Assertiveness for school prefects
...veryday situations. This, in turn, will improve your decision-making ability and possibly your chances of getting what you really want from life. Example: You are prefecting lunch breaks and find several pupils pushing into the lunch queue Response 1: You ignore it and let the group push in to the front of the queue. Response 2: You approach the pupils and ask them calmly to join the back of the queue. Response 3: You shout at the group across the dinner hall to move to the back of the queue. TYPES OF BEHAVIOUR There are three main types of behaviour when responding to these situations: PASSIVE = Offering no opposition, submissive (e.g. Response 1) ASSERTIVE = Insistence upon one’s rights, positive (e.g. Response 2) AGGRESSIVE = Offensive, disposed to attack, forceful (e.g. Response 3) Which behaviour is the best ??? Assertiveness is standing up for your own rights in such a w...