Language of Responsibility
Victims and Creators see the world very differently. As a result, they use different
vocabularies to represent their reality. In other words, you can tell a Victim and a
Creator by their choice of words. On the handout, translate the Victim language
into Creator language
Victim Talk
1. I would be doing a lot better at this
college if the teachers were better.
2. They ought to do something about
the food around here.
3. I couldn't come to class because I
had to go to the dentist for a checkup.
4. You just can't pass a course when
it's that hard.
5. My boss makes me so angry.
6. I can't help talking in class.
7. I couldn't get the assignment
because I was absent.
8. I couldn't come to the conference I
scheduled with you yesterday
because my math teacher made me
take a makeup test.
9. People always get angry when they
work hard and still fail a course.
10. I couldn't attend class because I
had to drive my mother to work.
11. I would have called you, but my
daughter got sick.
12. They don't know what they're
doing around here.
13. I couldn't get to class on time
because my last teacher kept us late.
14. I tried calling him, but he's never
home.
15. I didn't have time to do my
homework.
Creator Talk