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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 2 – Module 7:

Sound Decision-making

Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module – Grade 10

Quarter 2 Module 5: Sound Decision-making
2021 Edition
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Overcoming Life’s Challenges. Manila: Department of Education Central Office,
2021.

Published by the Department of Education

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Homeroom Guidance Grade 10
Quarter 2 – Module 7:
Sound Decision-making
 Gabay sa Magulang/Tagapag-alaga
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Introductory Message

For the Learner:

This module is designed to help you in your academic-related needs; concerns

affecting your personality, your relationship with others, interaction in the community;
and in discovering your interests, talents and skills that will help you explore future
career options and opportunities.

This module has six interactive activities for you to follow, namely:
Let’s Try This –which will help you get ready to learn;

Let’s Explore This – which will guide you towards what you need to learn; Keep in

Mind – which will give you the lessons that you need to learn and understand; You

Can Do It – which will help you apply the lessons in the reality of life;

What I Have Learned – which will test and evaluate your learnings; and

Share Your Thoughts and Feelings – which will help you express your thoughts,
opinions and feelings.

Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are asked to

do. Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

MODU SOUND DECISION-MAKING

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Learning Objectives
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. examine the steps in personal decision-making;
2. practice sound decision-making; and
3. decide an appropriate action on issues relevant to yourself and others.

Suggested Total Time Allotment: 120 minutes

Materials Needed: sheets of paper/ bond papers, pen/pencil, any coloring
materials, scissors and glue/paste
 Introduction
The design of this module intends to help you analyze sound decisions and
goals toward the achievement of your personal welfare and common good. This will
further help you examine different factors in decision-making; provide proper
procedures toward sound decision making and evaluate experiences relevant to it.

Let’s Review
In the previous module, you have learned about developing yourself. You were
provided with discussion and activities to help you determine the value of knowing
yourself by identifying the strengths and weaknesses towards becoming a better
version of yourself.

Let’s Try This

Suggested Time Allotment: 25 minutes

My Personal Steps in Decision-making

As a Grade 10 learner, you are expected to somehow be able to make decisions in

your everyday life. This activity will determine your knowledge and skills in decision
making.

1. Prepare a sheet of paper and fold it crosswise. Copy the illustration below and
complete the activity.
2. On the left side of the paper, recall a significant event from your past when you
made a correct/appropriate decision which led to a positive outcome. While on the
right side, cite a significant event when you made a wrong/inappropriate decision
which led to a negative outcome. Share things which you are comfortable to discuss
with your Homeroom Guidance teacher.
3. Begin with the nature of the problem. Reflect on the steps that you take leading to
your decision.
4. Answer the processing questions after.
Processing Questions:
1. How did you feel when reflecting on the decisions you made in the past? – I just know myself
more because of that activity that I make.
2. What are the steps that you identified and followed in making your personal decisions? – You
need to talk to someone that has a lot of experience with that making personal decisions, or request
to someone that you need some advice or opinions.
3. What have you learned on the results of your decisions in the past? – Don’t let your emotions
win, because it can lead to a bad decision.

Let’s Explore This

Suggested Time Allotment: 25 minutes
Different Scenarios: What Will I Do?
To further test your decision-making skills, analyze the decision-making scenarios
below. Read carefully and reflect on the important steps in the decision-making
process. Write your answer on a sheet of paper.
1. Scenario #1: You dream of being a part of the school’s basketball team. To
achieve that, you think that you should practice every day. Two of your
classmates who are already members of the team constantly size up your
efforts. They make fun of you for practicing and for working hard. One day,
they asked you to hang out with them. They told you that if you will join them
and do things for them, they will recommend you to the team coach. What will
you do? – I will respectfully decline their offer, because I rather practice hard
than hang out with them and do the things that they want. I will patiently wait
for my opportunity and time.

2. Scenario #2: You are worried because one of your friends has been hanging
out with your classmates who are pressuring her to try drinking alcohol. One of
them is her long-time crush who even invited her to come to their house during
weekend because his parents will not be there. Your friend came to you to
help her decide. What will you do? – I will suggest to her that she will not go,
 since they are pressuring her. Even though your crush is one of the people
that will hang out, you should think first and make a strong decision, because if
something bad happened, might this will trap you.

