Respect

A detailed Summary of Respect

The many problems we face today as a society seem to become more and more

overwhelming. I believe that respect for one other is a big social issue we face today in our

generation of tomorrow. We see this problem in teens, in so many places. For example, in school

there is a lack of respect for students from other fellow students. At home there is a lack of

respect from the children of this generation to their parents. There is also a lack of respect from

young adults to most authoritative figures.

First, the most apparent sign of lack of respect is in the school with students who do not

respect their peers. Most students fail to recognize each other as equals because of differing

economic status, race, and religious beliefs. Not only these situations play prime roles in the

disrespect of others, but also the clubs and organizations one could be associated with. For

example, the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado. The complaint brought before the

public from the guilty students was that they were mistreated by the football players of Columbine

High. They were said to have been teased until their life became so miserable that they took their

aggression out - the wrong way - on everybody in the school. The cause

lack of disrespect between the two parties resulting in recurrent retaliation, until one party went

even consider respecting anyone outside a relationship that was supposed to be close knit?

generosity of teaching and protection. Police officers strive to keep things in order for each and

Knowing that the majority of the time a teacher has a point, therefore entitling them to the name

teachers in the way as I was taught to do, even in times of disagreement on situations and subjects.

talking back to on of these three people? I see it almost every day! The generation of tomorrow

one person out of the household could sit down and ask Jack and Jill if they know the Golden rule

what they should receive at home, thus leading to a life of violence and crime. This decision of

elders to our village know as society, they deserve the up most respect for their time and caring

these figures from the youth of today is little at all, which is evident by the increasing number of

ones who do not want to or do not know how to respect other. As a student I have respected my

the person as I had seen as "not nice", fewer times it was not.

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