You and your best friend are working together on a group project that is worth 40% of your quarter average. Your best friend has
just started dating someone new and everytime you want to get together to work on the project he/she is busy hanging out with the new boyfriend/girlfriend. The project is due in 2 days and there is hardly anything done. What do you do? Assess the problem.
Answer: I will try to do the best I can to finish the project
Explanation: I don't need to wait for her to do the project because is going to affect my grades but because in this case I just have two days to do the project I will do my best to finish it. If I don't have much of the project done I will tell the teacher about it and see if I can get a few days. If the teacher gives me some days to do it later I will sit with my friend and will tell her what's going on, the words I would use are:
<em>"Listen, I know you are dating someone but school is important and we need to finish this. if you are not going to help me to do the project I will do it on my own but I won't add your name, is not fair that you are having fun and I have to do all the work".</em>
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Is not because I am a bad friend but there are responsibilities and when it comes to school is first. Boyfriends come and go but if I don't do my project that will affect me in the future.
Being exposed to this violent environment/habitat contributes significantly to the behavior of the person witnessing it, as it is what they witness around them. If you've ever heard of the term "copycat" you'd know that it is based off of human adaptation to follow others when our brains are still developing to figure out who we are individually. That's why growing up in a good home environmental area is so important as it influences the way you perceive life.
