Your response must be a minimum of 2 paragraphs and is due Tuesday October 15, 2013:
This week, schools across New Jersey celebrate Respect Week, where we give a little extra respect to our peers, teachers, loved ones, our neighbors, our pets (and even those people we don't like very much). As we go through the week, try and think of how you can embody this mantra in your own life - choose to respect someone else's opinion, not argue with them; help out your little brother, sister, cousin or parent; respect the beliefs of another culture (or at least their right to have a belief other than yours). There are many people who we can give respect to, both older and younger than us.
For your blog this week, I want you to think about the word "respect" and what it means to you. First, define the word in a personal way, perhaps illustrating with an interesting or colorful example. Tell us a situation when it was hard for you to respect someone (or try to think of a fictional character that has experienced a similar event). Relate a moment when a person has earned your respect.
We all know that we need to respect certain people. In your own words, describe the types (or specific) people that demand your respect, either habitually or occasionally. What makes them worthy of your attention and respect? Also, consider how one gets respect: is it something that is earned? or something that comes with a certain position or relationship to you? Explain. Think about how a person could lose respect (either self-respect or the respect of others) and how one earns it back. Isn't it difficult to earn the respect of someone whom you've let down? Finally, think about how you respect yourself: how do you evaluate your value? what actions to you take (or chose not to take) that show self-respect?
You do not have to tackle all of the questions above - they are meant to guide you and spark thoughts. I would much rather read a lengthy discussion of a few of the topics, with depth and meaning, than a list that answers all of them briefly.
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ReplyDeleteMarcus Caldwell
Respect can be gain from anyone and can be lost, most people’s actions can cause them to gain or lose respect whether it is from an adult or a child. Respect is not something that is won but is earned through hard work and patients. Respect can go a long way, it is something that will help you in life and help the people around you. Most people don’t understand the meaning of respect and tend to be the arrogant person of the bunch. Who would want a friend like that? Respect is something you should give to another person too, not only can you gain and lose it but you can also give it. For example: let’s say you are working for a company and your boss walks in. what do you do? Well for one you don’t just show him/her a bad time like talk back to him/her. You show your boss respect, say “good morning how you are doing” and act like you don’t hate your job. If you don’t you might make him/her have less expectation for you in the future.
It is not hard to earn respect; it’s how you think how hard it will be. If you relax and take grip of what you are doing it won’t be as hard earning respect as you thought it would. You can get respect from almost anywhere and from anyone if you are saying the right things and from your body language. If someone is talking to you and you act like you don’t care than they will get the feeling you are just a jerk. But, if you pay attention you will make progress and possibly get ahead in life depending on who you are talking to. For me I try to be nice to everyone and try to help in any way I can, because in the long run they might help me in the future when I need it. So all you have to do is be yourself and don’t try to be like someone else. If you try to be like someone else you may act like a jerk to everyone and people will not like you for it.
My definition of respect is showing someone that they are cared about and that you look up to them, also I think it means to make them feel like they are worth something. For example, I always treat my grandma with respect. When she asks me to do her a favor I do it. If she asks me a question I answer it without getting upset if she had asked it five times before. I show respect to my parents, aunts, uncles, and to my elders (adults). A person that has earned my respect is a guy named Johnny. He was a homeless man on the streets of New York. I inched past him on the crowded sidewalk. All of the sudden a woman screamed, “Ahh! That guy just stole my purse!” she pointed at the guy who was dashing away with her money. Johnny leaped up and ran after him, the soles of his worn out shoes flopped on the pavement. When he caught up with the guy he tackled him to the ground and pried the purse from the man’s fingers. The he alerted a passing office and they took him into custody. The lady came and thanked him for saving her purse. She thanked him with all her heart and handed him a business card. On it said her name and where she worked. I am the manager of Trumph hotel. You can come and go as you like. That day I gained respect for both Johnny and the business woman.
ReplyDeletePolice officers demand respect because of their position always, and they want you to know they have power over you. Judges and lawyers also demand your respect because of their position. Teachers also demand respect, when you are in school or under their supervision they have power to punish you and get you in trouble. Family members demand respect because of your relationship, you never lie to a family member and make fun of them. They should be respected and should do the same for you, unless they give you a reason not to. Lastly, stranger demand respect habitually, they don’t want to be called buddy, pal, chick, or lady. They would much rather be called ma’am or sir. I believe that respect is earned not given. Although there are some exceptions, like cops and judges. If I don’t know you I won’t respect you. Respect can also be lost; if a person does something outrageous or stupid I won’t respect them anymore. If they do something that is really bad, I can’t look up to them anymore; if I did it would be setting a bad example. Someone could earn that respect back by making what they did right and apologizing for their actions. I respect myself by not giving myself away to other people. I don’t do drugs or smoke, I respect my body and don’t do harmful things to it. I would take any actions necessary to show self respect, I wouldn’t cave to peer pressure, and would distance myself from the people doing it, even if it was my “friends”.
