Life Skills and Leadership Manual - Peace Corps

Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 2, Session 3: Making Decisions | Page 52 of 127

Handout 3: Practice with PAUSE

1. Hani is walking home from school with his two friends, Raouf and Ashraff. As they get
   close to the corner shop, Raouf and Ashraff start talking about stealing some snacks.
   They tell Hani that he should distract the shopkeeper. In another few minutes they will
   be outside the shop.


2. Mona and Sylvia are best friends. Sylvia always seems to have the latest gossip about
   other people. Mona thinks it’s interesting to hear this information but sometimes Sylvia
   says things that are mean and hurtful. The other day Sylvia was very critical about
   another good friend of Mona’s. Mona is beginning to think that Sylvia doesn’t want her
   to have any other friends.


3. Marco’s mother is expecting him to come directly home after going to the store for her.
   Passing by the football field, Marco sees all of his friends having fun playing a game.
   They call to him to join them. It wouldn’t matter if he played for a few minutes, would
   it?


4. Petri just arrived at her friend’s house. She thought just the two of them would be
   together for a while so she was surprised to see so many other people – some she has
   never met. It seems like it might be a fun party. There’s beer and no adults, but Petri
   also saw some people with drugs.


5. Ramone has been trying to avoid Leif, another boy in his class, for quite a while now. At
   first Leif would just follow Ramone and tease him. But over time, things have gotten
   worse. Lately Leif has been demanding money and threatening Ramone. Today, on his
   way out of the house, Ramone saw his father’s pocket knife and wondered whether he
   should take it to protect himself.


6. Ephron was on his way to meet some friends after school. As he walked around the
   corner, there leaning against a tree, was a bicycle. No one was in sight. Who would leave
   a bike and walk off? Maybe no one wanted it! Ephron could certainly use a bike – or
   even sell it and keep the money.


7. Mieka has been studying many hours for the mathematics test this week. She asked her
   older sister for some help and even stayed after class to talk to the teacher. But now her