Discussing Respect
When students have read and responded to the scenarios, lead a brief discussion of each of them:
Scenario 1:
Abigail didn’t necessarily do anything wrong asking for the password (though it is a very personal thing to ask for) but when Jasmine changed the password and then didn’t answer Abigail’s text she should have gotten the idea that Jasmine didn’t really want to share the account. Now she should respect Jasmine’s feelings and not use the account.
Scenario 2:
Marc should not have shared the photo without Jaime’s permission. If he thought Jaime wouldn’t mind, he should have waited until Jaime was awake, showed him the photo and asked him if it was okay to share it. Marc should take the photo down, but most of Jaime’s friends have already seen it.
Scenario 3:
Kelly shouldn’t have assumed that it was okay to use Grace’s computer without asking. Grace expected Kelly to respect her privacy and not read anything without asking. Kelly could have asked if it was okay to use the computer and given Grace a chance to close anything she didn’t want Kelly to see.
Scenario 4:
Jay shouldn’t have told Lucas to watch the video without warning him that it was something gross. Different people react differently to different things and something that Jay finds funny might really gross Lucas out. Also, Lucas might have been watching it with his parents or a little brother or sister in the room! Jay should have warned Lucas what was in the video before telling him to open it.
Scenario 5:
Dylan shouldn’t have assumed that having permission to do one thing – checking his email – meant that he had permission to do something else, particularly something like downloading music from a file-sharing site. While it’s true that he didn’t know how severely Isaiah’s parents might punish him, he could have found out by asking Isaiah if it was okay to do it.
Scenario 6:
Natalie and Zach had decided together each time they’d posted one of their previous videos. Just because they’d always decided to post them before, Natalie shouldn’t have assumed that she could decide by herself this time. Zach was making his decision based on different factors (he cared more about his musicianship, while she cared more about how the song sounded overall) that she didn’t take into account. She should have waited until they could decide together, and for now she should take down the video before anybody else sees it.