Wow - that's an awesome story about Johnny the homeless man. Is it true?
DeleteDictionary.com defines respect as, esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability. I believe this is far too complicated. I believe respect is to treat someone, or to be treated with basic human rights and dignity, to be kind and to not treat a person negatively. People such as relatives, or teachers, or people older than you in general always deserve respect. They have had to deal with enough in their life, and they do not need some teenager disrespecting them. Other people usually have to work to gain a person’s respect.
ReplyDeleteI work as a cashier at a food market. Many customers come in angry or upset and will treat me or one of my coworkers with disrespect. In this situation it is very hard to stay positive and treat that customer with respect. Why should we treat you with respect, when you are not respecting us. It needs to be done though, otherwise we could lose our jobs. Our bosses know this occurs and train us to deal with these situations.
What I think respect means is an act of kindness and being honest to one another. Respect is like when there is someone who drops their books and you pick it up for them that is showing respect. It was Friday October 11 and it was Freshman Focus day, toward the end we (freshman) were shown a movie named “Cyberbully” I believe and it was about a girl who started getting teased, name calling, and cyberbullied off the internet. The girl being the main character was Taylor and she found it hard to find the respect she needed because she was very depressed of how she was getting bullied and that the cyberbullying wouldn’t stop. The movie got to it’s breaking point when Taylor was trying to commit suicide but luckily she was stopped and was needed for help. At the end after hearing stories of other teens getting bullied she stood up to bully who started all of this and demended for respect. Taylor got what she wanted and as always it concluded with a happy ending. Taylor finally got the respect she deserved for being couragous and she was proud of herself as also her friends helped her out.
ReplyDeleteThe types of people that demend my respect are those who are friendly and with a enthusiastic type of personality that also includes those who are also funny. What makes them worthy of my attention is that I can see that that person whether it be he/she is respectful and helps out when in need. In my opinion, respect should be earned because you have to prove why you demand respect such as being a friendly or very athletic person you have to show the guts you have. One thing I know is you can’t judge reality prove yourself to others that you like being respected. A person can lose respect by starting to be cocky and annoying because you want to show the good qualities you have inside of you and not the bad qualities. It is difficult to earn the respect of someone you let down because you don’t know if they’ll accept you back or give you the respect you want. I respect myself by just being a generous type of person and helping out. I like to help others when in need and just be like a caring person who they can confident with. If you are kind to people they will also do the same.
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ReplyDeleteMy definition of respect is forming a correlation with emotions and reflections for an existent or non-existent thing. A time when I had to respect someone when I didn’t feel up to it was when I was in camp. I was so young so I did not understand society in depth as much as I do in specific terms today. One girl was bullying me at this stay-away camp and did not understand how personalities can differ from one another. Even though I had a strong disliking for her I still knew bullying her back was wrong and still had to not try to make her life the worst. I had to respect and understand our differences to know how to deal with her. I had to learn how to respect her by tolerating her and her flaws. When one is worthy of respect in my standards then I give them respect. If one is not a burden to humanity they deserve respect.
People that demand my respect are usually teachers, elders, adults, my religious belief background which is God and Jesus. Those categories of people are usually smarter, more understanding, blankly better at life than I am. Someone can gain my respect by earning it, proving they deserve it, having a strong position in my life, having a certain relationship to me. Someone can lose my respect by diminishing what made them gain my respect. If you lose respect for yourself you are declining in life and should figure out what is bugging you. If you respect yourself others will do the same. To earn respect back one must respect themselves and proving they are worthy of respect. It is difficult to earn the respect back from someone you have let down. Once that bond is broken it is hard to mend. Friends come and go but memories last forever. Finally, how I respect myself is by proving to myself I am fit for society. I try to accomplish my life standards and won’t let myself down in the scenarios of a crisis. I am fit to say that I am proud of myself in life.
Respect, as Google defines it, is a “feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.” While it does define it, it doesn’t really tell what respect truly is. I think respect is a feeling, but not just any old feeling. Respect is something you have for someone, and can affect how you view a certain person, or even yourself. It is gained or lost depending how a person acts, or what kind of character they have. For example, kids tend to respect their parents. After all, they are the ones who made the child. Also because the parents are the ones who provide the child with food, shelter, and clothing. The parents have worked hard to get where they are, and the child would like to do the same thing one day. So they respect their parents and maybe even view one of them as a role model. However, that’s not case all the time. Sometimes, children are born into a family where one parent is abusive. If that’s the case, then the child would probably hate them because of their personality. The child would grow up not respecting them, and possibly take out their anger by bullying people, which is wrong, and goes against the point of respect week.
