Why Go To School?
QUICK CHECK ANSWERS:
1.  Students who prove themselves by success in 
school.
2.  Dependable, reliable, trustworthy.
3.  a) Reporting to work on time every day sched -
uled, calling in as soon as possible, asking in 
advance when time off is needed.   
  b) Doing each task correct and complete.  
  c) Handling company’s products and equipment 
with care and not anything taking home.
4.  a) Turning in each homework assignment when 
it is due.  
  b) Answering every question on homework 
assignments and bringing needed supplies to 
class.   
  c) Doing your homework.
5.  a) Not talking, writing notes to friends, or day -
dreaming while the teacher is talking.  
  b) Reading books, studying grammar/punctua -
tion, and doing the writing assignments 
6.	 a)	How	to	think	to	fill	in	information	that	may	 be missing to solve a problem.
7.  a) Teaching you the skill of thinking with logic.
  b) Ability to think in steps using the correct way 
of thinking to get a solution.
8.  a) Public relation skills:  the way you treat 
people and attitude you show to others.  
  b) Organized, cheerful, and helpful to the cus -
tomers.
9.  a) Tact: saying or doing the right thing.  
  b) Empathy: understanding how another person 
feels and thinks.  
  c) Respect: concern for another.  
  d) Positive attitude: thinking the best about a 
person or situation.
10.  Discipline, effort, and attitude.
11.  Student's opinion.
12.  To understand how they are thinking so that you 
can win.
13.  So that you don’t get too many fouls or thrown  out	of	the	game	(or	fired).
14.  a) Initiative: ability to start a job without being 
told, and continue working until it is complete. 
b) Pride: Good feeling of self-respect when 
something has been done well.
15.  a) Seeing what needs to be done and doing it 
without being told.  
  b) Getting the best grades you can instead of the 
minimum required for passing.
16.  Student's answer for (a) to (c).