3. Scenario #3: Someone in your class cheated on a test. You know for a fact
that he, together with your friend were writing answers on a small note before
the test. When the test papers were given, your teacher congratulated him for
getting the highest score. You are confused about reporting that he cheated as
your friend might also be punished as well for helping him. What will you do? –
I will not tolerate of this kind situation, I will choose the bright side, even
though my friend will be mad at me. It’s better to take an auction to this, rather
than to tolerate.

Processing Questions:
1. How did you feel while deciding for the given scenarios? – I feel happy, since I know what is
wrong and what is right.
2. What are the factors that you considered in making your decisions? – The
factors that I considered is the result or outcome of the scenario that given to
me.
3. What important insights have you gained from the decisions you have made?
– I become more serious about the decisions, and I didn’t make fun
of it.

Keep in Mind
Suggested Time Allotment: 15 minutes
As a growing adolescent, you should be able to make constructive
choices and be accountable of your actions. Remember that each decision that you
make has consequences that can affect your life. Below are some important tips to
help you enhance your responsible decision-making skills.
Sound Decision-making
1. Be mindful and accurate in recognizing the problems and challenges that you are
facing.

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2. Effectively analyze the problems by looking at it in different perspectives, including
how and why it happened.
3. Develop your ability to identify several options and explore the possible
consequences for each.
4. Approach problems by considering your values and principles.
5. Take time to evaluate how you solved a problem by reflecting on its
outcome/result.

Keep in mind that sound decision is about making choices that are good for you
and for others. It involves critical thinking, self-discipline and accountability. Most
importantly, it is about understanding yourself, your actions and how it will affect
others. Throughout your journey, you will become more and more independent until
you can be matured enough to make your own decisions.
 You Can Do It!
Suggested Time Allotment: 25 minutes

Decision-making: It is Up to Me!
1. Copy and complete the table on a sheet of paper.
2. Identify community issues and problems that are relevant to you and decide on
the appropriate actions to solve them.
3. Apply your knowledge about sound decision making.

ISSUE / CAUSE APPROPRIATE EXPECTED

PROBLEM ACTION TO OUTCOUME/
TAKE RESULTS
Racism is one of — We adopt the — People of color's — Fighting or doing an
the country's and viewpoints of experiences and action against racism can
the world's worst those around us. sentiments should be create a huge impact on
ills, and it has When we're validated. our community, perhaps, it
always been a young, a lot of our Supporting other would be more great if the
barrier to the attitudes are people's experiences time to end racism would
development of a formed. When and engaging in come. Racism isn't only a
powerful labor family members or difficult dialogues problem for Black people;
movement. Racism acquaintances about racism and it's a problem for everyone
is a type of express racist injustice are two other since it erodes society's
discrimination that beliefs, it's natural ways to combat bias fiber. Leaders at all levels
is founded on the for us to adopt and realize privilege. must use their influence,
mistaken idea that those viewpoints We cannot be hesitant platforms, and resources to
some individuals as well. The to debate injustice and assist employees and
are biologically and difficulty is that prejudice for fear of communities in overcoming
fundamentally unless we take "doing it wrong," these obstacles and
superior to others. action, they may therefore learn about creating a better world for
It is a sort of be with us for the the ways racism all of us. We must use this
institutionalized rest of our lives. continues to harm our time of heightened
systemic society and take awareness to consider how
oppression. — We hang action. As advocates, to make meaningful
around with we gain knowledge progress and we must not
people that are about domestic stop until all people have
"like us." It's violence by listening to equal rights, social justice
natural to want to survivors. Listening to and access to medical
spend time with people of color is also care.
people who share the best approach to
your hobbies, understand racial Once the racism ends,
cultural injustice. everyone would have a
background, and freedom to do whatever
language. It — Acknowledge and they want without the fear
fosters a sense of comprehend your own of being judged, no one
belonging that is privilege. Learning to can experience the
extremely acknowledge and discrimination again, the
valuable. The comprehend your own world would be filled with
disadvantage is privilege is one of the luminous colors agains,
that it might create first steps in ending eliminating the dull ones.
distinctions racial discrimination. This is a time for all of us to
between groups, Racial advantage reflect on what more we
which may manifests itself in a can do to address these
encourage us to variety of social, continuing problems, to
believe that our political, economic, determine how we can
group is better and cultural contexts. contribute to meaningful
than others over Two strategies to start solutions, individually and
time. this hard process are through our collective
to check your privilege efforts, so that one day all
— When we are and use your privilege people will live in a just and
upset or to destroy institutional equitable world. We must
frustrated, we racism. Race, on the channel our outrage, grief
frequently look for other hand, is merely and frustration into positive
someone else to one facet of privilege. change.
blame for our Religion, gender,
issues. People sexuality, ability,
who have a socioeconomic
distinctive background, language,
appearance or and citizenship status
speak in a can all have an impact
different manner on your amount of
than we do are privilege. To use your
easy prey. privileges to
collectively empower
— We have a others, you must first
tendency to label be conscious of your
people and pass powers and
judgment quickly. understand their
She dressed like implications.
that, so she's
probably a — Racist "jokes" and
smartass. He comments should be
speaks like that, avoided. Make it clear
so he's probably that racial remarks are
from a presentable not acceptable. If you
family. People don't feel comfortable
from various racial or safe confronting
backgrounds can them, try breaking
also be down their thought
stereotyped with process and asking
some offensive questions. “That joke
names. How can doesn't make sense to
stereotypes be me, could you clarify
overcome? Don't it?” for example. Don't
pass a blanket be scared to talk to
judgment on a your family,
group of people. acquaintances, and
Discover how friends.
much you have in Microaggressions,
common with which can take the
people of various shape of racist jokes or
racial utterances, help to
backgrounds. mainstream and
reinforce prejudices
— Then, we have and biases. It's
scientific racism, important to remember
while some may that saying nothing—or
argue that laughing along—
ignorance implies that you agree.
promotes racism,
racist ideologies — Examine your own
were endorsed by biases and think about
some of history's where they came from.
greatest What messages about
intellectual people who are
thinkers. Science different from you did
took the role of you hear as a child?
religion and How racially and
superstition as the ethnically diverse was
intellectual your neighborhood,
authority around school, or religious
the end of the 18th community? What
century. Many makes you believe that
racist ideas, such was the case? Bias,
as that mixed-race stereotypes, and
offspring had prejudice are formed
greater health and reinforced as a
issues and had result of these
shorter lives, were encounters, which can
justified by lead to discrimination.
"science" at the Examining our
time. It's worth personal biases can
noting that aid us in our efforts to
"scientific racism" guarantee that
is a load of everyone is treated
nonsense. equally.
Physical
anthropology,
craniometry, and
other debunked
approaches are
used.

