Suggestions from “Somewhere Else” High School

The following are ideas from Somewhere Else High School students, who identified a list ways that they might be able to enter into a “social contract” with their community to help provide for its “common good.” Your group is being asked to decide which of these ideas you think represent the entering into a social contract for the sake of promoting the common good. Place a check mark next to the number of each activity that your group thinks is activity that represents the entering into the game of life for the sake of promoting the common good.

1. Hanging out with my friends at the community pool
   
   
2. Doing my homework before playing my favorite video game
   
   
3. Raking the leaves in my elderly neighbor’s yard while she is in the hospital.
   
   
4. Wearing my bike helmet and insisting that my younger sister do the same whenever we have to ride together
   
   
5. Participating as a volunteer in our community summer camp
   
   
6. Organizing a pick-up game of soccer
   
   
7. Refusing to smoke
   
   
8. Playing a card game with my grandmother
   
   
9. Sleeping in
   
   
10. Shooting off firecrackers for the local kids
    
    
11. Cleaning up trash in a back alley.
    
    
12. Opening a door for someone who is behind me
    
     
13. Keeping my voice down in public places
    
    
14. Pushing my way to the front of the line so I can get home to clean my room