ReplyDeleteIn life, there are people that we have to give respect to, such as teachers, law enforcers, and family. They all demand respect because they tend to be in a position higher than you. For example, policemen enforce the law and have the power put you in jail. Although it’s not illegal to disrespect a cop, they’ll probably end up finding a way to give you a ticket. Either way, you want to respect an officer. Teachers are smarter than you, and can punish you, so it’s best to respect them as well. Besides, insubordination doesn’t look good on a college resume. Last, family members need to be given respect. Even if you don’t like them, you still got to respect them because you’re related to them. For instance, if you’re visiting your grandparents, they need your upmost respect. Not only are they older, but they are also wiser and smarter. They have lived a long, hard life. They have faced the inevitable and know what to do when life gives you lemons. Aside from that, if they like you, then they can give you some “word of wisdoms” as all old people tend to have. Honestly, it’s a win-win if you respect them.
Respect, in my opinion, is something you earn. It’s part of life and can be easy to earn if you are willing to work for it and stay determined. There are many ways to gain respect without overstraining yourself, such as helping out the poor or donating to charity. People you know will look to you as a selfless person who cares for others. However, regaining respect is much harder than getting it the first time. If you did something immoral, such as plagiarize, people would think of you as lazy and untrustworthy. I would take a lot of effort to gain it back, mainly because people don’t trust you. In fact, you may even have lost some self-respect. Self-respect, as the name implies, is respect for yourself. You can lose it if you do something you regret, such as murdering someone, and not confessing it. Your conscience would kill you for not doing the right thing. All in all, respect has a big impact in your life, and affects your view of people. It can build you up, or tear you down.
Respect, respect to me is to be kind and courteous to people. For example showing respect to elders like talking to them more formally. There are many ways to show respect to different kind of people.However in my eyes someone can't just show respect to someone without them earning. Also if you want people to respect you, you need to respect them too.
ReplyDeleteFor instance an example from me is the one time i wanted someone to respect me so i can respect them. I met one of my best friends a couple years ago. But in my family and where my parents grew up greeting someone is the start of a relationship. So when I saw my soon to be friend I was going to greet him but I wanted to see how much he respects me so I waited for him to say hello. However both our parents are from the same country so we grew up with the same morals. Therefore we were both waiting for the other one to say hello. Until we figured out we were both waiting for each other so we greeted each other.
Alex Montoya
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Respect is what everyone says it is, a two way street. I’m the type of person who if I don’t know who you are, I will still respect you from the beginning. I’m the type of person who will give you respect without even trying, but the second you mess up it’s all gone. I respect people as a way to show them that I’m open to new people but I won’t let them walk all over me or use me. I don’t judge by who you are and will always respect you as long as your attitude toward me is mutual. I respect people because some people want respect before they can give it, but if you dislike me and disrespect me for no reason, I’m going to give you a reason to dislike me.
There are some people that I have to give my respect to and it’s my family and anyone who is a family person. I respect people who love and will do anything for their family above anything else. I respect myself but that is one of the biggest reasons why, I love and will do anything for my family. Self-respect is very important because, how is it that people can respect others but not themselves? Why respect someone to build them up but you take yourself down? There must be in my opinion, a certain level of self-respect needs to be met. I find it amazing how so many people don’t respect themselves but respect anyone else, even if they don’t deserve it. But some people only think about respecting anyone but them. They believe that they should gain all the respect in the world without even gaining it. Those are the very few people I won’t even think about respecting.
Sydney White
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Respect is not only a word, but an action you give towards people. To respect someone is to be kind and caring to people. Respect is an action everyone should show to their peers, classmates, parents, teachers, elders, and anyone else that they see around them . I show people respect when they show me respect. For example, if im in a store and someone kindly asks me to pass them something they cannot reach I will be generous and show them respect and get it for them. On he other hand if their nasty and like "get me that" and they don't say please or they disrespect me , I will be not disrespectful back, but quite nasty.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T is a simple seven letter word that everyone should know the definition of, and show this towards everyone! this is an action many people don't use because they think its unnecessary to show people they barely know respect. In my own opinion I think that respect is a word that everyone should know the definition of and how to treat people with it properly. If respect wasn't a action towards people who knows how the world would be. Respect is kindness, and kindness in being nice towards people.
My definition of respect is to be considerate to another person by showing them equality and fairness. You should have regard to another person and not think of just yourself. For example, I respect many people in history such as Martin Luther King Jr., Joan of Arc, Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks and Anne Frank. All these people have earned respect because of what they did. They all stood up for what they believed in. Anne Frank wrote in her diary all of her powerful words and thoughts in a diary where she stood her ground about her beliefs. Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up on the bus because of her skin color. Joan of Arc helped her country win the war even though she died for it. They also tried to help others as well. Martin Luther King Jr. helped made everyone equal and thought us not judge others. Harriett Tubman helped others escape the south and lead them to the north so that they would be safe which she did repeatedly. I respect all these people for their actions. I know sometimes it is hard to respect others as well. For example, in the book series “Divergent”, the main character Beatrice Prior has trouble respecting a faction leader, Marcus Eaton, because he abused his son Tobias. Even though Marcus is at a high position, Beatrice can’t respect him for what he has done.
