Respect

We have all heard of the golden rule, do onto others as you would have them do onto you. What exactly does that mean? It means to respect. However, the issue with the term in today’s society, is that the definition of respect isn’t known to all. Respect [ri-spekt] noun • a particular, detail, or point • relation or reference • esteem for or a sense of worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability •…

you want to be treated,” otherwise known as “The Golden Rule”. I would like to be treated with respect, therefore, I treat my fellow classmates with respect. What is respect? Respect to me is how you treat and feel about a person. If you respect a person you care about that person’s feelings and well-being or you accept a person for who they are and how they act. Why should I respect my classmates? I respect my classmates because I know how much words and actions hurt. You never know what…

Laurence Sterne once said, “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, but respect for others guides our manners.” We all want to be respected. We all want to show others respect. We all want to know how to earn respect. Throughout this essay I will teach you the three steps to earn respect. There are many examples of respect and how to earn it in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I will be explaining each step in depth with examples from the novel. Hopefully by the end of this essay…

Respect… just think about it for a minute and ask yourself what it means for you. The dictionary defines respect as an act of giving particular attention or high regard. I believe that respect is so valuable to us today and for any generation. I want to talk about kinds of respect. First of all, respect yourself. That is the start. It is like a foundation for future house where house is the world. In order to honor someone, you must first respect oneself. “ Respect yourself enough to walk away…

Essentially, the word respect describes a situation where one person thinks highly of another. Authentic respect, however, requires a mutual and deep admiration between two people or groups. For example, respect between a supportive teacher and a proactive student often occurs. Respect also demands a high esteem gained through specific instances. A celebrity who acts as a role model to their fans often gains a high level of respect for the moral actions and decisions they make. Respect also…

The topic that Module 1 addresses is respect in today’s school systems. I close read the recommended article and then chose another article from USA TODAY entitled, “Respect at School in Decline, Survey Shows” by Greg Toppo from 2014. Because I had seen so many of the movies under the teacher/student relationship section of Dr. Slattery’s list, I rented the movie Half Nelson. The short synopsis reads: Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a history teacher at a Brooklyn school. Though well-liked by…

In the fourteen years I have been on this earth, there have been many times I should have shown respect, but this one time rivals every other time by a long shot. This particular time I should have shown respect happened when I was younger. The consequences of this time had snapped me out of the little stage of disrespecting everyone. It was a crisp Autumn day in Dierks, Arkansas when my family and I were cleaning the house and the yard. My grandma had told me the consequences of not finishing,…

Respect - a word we hear a lot in today’s society. We have all heard the quotations coming in a profusion from your teachers, parents, and friends - “treat others the way you want to be treated,” or “you must give respect to get it.” As our society grows and develops, respect, and displaying respect for all, namely, is becoming increasingly onerous as the true meaning behind this preeminent word is becoming obsolete. Respect, and having it for yourself and towards others, starts with the basic…

Respect: an amalgam of admiration, reverence, and regard that can validate people’s dreams and aspirations. Not surprisingly, people intensely desire respect. This intense longing, however, can be wrongly reduced to the fulfillment of a concrete task. For example, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby chronicles its eponymous character’s struggle to gain respect. Ralph Ellison’s Bildungsroman Invisible Man depicts a nameless, black narrator’s similar struggle to earn respect as he…

human being. We need these qualities to be considered “successful” in society. The military life teaches not only the military member but their dependents respect. As a military child, I learned to respect all of my surroundings, all people including strangers, and to respect myself and my beliefs. Do you like being respected? Why not respect others as well; treat others like you would like to be treated. By going into the military, you would learn how to be respectful and how to be respected.…