Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You refuse to take him down the advanced run.
You tell him there is absolutely no way you are taking him up an advanced
run on his first lesson. He looks at you with a smirk and says, "Fine. I'll
do it on my own after the lesson."
To discourage the boy from trying it, you decide to take him up an intermediate
run. It's tough enough to spook him out of trying the advanced hill,
but not so tough that the boy could really hurt himself.
Your plan works. After several tumbles down the slopes, the boy comes to
you and tells you he won't be trying the advanced run after all.
This is the real-life decision made by Vermont ski instructor
Deborah Ehrenreich. She says allowing a young boy, a novice skier, to take
the advanced run would have been totally irresponsible on her part.
"The boy could have been badly hurt, or worse. It was something I could
have lost my job over, in spite of the fact that the little brat was basically
blackmailing me.
"You have to be really swift dealing with people in this job," says Ehrenreich.