ReplyDeleteI think that respect is something is something that is earned and not given. The people that are mentioned in the paragraph above have all earned respect through their action and words. You don’t have to do something as big or important as the people above to earn my respect. If you are kind, caring, and helpful and treat everyone equally, then you earn my respect. I do believe that if you want to be treated with respect then you should treat others with respect. You can earn my respect that way. Respect is not a something that is given because of a certain relationship or position. For example, you can be one of the richest, most powerful person on the face of the planet but, can be a complete jerk. You wouldn’t earn people’s respect even in your position. This is how people can learn respect. If someone is rude, cruel, treats people unequally and makes people without regard. I do believe that it is possible for someone to earn their respect back. They can redeem themselves by changing their attitude or apologize. Anything that makes them a better person can show that they can be forgiven and then they can earn their respect back. I do think that I respect myself. I never put myself down, don’t do anything to harm myself and value my life. I never wish to change myself. I am confident in myself. This shows that I do respect myself no matter what people do or say, I will respect myself.
This recent week was 'Respect Week' and everyone was reminded to respect everyone even if they didn't like certain people. To me, I think respect is when you admire or feel for something or someone due to things they've done or do that you like or agree with. I think respect is important and should be used more than it is now. Respect seems to be a bit challenging to gain from people because they probably have different beliefs about interests, ideas, actions, etc. Or possibly because other people are rude and don't put themselves in other people's positions before saying or doing the wrong thing that could trigger loss of respect or admiration. Sometimes on the internet, I see negative comments about people's thoughts or actions. First of all, it's not of their business and they don't know exactly what they have gone through to be like the way they are. But, unfortunately, respect is no where in the picture and the judging comes in just as it always does. I admit, I've judged people but once I found out the background story I feel so ashamed for assuming something that was totally false. I've learned to not judge people because I'm sure people judge me about what I do or say but they don't know what I have gone through.
ReplyDeleteI have had many people gain respect for me and sometimes people have probably lost respect for me. In my opinion, I think people gain respect for me because I stick up for what I believe in and back up other people when they are being knocked down from others being negative. I don't go around, for instance, telling men or women they can't be attracted to their own gender. If that is what makes them happy, then let them be happy! But if people allow others to live their lives being happy, then respect couldn't be earned. Special bonds and relationships people take a part in the topic respect. They will share personal things they know they won't be judged for. Those bonds will include one admiring the other for something and that is another possible way to help gain respect. In a strong relationship, respect comes quick and will probably stay.
Respect is a complicated subject. Respect is a way to show the person you recognize them as something more than someone who is just there. You treat them as someone you hold in a high regard, rather than not recognize them on that level. A situation that would make it hard for someone to respect another is if, hypothetically, Tim is at a party, and then Jim, his friend, starts throwing cake at people. Observing that Jim is completely immature, it would be hard for Tim to respect him. On the contrast, someone might earn your respect by acting intelligently, such as handling a class of kindergarteners well.
ReplyDeleteOne of the types of people I respect is someone that sticks by their morals. Someone who, even under fire, will stick to their beliefs. An example of someone like this would be Jesus Christ. As in the Bible, Jesus was crucified for spreading the Word of God, and never denied his belief. I try to do things that would be respectable by someone who watches me. Considering I want to be respected, I try to have fun, but at the same time, I try to keep it cool, not crazy.
Respect, to me this word means chosen loyalty with certain expectations that this feeling will be mutual from the contradictory person. For instance, you chose who to respect and who not to respect. You also expect to have the person who which you are showing respect to, to show the same emotion back to you. To show respect you have to become loyal, trustworthy, be aware of who you are talking to, take the proper actions depending on the situation, be the mature subject of the group and always show proper and well manners. There are many ways to show and act out respect, however, respect should also come from the heart as well. It shan't only come from words and speeches.
ReplyDeleteThere are many ways that someone can lose my respect. For instance, if a person is a compulsive liar, very hurtful, is a bully and or hurt one of my friends or family in a physical and it emotional way or form, any respect that I had for that person would be gone. Another way that a person can lose my respect is if they become someone that I know at heart they never were, I will lose respect for them as well. For instance, if someone were to become two-faced, starting declining in academic way, and or basically became a "low life," I would lose almost, possibly all respect for that person. Respect is an award and a privilege. People should not abuse it.
Someone can very easily earn respect from me. They can do this in many ways. One way being, the person would have to always have my back and support me 100% . Also, that person would have to help me make good judgements and stop me before I do something that even I know deep down is very arrogant to do. Also, that person has to be very trustworthy and loyal. They have to keep their words and let me know ring I can trust them. Also, the person would have to prove that they would never change for any one, they know how to make correct decisions for their own selves and they would have to illustrate that they will never hurt any one in a physical and or emotional manner. This is how a person can gain respect from me personally.
Respect is a value, a life lesson, a goal and a privilege. Many people can lose respect from me myself. Others can easily gain respect as well. I believe that everyone should respect each other and treat others the way that they wish to be treated themselves. I am very thankful for there being a respect week in this school district. This helps show the importance of respect and how others can gain and lose the respect that they do or not have from others already. Respect is very important, do not treat it as if it is a game.
