b'decision-makingWhat we learned about decision-makingReflections by seventh graders with the MaST Community Healthy Panther Post after interviewing Alison Stumacher, deputy director of education for the Alliance for Decision Education.Emotions can change your choice based on the decision youre in. If you have a negative emotion, you could choose the wrong decision. You would have to put emotions I had to decide if I wantedaside and choose the better option.togohomeorgotomyLuka Tavelishvilifriendshouse.Ifelt badbecauseshehadSomething that stuck out wantedmetogowiththat I learned from Ali her,butIdidntbecauseStumacher was that if you Ihadhomeworktodo.Ihave two decisions and you dont learnedthatyoushouldseem to like any of them, make dotherightthinganda third option. I have been using this a lot lately because its just so togetyourworkdoneonhelpful. Like I didnt know what I timetogetgoodgrades. would wear to my band concert. Abigail Mosher I had two outfits and didnt like either of them. So I picked a really cute outfit instead that I knew I When Ali Stumacher was talking about HALT, it reallywouldnt hate.helped me think more about stuff. It helped me calm down when I get angry or annoyed, and I actually used HALT when I gotElizabeth Mathaimad a few weeks ago. I thought this was a very important thing in the interview because it really helps me already and can help many more people. If people can calm down when they are angry, it can help to not making bad choices.Jared HanimanI first think about if I should do this. Ill think about it for a good minute until I decide if it is worth it. If I think it is worth it, then I will do it. But if it is really important, I sometimes ask some people if I should do it or not.Olsen CastilloF a l l 2 0 2 5 | H E A L T H Y N E W S W O R K S . O R G5'