Values Before Applause.

Praise and approval are powerful, and most teenagers have learned to read a room for them without even noticing they're doing it. This module asks a quieter question underneath that habit: apart from what earns applause, what actually matters to this person? Naming a handful of real, personal values gives a teen something steadier to stand on than the next compliment or the next like, and becomes the inner reference point the rest of this year's work keeps returning to.

• The difference between doing something because it matters and doing it because it's praised.
• A short, honest process for identifying three to five values that are genuinely their own.
• How to notice when a choice is being driven by approval-seeking rather than by what they actually value.
• A first attempt at using their own values as a reference point for a real decision.