Being Independent

As we grow older, we should become less dependent on our parents and other people.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Independent people always need somebody to do something.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An independent person is confident and free to do things without needing help from other people.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If you are independent, you should believe that you are competent and capable of taking care of yourself.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Being independent is a sign of a mature person.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Learning to do things on your own is a sign of the dependent child.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Father and Mother are still at work. You need materials to do your project. What will you do?

• I will go out and play with my friends.

• I will wait for my parents to come home

• I will look around the house for materials that I can use.

• I will not do my project.

Bernard is left in charge of his siblings. His parents are attending an official function n the town hall. Suddenly his brother develops a fever. What will he do?

• He will not take care of his brother.

• Jason will give his brother to eat ice cream.

• He will let his brother play

• He will give his brother medicine

Every day the maid walks Bobby to school and fetches her in the afternoon. The school is only two blocks away from their house. One day, the maid has to go home to visit her sick mother. No one can accompany Deva to school. What will Bobby do as an independent child?

• Bobby’s parents will let her take the school bus.

• Bobby will stop going to school in the meantime

• Bobby will wait for his maid to accompany him to school

• Bobby will go to school on her own.

Felicia slept watching her favorite TV show. The next day she came to school unprepared for a test. What would she do?

• She would ask the teacher about the answer to the test.

• Felicia would excuse herself, pretend to be sick, and go to the clinic.

• She would copy from her classmate.

• She would answer the test as best as she could and promise herself never to neglect her studies again.