Ethics

Respecting my elders was one of the first lessons I learned when I was younger. My parents were quick to teach me the proper way to behave around adults. This has helped me now, as I am older and dealing with adults on a regular bases. I know at school my teachers will show me respect, if I give them respect. It is easier in the long run to respect my teachers because we both benefit from it. There was a handle full of troublemakers in middle school, none which had any respect from their teachers. This made their life more difficult than it would have been if they showed their teachers some respect. The teachers could not trust these certain students and they were constantly getting on the teachers nerves and ended out to sit in the hall the majority of the time. I am able to see from my peers, the relationship between the teachers when they show them respect and when they don’t. Respecting my grandparents and especially my parents makes my life much much easier because I am getting in less trouble. Having a sister, we are able to watch what happens when the other talks back to a parent, we see the consequences and know we do not want that happening to us. So we try to behave the best we can, we make mental notes on how we can act more proper. My parents were raised to respect their parents and any other adults, so they passed the knowledge down to me because they think it is an important lesson for everyone to learn. My parents had taught me a lot on how to behave and how to make good choices, they are still teaching me lessons and giving lectures when I make mistakes even at age 18 because they want to prepare me for the world. They want me be able to make good decisions when I am out on my own.