1. Once a young man, discouraged with the hard life on his family farm, struck off on his own. He went to a nearby village and went to work as
an apprentice to a blacksmith
One day one of his sisters came to him and told him that their father was and wanted to see him. Not wishing to hurt his father more,
the young man returned home for a visit.
To his surprise the farm was prosperous. The fields were green with produce. Fruit hung from the branches of every tree. The buildings
were all freshly painted and in good repair.
He asked his sister about the prosperity. She told him, "When you left, father called us all together. He gave each of us a straw and told us
to break it. He then took a group of straws, tied them together, and asked each of us to try to break the bundle. None of us could."
The young man bent over, picked up a straw, and carried it with him as he went to see his father.
II. Henry slammed the post hole digger into the rock hard ground. It was hot, and he was making barely any progress. He sat down in the
shade of what seemed to be the only tree on the prairie. He was out of sight of the house, out of sight of his father plowing a nearby field.
He thought about just staying underneath the tree all afternoon, and in the evening telling his family that the digging Just went slowly
because f the hard ground. As the fatigue eased out of his body, the idea seemed better and better.
As he sat there, his eyes caught a small movement in the dirt. It was an ant pushing a scrap of bread from his lunch. The bread was about
Which statement about personal responsibility is illustrated in both passages?
1. Personal responsibility is learned through hard work, successes, and failures.
02. The best time to learn personal responsibility is in one's youth.
3. Success of a group is dependent on each member showing personal responsibility
4. Personal responsibility is necessary to the survival of families.