Responsibility

Presentation by Student Support Department

Responsibility Definition: Being dependable and making good choices.

With Privilege, Comes Responsibility.

Responsibility Quote

The willingness to accept responsibility for ones own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
-Joan Didion

Responsibility Quote If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. -Les Brown

Responsibility Quote The price of greatness is responsibility. -Sir Winston Churchill

Responsibility Quote We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens in our lives.

-Mildred Newman

Responsibility Example
Responsible people are accountable, pursue excellence, and exercise selfcontrol.

Accountable Example
Accepting the blame or credit for ones choices or behaviors.

An accountable person thinks before acting, is reliable, and accepts responsibility for the consequences of his/her choices

An accountable person doesnt make excuses, or blame others for mistakes personally made.

An accountable person sets a good example for others to look up to.

Pursue Excellence: exhibiting diligence, perseverance, and striving for continuous improvement.

Excellence Example
A person pursuing excellence does his/her best at all times, being careful, prepared, and informed.

A person pursuing excellence finishes what he/she starts and doesnt give up easily.

A person pursuing excellence takes the responsibility of looking for ways to improve his/her work.

A person pursuing excellence doesnt surrender to obstacles or excuses, instead overcoming them.

Responsibility Words
Accountable Dependable Reliable Honest Trustworthy Excellence Prepared Informed Acceptance

The Wolf and the Crane.

-Aesop

Discussion Questions for The Wolf and the Crane.

1. Did the crane consider the consequences of her actions?

Discussion Questions for The Wolf and the Crane.

2. Have you ever done something, then realized afterwards that you were fortunate to be unharmed by the consequences?

Discussion Questions for The Wolf and the Crane.

3. When you do something without thinking about the consequences, such as breaking a family rule, do you usually accept the consequences willingly?

Discussion Questions for The Wolf and the Crane.

4. Is it good to understand actions and consequences at a young age?

Discussion Questions for The Wolf and the Crane.

5. Why do our decisions and actions have consequences?

Responsibility Quote Good men prefer to be accountable.

-Michael Edwardes

Responsibility Quote You cant escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

-Abraham Lincoln

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