What I Can Do
Learning Task No. 7: Supposed that you are the main character in the situation,
and you are required to act or to decide:
a. What will you do?
b. How will you classify your choice? Is it practical or intellectual?
c. What will be the cost of your decision?
You must answer the following questions for each situation. Write your answers
in your notebook.
1. Atty. Nathalie Joy is one of the best criminal lawyers in the country. One
time her boyfriend Mark who is the judge of the Regional Trial Court of
Calamba was assassinated by the unknown armed men. One evening, she
received a call from her friend saying that she has to meet her old client
and friend. Upon coming to her office, she received her former client and
friend Zandy. Zandy confessed that she is the one who commanded the
assassins to assail the judge. Unknown to Zandy is the relationship
between the celebrity lawyer and the deceased judge. However, before they
talked, both signed an agreement that says that what shall transpire in
their conversation shall be considered as privileged communication. Zandy
asked Atty. Nathalie to be her legal counsel. Atty. Nathalie Joy and her
deceased fiancé highly believe in the sanctity of the legal profession. If you
are Atty. Nathalie Joy, what will you do?
2. Victoria, the mother of Rico, is known to be a church servant in their Local
Church. One night while she was preparing for diner, suddenly, her son
came rushing to her. This son of hers confessed that her girlfriend Gayle
was found pregnant. Her girlfriend, being a minor, told her parents that
she was just simply seduced by her boyfriend that is why they ended up
with a child in her womb. Frederico, the father of Gayle and a military
sergeant, becomes furious and hunts the lover of his daughter to harm the
latter. Afraid of the father of Gayle, Aling Victoria brought his son to Pastor
Denggoy, the eldest brother of Vicoria, to seek refuge for his son. It so happened that the said pastor and Frederico are “compadres” because the former is one of the godfathers of Gayle in her baptism. If you are Pastor Denggoy, what will you do?
3. During a buy-bust operation conducted by the PNP San Gabriel City, the daughter of the incumbent city mayor, Chenelyn, was accosted by the policemen in pot – session. There is a strong public belief that Chenelyn is behind the rampant drug activities in his town. During the preliminary investigation, Dr. Nicole, the resident criminal laboratory doctor is given the task of conducting a drug test to the accosted daughter of the city mayor. Dr. Nicole is known for her credibility for her profession and is even recognized by the United Nations as one of the excellent practitioners in her field. In the afternoon before she would conduct the drug test for the accused, she received a call from her mother, who was a victim of a drugrelated crime, saying that she must perform the drug test well. After a few
minutes, the city mayor himself shows up and offers 1.5 million pesos surety just to falsify her soon to be findings. The mayor indirectly conveyed that if she does anything against his will, evil may befall on Dr. Nicole’s family. Outside the Crime Laboratory is a group of anti-drugs citizens shouting for justice and conviction against the accused daughter of the city mayor. If you are Dr. Nicole, what will you do?