Black Belt Excellence for September part 2

Marty Martin Karate

Black Belt Excellence for September

"Honesty"

Truth or Consequence

This is a game that can help children understand the long-term consequences of honesty are always better than the long-term consequences of dishonesty. Prepare pairs of index cards so that one side of each card in the pair describes two different courses of action – one honest and one dishonest – along with short-term consequences of each action. Fill out on the back side of the cards so that when the cards are flipped over the long-term consequences are revealed. Play this as a game, letting the students decide, by looking at the front sides of the cards only, which option they would take.

Example:

Front sides:

You are at the store buying something and the clerk gives you $30 too much change. You keep it. After all it was his mistake and not yours, you go to the mall and buy a new video game.

-Or-

When the clerk gives you the $30 dollars, you tell him he gave you too much change and you give the $30 dollars back. As you leave you start thinking about the video game you could have bought.

Back sides:

You know the money wasn’t yours. You start to worry that the clerk will have to pay the store $30 out of his wages. Whenever you ride your bike, the new handle grips remind you that you were dishonest.

-Or-

You feel good and strong inside because you were honest. Whenever you ride your bike you remember that you need handle grips, but you also remember you were honest.