short film, a lighthouse keeper redefines his own limits of responsibility when an accident endangers the members of a small seaside town. « ‘I must do something’ always solves more problems than ‘something must be done.’ » -author unknown

5. Community Responsibility How are the community members in the village demonstrating responsibility? What would the consequence have been for the community members had they not come together? What are your responsibilities as a member of the SCMS community? « We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. »- George Bernard Shaw