What I think respect mean is a caring person Who isn't rude or ignorant, who will always accept people's things and doesn't say mean comments. For example, if someone if you are well mannered to adults and you listen you are respecting them because you are showing them that you are mature and you are showing them that you have respect for them. Also whenever I'm playing soccer if I trip a player I help them to get up because I'm showing respect to him. One time when I was playing soccer
ReplyDeleteI've been pushed around alot because i am small. But one time when this kid kicked my knee his team came up to him and yelled at him because it was wrong to kick my knee and he picked me up and asked me if I was ok. There I knew the kid showed respect to me and I respected him back. Respect is something you need to earn because if want people to respect you,You have to respect them back. But people can lose respect for you because you might be rude to them, not responsible, trustworthy, of just mean. this happened to many people when they want respect it's hard for them because maybe the person that they didn't respect don't want to respect or be their friend. Their some cases that you can earn your respect easily but for others it isn't easy it all depends on the situation. When people don't respect me I don't respect them back but sometimes I give them a chance because I'm a nice guy. I am respectful to my peers and family. Whenever Im at my friends house I always say hi to their parents and respect thier
House rules. Also I like to help out my friends and family in anything because I'm always there for them and I'm showing respect for them.
Jonathan Meyer
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Respect to me, is being kind and considerate of others and listening to them politely, and not being rude. Also, giving someone respect is accepting their flaws and quirks and not insulting them for it. If you give someone respect then when they talk, you listen and stay quiet, or when they are weird in their behavior you defend them from ridicule. When you do not give someone respect you insult and bully them, you constantly interrupt them and don’t pay attention to them and you don’t help them when they need it. For example, Bill respects Anne a lot. To him she is a really kind girl who doesn’t bother anyone. When Rob started picking on her and pushing her around. He would pin her up against lockers and throw her books until she gave him money. One day in lunch Rob was hovering over Anne yelling at her for money. Bill decided to go over and stand between them. He told Rob to stop and that he was bullying Anne and he was going to inform a teacher. He said that there was no reason for such disrespect. After that Bill told his best teacher of Rob and Rob was suspended. Bill showed incredible respect for Anne and defended her because of his respect, when Rob showed her the ultimate disrespect.
One time I have had trouble respecting someone is when they showed me that they insulted their own mother. As I’ve stated in a previous blog, I knew of a person who would yell at his mom and insult her. To me it is impossible to respect that person. I can’t even fathom how you can insult the person who gave birth to you. A mother endures the pain and troubles of having a baby and taking care of it. They make their life goal taking care of you and supporting you. I don’t understand how you can disrespect them by back talking them and yelling back at them for asking you a simple command. You just don’t insult your mom or your dad too. It is just wrong and complete disrespect for someone who loves and takes care of you. I cannot respect that person for what they put their mom through, and the disrespect they show them. Opposite of this person, my mom has my utmost respect. For the past several years of my life I have begun to notice all of the helpful things my mom does. I can’t think of one specific time she has earned my respect, but I can think of some things she’s done multiple times that I respect. My mom has this year, last year, and 3 years ago, worked every Rutgers’s game to earn money for project graduation. For all of my siblings’ senior years my mom has run the main fundraiser for Project Graduation which is the Rutgers’s games. I see every year she’s done it how stressed she is and how much time and effort she puts into it. Almost nobody volunteers, so she goes out of her way to organize the event and track down every kid in the grade to see if they can help. Out of all 90 or so kids each year only 3 or 4 families help out, and my mom is at the forefront leading the cause. To me her desire to help my siblings and their classes, even though it is an enormous effort and extremely stressful, makes me have humongous respect for her.
For me, the given people that deserve respect are teachers. Teachers are people who have taken a low-income job with worsening conditions, for the purpose of helping kids succeed. To me it is just a given to respect them, but for some people, they don’t. I don’t want to understand what they are thinking that makes it justified for them to disrespect teachers. Some people constantly interrupt the teacher in the middle of a lesson, just for an immature or rude comment. Others are always talking when the teacher is talking which is rude and disrespectful and taking away from those who want to learn. Others back sass teachers and give them lip trying to correct them or disagreeing with them. For me, I know to sit in class and behave. I know to be quiet and listen and when I have a comment, to raise my hand. I understand how important the position of teacher is and I respect teachers for what they are put through. Especially now when teachers are being targeted in New Jersey, are being blamed for students failures and are having as many benefits sucked out of their jobs as possible, that I know to respect them for sticking with their profession for their love of their job, their love of kids, and their love of their subject.
