Naming and Ranking Your Own Values · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Rank what you actually care about

Personal & Social Development · Self-Awareness · ages 14-15
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. Loyalty and honesty pull opposite ways. What is the useful move?

    • Drop both values at once
    • Say which one wins for you, with a reason
    • Wait until the conflict solves itself
  2. What should each value on your list carry?

    • A real example from your past year
    • A quote from a famous stranger
    • A prettier synonym
  3. The ranking of your values matters more than the list itself.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Why keep the values list near five?

    • Five is every teacher's lucky number
    • Short lists impress strangers faster
    • Long lists tie every conflict and teach nothing
  5. Your ranking puts health first, yet you gamed all weekend and skipped sleep. What should you ask?

    • Which game to play next
    • What that choice says about the ranking
    • Who else skipped sleep too
  6. Mara lists kindness but cannot find one example from her year. What does that mean?

    • Her year was simply too short
    • The value is still a slogan for her
    • Examples ruin good values
  7. Jon's ranking survived three conflicts but broke on the fourth. What now?

    • Throw the whole ranking away
    • Ask what the fourth case reveals and adjust
    • Pretend the fourth conflict never happened
  8. Two friends rank loyalty over honesty and honesty over loyalty. Who is wrong?

    • The loyalty-first friend, always
    • The honesty-first friend, always
    • Neither, if each can defend the ranking with reasons
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Answer key

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  1. Say which one wins for you, with a reason · Forced ranking with reasons is where the learning sits.
  2. A real example from your past year · Examples prove the value lives in your life.
  3. True · Anyone can list values; ranking forces real choices.
  4. Long lists tie every conflict and teach nothing · A tight list forces conflicts to resolve.
  5. What that choice says about the ranking · A breaking choice tests whether the ranking is honest.
  6. The value is still a slogan for her · Without a lived example the value is only words.
  7. Ask what the fourth case reveals and adjust · A breaking choice is data for fixing the ranking.
  8. Neither, if each can defend the ranking with reasons · The ranking is personal; the reasoning is what counts.
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