Throughout life we are taught what is right and what is wrong. Oddly enough some people go through life doing what is right and yet, others seem to constantly find themselves second guessing what is right and wrong. Reflecting back on my childhood days, I realize that as a child I was not that perfect little angle so many parents like to brag about during a Sunday social gathering after church. Maybe, I was easily influenced by my school buddies, or maybe it was because I didn’t want to be labeled as the outcast, chicken, or the friend who was no fun to hang out with. Growing up, children are often referred to as a young man or young woman and when I earned that label I somehow knew it all. As you young man, I decided to do things that I had been taught were wrong, yet I felt those rules did not apply to this young man and there was no way I would get caught. Somehow I was wrong and it didn’t take me long to …show more content…
As stated earlier, these are basic core values and my definition of each of these three words would not be the same as found in a dictionary. So, lets exam each word through my eyes. Trust: very similar to faith or promise. Political leaders use trust as a way to sway the American people to vote for them. Many times one is persuade only to find out they were lied, betrayed by others. Just as I was led to believe my buddy that he was telling the truth. Based on the visit from the police officers, I knew from that point on; not to believe anything he told. Had I trusted, my initial instinct when he went through the window, I would have saved myself a lot of punishment. Trust is a very important part of everyone’s daily life, whether it is trusting in oneself, or when we put trust in others to do something for us, i.e. taxi ride, doctors, auto mechanics, just to name a
As years go by in the life of a human being, it is inevitable to not see a change in that human being, regardless whether those changes are physical and or mental. Supposing that every human being stayed with the mentality of a child, the world would be incoherent because none of the humans would be capable of passing that phase of their life and gaining the knowledge and experience that would allow them to continue to the next phase of their
man, develop into an adult while dealing with the many crude actions and ways of
“Injustice is like a desert and justice is like an oasis of water” (Martin Luther King Jr.). Grant Wiggins, Paul Edgecomb, and Joan of Arc are heros of injustice.
Trust is a trait one should obtain for the people they know are the most honest. To trust someone means to put ones full confidence and reliability on an acquaintance such as someone one is close with. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus, one of the leading characters put his complete trust in the people trying to tell him what he should believe. Brutus joined the conspirators to help take down Julius Caesar because he believed it was what was good for Rome based on what he was deceived. This resulted in the killing of Caesar and the death of himself and others. Not considering the right kind of trust in someone can lead to very troubling things. Cassius told a lie as if it was a truth so Brutus
‘Boys will be boys’, a phrase coined to exonerate the entire male sex of loathsome acts past, present, and potential. But what about the female sex, if females act out of turn they are deemed ‘unladylike’ or something of the sort and scolded. This double standard for men and women dates back as far as the first civilizations and exists only because it is allowed to, because it is taught. Gender roles and cues are instilled in children far prior to any knowledge of the anatomy of the sexes. This knowledge is learned socially, culturally, it is not innate. And these characteristics can vary when the environment one is raised in differs from the norm. Child rearing and cultural factors play a large role in how individuals act and see themselves.
From when a child is born, to adulthood, everything done because of them, to them, or in front of them leaves a “puzzle piece” in their brain. By the time they have reached the age of 16 and up, they most likely have already decided or already have become the kind of person they want to be. What they have witnessed and experienced throughout the years of their upbringing has left enough puzzle pieces for them to piece together the type of person they will be. If the child witnesses abuse, they will remember that. If the child witnesses prejudice and racism, they will remember that. If the child witnesses the complete opposite of that, such as acceptance, fairness, and acts of love; they will remember that. From the ages of ten to fifteen, research shows that “early adolescent brain goes through a growth...
I believe that core values are essential to construct my character and personality as a leader. My core values that I believe are as follow:
Firstly, I will begin by identifying my core values. These values can be put into two separate groups. Firstly, there are instrumental values: courageousness, intellectualism, and helpfulness. When considering the myriad of ideals, many others were eliminated
How can a word our society uses so much have such a loose definition. Teacher’s and parents refer to their children as mature or immature. But maybe one teacher’s definition of maturity is the child, —or adult, can press on while a fellow student is in trouble, to ensure he himself does well. While another’s definition is that the child expressed maturity for stopping and helping the other child in his decisions to avoid trouble. A common idea is that to show maturity one must weigh out all the possible outcomes and then ...
According to Byman and Kansanen (2008, p605) ‘… teaching in itself does not imply learning’. The underachievement of young people in education has been a priority in British politics for over two decades (Ross, 2009). The estimates of academic underachievement at Key Stage 4 (KS4) are reportedly between one fifth and one third of the KS4 population in England (Steedman and Stoney, 2004). An Ofsted (2013) report identifies that pupils’ aged from 11 to 16 (early KS4) is below the national average. Underachievement in KS4 has become a recurring phenomenon (Wogboroma, 2014), with several academics and government bodies, identifying a range of significant implications, not only for the individual but also for wider society (Beinart, et al. 2002; McIntosh and Houghton, 2005; Hosie, 2007; Ofsted, 2013; DfE, 2014). This unseen cluster of learners that are academically underachieving is representative of an objectionable waste of potential, in addition incurring subsequent costs, from an individual viewpoint to a national scale (Ofsted, 2013). Consequently, recognizing and instigating timely interventions to tackle underachievement in KS4 and subsequently achieve social justice for this learner group should be a fundamental goal for schools. Motivation is recognised as an effective tool to overcome underachievement (Mega, et al. 2014) Furthermore, the intrinsic loci of motivation has developed to become an important phenomenon for educators, as it produces high-quality and effective learning in addition to creativity and achievement that can be progressively nurtured by teacher practices (Ryan & Stiller, 1991). Theories of motivation, self and society are critically evaluated to determine effective strategies...
Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train a child in the way he should go and when he is grown he will not turn from it.” In reading this proverb ‘between the lines’ it seems to also say, “There may be a time between childhood and adulthood when the adolescent will rebel. The transition may be rocky and defiant, but he will return because of the original truth learned as a child.”
Through this blog I want to address the concern of today’s youth and the questions which linger in the minds of young adults slapped by the societal obligations and social expectations. Our generation feels that being imperfect is a blot on their character. We are so engulfed in other’s life that we forget to take stand of ourselves. We have stopped giving time to ourselves, to our parents, to our closed ones. We always care about our physical appearances.
moral principles”. So how does this tie in with trust? Put simply, the more trust you put into a person, the
According to Kate Bornstein and their work Gender Outlaw, “the first question we usually ask new parents is: Is it a boy or a girl?” (46). This question creates a sense of a rigid dichotomy, by which individuals must outwardly conform to either being male or female. Individuals who do not prescribe to this binary concept of gender identity find themselves ostracized from much of society – ignored, ridiculed, and laughed at as an insignificant minority. For this group of people, “either/or is used as a control mechanism,” creating a normative group by which power can be derived from (102). According to Bornstein, the concept of the gender binary being the “natural state of affairs” is one of the most dangerous thoughts proliferated about gender within modern society (105). For individuals who do not conform to this socially created structure, they are seen as opposing the natural order of things, and subsequently, their power is stripped by society, and they are deemed as unnatural and inhuman. These oppressive labels create intense feelings of gender dissonance, and the pressure to conform can often overwhelm the individual, directly resulting in often horrific
Core values are principles that can help people know the difference between right and wrong, and help an individual live a better life. These principles define and distinguish a human, and they can be important and influencing one’s decisions in life.