DeleteLandin Morris
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Respect is having boundaries and limits to make sure that your treating other people in the appropriate and proper polite manner. What I’m trying to say is that you can respect someone to certain point where you are treating them polite and proper, but your not associating them as your friend. They are just an associate. My father always told me that I don’t have to like everybody but I do have to treat everyone with respect because the proper thing to do. There have been many times when I have had to respect people I don’t like. One time was with my step bother. When I was in 3rd grade, this new boy moved to school, and immedality we had tension. We just didn’t like each other, I felt like it natural to not like him, and the feelings were mutual to him. But then one day I found out that my mom was dating his dad, and I was seeing him more often that just in the school hallways. A year or so later, we ended up moving into a house, were now I’m seeing him walking around my house, breathing my air, and it just bothers me because we argue a lot, and we just don’t like each other. But I knew that even though I didn’t like him, in order to live in my own house in harmony, I would have to respect him, and once I showed respect towards him, he did towards me, and now we have learn to live with one another and respect one another even though we don’t like each other. This situation taught me that I have to respect the people that I don’t like, just because it’s the mature thing to do, and it’s the right thing to do.
There are also many other people who demand me respect besides my step bother. For example, other people who demand my respect are people in my family. Now naturally your supposed to respect your family because it is out love and kindness you respect them. But personally, in my family we don’t all get along well, and me being in this family for 15 years now, there are already many people I don’t like in my own family. But my mother tells me tat naturally whether I like them or not, they are a part of my family, and they deserve my respect just like any other person, and that they are worthy of my respect because it’s proper to respect people.
I think that respect is like the circle of life, its jus goes around, around, and around. Sometimes it you get back from people and sometimes you don’t. But from perspective its proper to respect someone even if you don’t like them, because they are still humans, and because I would want someone to respect my boundaries and limits even if they don’t like me. I believe that everyone’s view of respect is different because everyone experiences different things. But I do think that respect can be earned, but for me, whether you earn my respect or not, I will always respect you as a person. But once you lose my respect, I lost trust in you, and from there where ever our relationship stands, I found it hard to recover from after that. But just as much as I respect other people, I do respect myself. I respect myself but treating proper and taking care of myself. Its tiny stuff like that really do make a big deal in your personality, and I do think you can tell how people will respect other people, by how they respect themselves and vice versa.
Respect, in my opinion, is something that is earned, not given. I think respect is when you are nice to someone and not giving them an attitude or talk to them rudely. You get respect by being trust worthy, helpful, kind, and never lie. Its good to have respect because if you have respect other kid will be nice to you and more and more kids will give you respect. If you don’t have respect no one will treat you nicely. Actions you do to get respect are for example you never lie or steal which makes you trust worthy. Which in the case will help you get some respect. Also you can kind and curdiouse which mean holding the door for someone letting someone borrow something, and also talking nice.
ReplyDeleteYou give respect to someone by for example my mom I give her respect because after working almost 24 hours strait and picking up groceries I will bring in all the groceries for her. You can also give respect by for example authority figures you don’t talk back to them and instead you listen and do what they tell you to do. For example my cousin gives respect to my mom by picking up my sister from school, taking her to dance practice, and watching her while my mom’s at work working diligently. Respect is something that doesn’t come to you it is something you have to earn. Respect is something that should be appreciated. Respect is not easily given, needs to be earned.
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ReplyDeleteThe term respect means to show a feeling of deep admiration or something elicited by their abilities. Loosely translated it means to be kind in which one shows empathy and understanding towards another. Respect should be passed on throughout everyday interactions and conversations. At a time in my life I witnessed my peer sob and cry over a physical item with few contribution to everyday life or wellness. Watching this young adult whine and sob over something so miniscule made me observe his behavior in a new light. I lost most if not all respect for this individual for that display of poor character.
ReplyDeleteI believe that in most cases if not all it is a given that parents and teachers receive respect from a person. Although, personally I see it as “In order to get respect one must give respect,” this quote would usually vary by age or standard. If that were the case for all situations my peers and I would be at a stalemate. In those occasional occurrences I would step up and deliver an equal amount of respect first to break the stillness. If I were to show respect and then additionally receive an immature disrespectful outcome to that that person would lose all of my respect. I respect myself very much and believe that if I can’t respect myself before I do anyone else that I have failed myself as a person.
In my opinion respect means when someone admires others for what they have accomplished, something they have, or their personality. “I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” by Jackie Robinson a quote that can be related to the definition of respect. Jackie Robinson was a professional baseball player for the LA Dodgers. He was the first black professional baseball player who needed the respect of his team and the professional baseball community. After he showed his skill and willingness to not fight back against the racist players, coaches, umpires, and the fans he earned the respect of them. They respected him for his accomplishments and his braveness.
ReplyDeleteThe people who deserve respect are parents, teachers, government officials like police officers or military personnel, and people we don’t know. We should respect them because they can change our futures if they wanted and there older and wiser than all of us so they need to have our respect. Also one earns respect by respecting others. If you want respect then you must give respect. Someone can lose respect by lying or letting someone down. Someone can earn it back by showing people they have changed. I respect myself by being healthy and exercising and not being a follower and doing things for myself.
