Would you rather?
Regina Bish,Youthlink Writer

In every single thing you do you are choosing a direction. Your life is a product of choices.

- Dr Kathleen Hall

Life is all about choices. When faced with options we must choose ONE. Here are a few questions around which to wrap your brain. They certainly made 25 teens stop and think, "Hmmm"?

You are starving at school. Would you rather spend your last $300 on a cooked lunch OR buy a less costly meal (such as a patty and juice) and save some money?

Spend it all - 8% Save money - 92%

"I'd spend it all because saving money is not going to prevent me from passing out. Besides, the less costly meal would fill me for a while, but then I'd quickly become irritable and hungry again."

- Danielle, 16

"I would opt for a less costly meal because it still does the job of feeding me and (hopefully) it will put an end to the hunger while still leaving me with a little extra cash in case expenses unexpectedly arise during the course of the day."

- Lexine, 15

Would you rather find your significant other cheating OR be told by that trustworthy source in front of all your friends? (Ps, you brag about him/her a lot.)

See it myself - 100% Be told by friend - 0%

"If I found out myself, I would be able to privately discuss the situation with my significant other, without having other people know about it. That way, a scandal would be prevented and I would have time to think it through and take decisive actions. I couldn't bear the embarrassment and ridicule of being told in front of my friends after having bragged about him so much."

- Khadijah, 15

Would you rather live a good, clean life with absolutely no fun OR live a more notorious life and have all the fun?

Clean life - 68% Bad life - 32%

"I'd prefer to live a clean life, because sin catches up with people in due course and, eventually, there are consequences for all actions, good or bad. Additionally, I'd have a constant clean conscience."

- Khadijah, 15

"How can you have life and not have fun! I say a life with all fun because life is worth enjoying to the max."

- Ravena, 14

Would you rather make the headlines for saving someone's life OR for winning a quite prestigious competition?

Someone's life - 72% Competition - 28%

"A life is worth a lot more. It is a precious and valuable gift from God and saving one would be quite an accomplishment for me; it is much more worthwhile than winning some competition."

- Candice,15

"I like anything prestigious so I think it would be really impressive to win that competition."

- Kristina, 16

Would you rather have one wish granted today OR five wishes granted over a period of 10 years?

One today - 12% Five wishes - 88%

"I'd have one wish granted today and wish for more wishes because it's not guaranteed that I will be alive tomorrow, much less for the next decade."

- Robin, 16

"I'd have the five wishes granted in the period of 10 years. This is because I'll gradually become more mature in the next 10 years and so I'd be able to make more intelligent/sensible wishes."

- Dominic, 14