--- title: Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Friends sometimes dare or push you to do something gross, unsafe or against the rules. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Peer pressure, happy secrets and being… # Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted Lesson 315 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/0/) — Friends sometimes dare or push you to do something gross, unsafe or against the rules. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/1/) — You never have to prove anything: «No thanks» and changing the subject is enough. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/2/) — Some secrets are happy ones, like a Christmas present for Mum. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/3/) — Keeping quiet and acting surprised lets the giver enjoy the moment. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/4/) — Trust is like a glass vase: quick to break and slow to mend. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/5/) — If you have lied before, the only way to win trust back is to keep telling the truth, day after day. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/6/) — Being trustworthy means behaving well when no one is watching, and taking care when someone small depends on you. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/7/) — You do not have to accept a dare; your health matters more than proving anything. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/8/) — Saying «No thanks» and changing the subject is a good way to turn down a dare. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/9/) — Skipping a lesson gets you in trouble and worries school staff, who must always know where you are. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/10/) — A happy secret, like a surprise present, should be kept, because spoiling it takes the joy from the giver. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/11/) — Trust is quick to lose and slow to rebuild. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/12/) — After a lie, parents may check up on you more; telling the truth again and again lets trust grow back slowly. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/13/) — Being good when no one is watching is what makes you trustworthy. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/14/) — A private, harmless secret about a friend can be kept, but a secret that hides harm or danger must be told to a trusted adult. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/15/) — A grown-up should never ask a child to keep secrets from their parents; if one does, tell your mum, dad or another trusted adult. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/16/) — Asking someone about their boyfriend or girlfriend as a dare is rude; people's private lives are not a joke. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/17/) — When you look after a younger child, keep them in sight and call an adult if anything happens. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/18/) — A boy in New Zealand took a dare to hold his breath underwater as long as he could; he blacked out and a lifeguard had to pull him out. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/19/) — A girl in Florida skipped a lesson to hang out behind the gym; the school could not find her, parents were called, and police were about to search. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/20/) — Holding your breath underwater too long can make you black out without warning, and many people drown that way. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/21/) — When a child is missing at school, staff must treat it as an emergency until the child is found. - ← previous: [Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/) - next →: [Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/316-new-pets-caring-snake-bites-bears-and-the-zoo/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)