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To me, respect has always been treating someone the way that you would want to be treated. Whether it a stranger or someone important to you. In my family, respect is something that is very important and if you show disrespect, you're going to get punished for it. For example, if my mother and I were out shopping, and someone was in our way, I would have to go up to them and politely say excuse me. One person I had a hard time respecting was a boy in my school. He was extremely and unnecessarily loud and obnoxious, he had no respect for anyone and was just not a very nice person in general. Nor did he respect me or my friends, but thankfully he moved to Georgia and out of this town.
People that earn respect and get respect are two different kind of people. The people that earn respect are most likely people that either did something extraordinary or generously thoughtful, and some people that get respect in a bad way shouldn't get it at all. People who get respect by being intimidating or mean and violent don't deserve respect but still get it anyways because people who don't respect those people probably get bullied or hurt in some way. People who earn respect by either standing up to a bully or doing an extremely hard task for someone deserve respect because they doing something nice for someone and treating others the way they would want to be treated. Ways that I show myself respect is by not going around doing inappropriate behavior such as abusing alcohol or drugs, or engaging in sexual activity, or doing anything I wouldn't want anyone to judge me on.
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Respect Week
Respect is something that everyone wants and expects from everybody. What respect means to me is that you do to others how you want to be treated. For example, if you’re nice to someone they’ll be nice back to you, well that’s what we think but it doesn’t always me that they will be nice back. In a personal way respect means that if you are nice, kind, helpful to others then they may do the same for you. A time that it was hard for me to respect someone was one time when one of my old friends was talking about my sister and I to my sisters friends during the end of the year and during the summer. She tried apologizing to me and it was hard to forgive her because she denied ever talking about my sister and I and it made me pretty upset when she told me that. So when she would tell me that she liked my outfit, I would say thank you but it was hard to actually respect her compliment towards me. A moment where someone has earned my respect is when I was really mad at my nine year old cousin for a long time and then the next time I saw her she apologized for what she did and explained to me why she did what she did, so then I just forgave her because what she did and why was understandable. I forgave her because she’s family and nothing can tare a family apart.
The types of people who demand my respect are my parent/guardians, elders, friends, family, and teachers. Mostly my parents/guardians and teachers. My parents/guardians demand fro respect all the time and sometimes I give it to them even though I know that I should give it to them all the time. As well as my teachers, they demand for respect all the time as well. I know better not to yell or talk back to my teachers, if they tell me to lower my voice or to stop talking I listen to them and not continue talking. What makes them worthy of my respect is that they are elders who I have to listen to no matter what. How one gets respect is that if it’s a teacher or parent then its not really earned unless they do something drastic to you that you didn’t like. If it’s a friend or brother/sister then it has to be earned especially if they have done something drastic. Lastly, how a person can lose respect is if that person talks about you behind your back or curses you out or does something else that’s really drastic that you didn’t like.
Respect. Personally, I believe the word respect means to show gratitude or kindness to others, just as you want to be treated as well. There was once a time where it was very hard for me to respect someone. Actually I just finally learned to respect. In the beginning, this person was very obnoxious and inappropriate. In the end I just had to ignore his ignorant comments and respect him, because it was the mature thing to. Furthermore, a time where someone earned my respect was somewhere around the end of 8th grade. At the beginning this kid who I thought was very annoying, turned out to be actually a nice, and funny person. He wasn’t exactly what everyone said, and he showed it to me, when he made me laugh in almost all the classes we had together.
ReplyDeletePeople who always have my respects are firstly my parents. In addition people such as policeman, firefighters, teachers, elders, congressman, they all have my respects because they are a higher and important figure in the community. Furthermore a way someone earns my respect, is well, sometimes they already have it. Unless you give a very bad first impression towards me, you will mostly always have my respect. Its how you’ll lose it from me is the question. Unless you are a total jerk, show no kindness, inappropriate, and very obnoxious, you will have my respect.
If you ever lose my respect, I will almost never give it back to you. To earn my respect after you lose it is very complicated, because it means that lost my trust, my friendship, and my care towards you. To gain it back, either buy me very expensive car (Just Kidding), but show that you care, show that what you did to lose it, was your fault, and that you are very upset about it. Anyways, I show my respect to myself is almost as showing respect to someone else. I don’t let my guard down, I always look at the outcomes of the situations I take, and I don’t influence myself to bad habits.
Key word, “Respect”. It means so many different things to many different people. Although, to me it means to have manners, care, trust, honor, love, relation, greet, repay, and admire one another is to have Respect. Most teenage behavior is not respecting towards another, because many teenagers don’t have manners at the table, care for little things or people they don’t like, trust goes right out the window for them, no ability to honor or love people they don’t like, and some that don’t relate to others bully or turn down, greeting or answering someone older like “sup or what” is not acceptable, lies and not repaying others are not the ways of respect at all. Be good on the inside and out.