— Then, we must
not forget how
race is depicted in
the media (books,
films, social
platforms, etc) has
a significant
impact on how
society views
race. While the
media is a
reflection of a
larger culture, it
maintains racial
prejudices and
hence feeds
bigotry. Racism in
the media is
sometimes subtle
and without
malicious intent,
but it has very
detrimental
repercussions. For
example, Black
men are over-
represented in the
media as violent
crime
perpetrators, while
Black individuals
are also over-
represented in
poverty-related
news articles. This
 has an impact on
both Black
people's self-
image and
society's
impression of
them.

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the sea/ocean. people who do not take an action about effective, our ocean/sea
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responsibility. penalty to learn their animal will be more active
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What I have Learned

Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Reflect on your personal experiences and learnings from this module and
complete the sentences below. Answer them on a sheet of paper.

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1. In making decisions, I discovered/re-discovered that I value the most is myself
decisions.
2. When making decisions, I learned that I need to talk to someone who has more
experienced in making a better decision in life.
3.For me, making decisions is difficult when I have a problem, because if you are
making decision while you are on the stage that you have a problem, the decision
outcome will be bad.

Share your Thoughts & Feelings

Suggested Time Allotment: 20 minutes

On a sheet of paper, write a letter for your future self to be reopened and
reread at the end of the school year. Consider the following questions in writing your
letter:
1. What are the challenges that you already successfully
went through? 2. What are the challenges that you expect
throughout the school year? 3. What lessons have you
learned up to this point?
4. What goals have you achieved? Who helped you along
the way? 5. What will you remind yourself about making
decisions and achieving future goals?
Dear Future Self,

In the future, my past in decision-making will remind me how bad I am in making decision,
because, honestly the goal that I want to achieved is still on the stage that I need to pass or
achieved it. Dear Future Self, please be strong to the near future that will face. Take the
challenges easy but surely, always fight for the right doing not the wrong doing. Be proud if
you achieved one of your goal, you deserve to be happy.

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