Respect Vs Disrespect By Osita Onyebuchi Respect vs. Disrespect Have you ever met someone who was rude to you and didn’t hold you with much regard? How did you feel? Did you feel angry? What do you think respect is? How is respect earned? Respect is an important way of being kind and good to other people. We live in a society that respect is earned not given. With respect there is also an opposite side of disrespect. The definition of respect is to consider worthy of high regard. There are
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beliefs and values. I try to demonstrate respect‚ integrity‚ and engagement in my everyday life. I believe respect is a very important value to have. If a person doesn’t show respect to people they will not respect that person back. I have shown respect by whenever I borrow a pencil I always make sure to give it back to them and give them a genuine thank you. Whenever someone borrows a pencil from me and doesn’t give it back or say thank you I don’t respect them. Knowing how it makes me feel not to
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DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. The saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ goes a very long way; I learnt my lesson the hard way. I happened to be a very judgmental teenager and I lost many friends that way. Even before speaking with or having any contact with an individual‚ I judged them based on what I saw on the outside. My friends‚ the ones who stuck with me‚ always told me that one of those days‚ I would be taught a valuable lesson; and boy they were correct. I remember the day as
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The Wildest Experience of My Life Carl S. Fricke English Composition 1 So my last weekend before being deployed has finally arrived. I wanted to do something exciting‚ extreme - something I never would have imagined doing before – something that would take a lot of heart to do. Maybe even could be called a little crazy as others told me. Skydiving was something I had never done and certainly had never thought of doing until now. After doing some research online‚ I found a place only an
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Samantha Martin Mrs. Nunnery ENG 111-980W 23 Sept. 2011 My First Swimming Lesson Learning new things can sometimes be scary. Swimming‚ for me‚ was one of those new things. I knew swimming was going to be important in my life. The hard part was learning how to swim. I thought it would be god exercise‚ and a good social experience‚ I could spend time with my friends by the pool. My parents were not patient enough with me‚ seeing I did not really like the water. So they put me into a swimming
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My Graduation Graduation day is something many people will never forget. One of my biggest moments in my life was the day of graduation and the weeks leading up to it. It was one of the most exciting but nerve-racking moments in my high school years. Hearing my name being called to receive my diploma made things so surreal. I realized I was walking toward a new beginning in life and at that moment I realized how fast time had past. I was no longer a child anymore. The weeks leading up to graduation
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The Missing Melody I woke up in the middle of the night with a sweat all over my face. “Oh‚ it is such a horrible nightmare I had.” I said to myself. I lighted the candle in my room; the small frame gave me a warmer atmosphere; so I felt a lot better. I tried to continue my sleeping but I had a strong sense that there is something wrong. And what made me frighten until my heart beat faster was my sense is never lie to the reality. Nevertheless‚ I felt asleep again with my doubtful mind. Three hours
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History and fire Once upon a time on a summer afternoon of 2010 a tragedy took place in WHAT SCHOOL of Noida. All I remember is that it was a history lesson which is bad as it is but that incident made it worse and changed my life forever. The boring history lesson initiated the beginning of the dream but what happened later on was no less than a nightmare. It was an incident which changed my life forever. From loathing history I went on to thinking of history as if it is not my cup of tea. “Adolf
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Thump. Thump. Thump. The pounding of the door awakened me in the dead of the night. Distinctive voices were calling through the door. I lay in my bed quietly as I heard the footsteps of my mother in the hallway. Lights went a blazing‚ lighting her way‚ some spilling into our room. Then I heard a door open and more feet shuffling into our quiet home. “Police‚” said an unknown voice‚ so loud and so clear. “Put your hands up in the air and get down on the floor.” My mother moved to obey the order
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True friends are like diamonds‚ precious and rare. False friends are like dirt‚ found everywhere. Friendship should never be a difficult thing; it should always be the easiest thing in life. An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body‚ but an evil friend will wound your mind. A true friend is a hand that is always holding yours‚ no matter how close or far apart you may be‚ someone who is always there and will always‚ always care‚ a feeling
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