UNIT 1: 
                    ACCOUNTABILIT
                    Y
   What does is mean 
   to be accountable?
   Who are you 
   accountable to? 
   And for what?
     CASE STUDY NUMBER 1
     Naledi is upset with her Maths teacher.         In her English class the next day, her 
                                                     teacher subtracted marks because her 
     Naledi was ill on Thursday and Friday.          essay was not handed in on time. She 
     When she arrived at school on Monday,           feels cheated and treated unfairly. “It is 
     they wrote a class test on the previous         not my fault that I was sick last week,” 
     week’s work. She feels that her teacher         she told her mother when she arrived 
     was unreasonable to expect her to               home.
     write the test with the rest of the class.
                                                     IS NALEDI JUSTIFIED IN FEELING 
     IS NALEDI RIGHT?                                UPSET?
     CASE STUDY NUMBER 2
                     Lebo’s father woke up            Lebo then lost the money his Mom had 
                     him up for school one            given him.
                     morning at 545am as he 
                     always did. He had only          Lebo was angry at his teachers, his Mom, 
                     gone to bed at 430am             and Dad. He felt that it was everyone 
                     after playing video              else’s fault.
                     games all night.
                    When he got to school his 
                    NS teacher started new            Is this right?
                    work and he could barely 
                    concentrate. Many 
                    teachers were upset with 
                    him. He had forgotten his 
                    PHYS ED clothes too. 
                           We have discussed the 
                           case studies on page 44 
                           and 45.
                           Now answer the questions 
                           in Activity 1.1, adding your 
                           opinion plus anything that 
                           you have learned from the 
                           class.