ReplyDeleteOne time is when you have to earn someone’s respect. For instance, being nice to one another. Being respectful or nice to another is like giving presents, doing chores and favors for that person. Chores in other words cleaning, helping, put something away or take out garbage. Presents like for a holiday or a birthday. Giving someone thing they want or need. Then doing favors like watching someone for a moment or go out and get food (running an errand for them). Being nice is helping that person out. Respect, life without it equals no more peace.
respect is not something I give out right away. People always say first impressions count a lot but I think it's a different story when it comes to respect. If someone has different beliefs than me I can respect that if they can back it up, but if they can't and answer stupidly I can't respect their opinion. If I had to put respect in my own words I would say giving respect is, giving someone a kind of prestige for having an equal or greater intelligence or skill than yourself. So some people can have different levels of respect for the same person. So for me to give you respect you can't be ignorant like a lot of people now a days. For example if you just follow the crowd and don't speak for yourself but let others speak for you, I can't respect you.
ReplyDeleteI can respect people who are intelligent older then me and don't just follow the crowd. When people just follow the crowd they often become ignorant and believe everything that they are told. The people who don't just follow the crowd and speak their mind I can respect, except the one who are insane and believe in bigfoot and stuff. overall I find people who don't follow the crowd to be more intelligent then the ones that do. I can lose respect for people though, if someone turns on me, I can't respect a backstabber. I also can't respect someone who thinks they're better than everyone else, they don't reserve my respect if they disrespect me enough to think they're better than me and everyone else.
Respect is what people earn, not what you give out because there are people who don't even deserve it at all. The people who deserve respect are the ones that show you that they are respectful and don't disrespect you that get you upset or feel any type of way in how they present themselves. Many people say that you have to give people respect right off the bat and be a mature person, but in my opinion I'm not going to stand there if someone is saying things I don't like or disrespects me because that is a person who is immature and doesn't deserve nothing but a realization of what they are doing wrong. Me, I present myself respectful and try to be a nice person when I meet somebody because my parents taught me to be mature about my first impressions but many times there will be immature people who need to realize that when they present themselves, they need to be nice and respectful. Respect is not just given, it is earned by showing you can be respectful back because it works both ways
ReplyDeleteRespect is the appreciation towards someone or something's worthiness. It honors the opposing party and to one self also. It is important for everyone to show the value of respect and the value of responsibility towards each other because much of the universal values contribute to the goodness of the individuals and their societies, and that it also affirms our human dignity. Even though there is no agreement between any opposing parties, it is always better to retain the your attempt to harass the opposite, and to also endeavor to remain silent while trying to listen to any coming opionion, eventhough it is exceedingly difficult to have some respect to the most ignorant people. The people who careless about others, but loves to grab attentions for their own benefits, do no deserve to earn any respect until they endeavor to show any respect back. Despite the amount of ignorant people around our societies, there are many individuals who deserves to earn the respect more than they need. They're the people who helps the community, the people who is in need, and any type of fragile being.
ReplyDeleteHabitually, many people had already earned my respect for giving chances to others, helping and trying to understand the surroundings,and do many positive things towards themselves. I do not support anyone who harms themselves. Respect, personally, is considered a reward that only appreciating people should gain. They are highly worthy of my attention to help them. In order to get others' help, individuals must understand that no one can ever stick around to support them forever. Especially the people who doesn't expect anything in return of their good deeds, they deserve to be idolized so others can follow thier triat. It is easy to lose respect for someone over a minimum action or an argument. Once a person reveals that they do not have any interest or care towards themselves, and others, and thus comment or act any ignorance infront of the public, it is obvious to me that the person is worth nothing because they weren't able to try and see the world differently. To regain respect from the person whom you let down depends on the situation that had harmed the other. To gain respect again, requires alot of work and courage. It is never too late for someone to apologize, repair, or make a difference as long as they live. In my opinion, I respect myself by ignoring the wrongs and try to do what's best for me even though it will not be pleasing. I evaluate my own value by working hard, and taking care of family and friends without depending on anything. It proves myself and others than I'm able to do anything people thought I wasn't able to. It also represent myself as an idol towards my brothers and other dependant people.
My definition for respect is simply being nice and having manners. I believe you have to give respect in order to earn it. If one doesn’t respect you then I feel you shouldn’t respect them because having respect is the proper thing to do. For example, if you respect someone then she should also show respect towards you, but if they are mean to you and are rude then you have no reason to give them respect. Respect is important in life because it can get you places. If you want a certain job the best way to go through your day is to have respect; even if you don’t like a coworker. If you show them respect it’s easier than if you showed you didn’t like them and work would be difficult.
ReplyDeleteRespect is something that’s gets you through life with ease. You also don’t necessarily have to like someone to respect them. You can respect that person and not like them. If you respect them then you are polite and you have manners. Getting into a fight with that person wouldn’t be worth it. Plus if you respect them they should respect you. Respect is the mature thing to do and be. Therefore, you should always give respect and you should get it in return.
respect means to me is just leaving a person to do as they wish and to trust them to make their own decisions and face the consequences of those actions. a time where i found it hard to respect someone is when they would look to me to do everything for them and would never do anything. no names. though a time when someone earned my respect is when they did everything for their group and got everyone an A+.
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