justkeepon Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 My intent of this is to show, teach, and remind everyone how to behave well to everyone. Respect is... Respect is...listening with out interrupting Respect is...taking their feelings into consideration Respect is...keeping an open mind Respect is...agreeing to disagree Respect is...trying to understand the other person's viewpoint Respect is...loving yourself Respect is...trust and honesty Respect is...giving each other space Respect is...nonviolence Respect is...direct communication Respect is...building a person up instead of tearing them down Respect is...friendliness Respect is...not pressuring the other person ----------------------------------------------------------- We Don't Feel Respected When... We are forced We are ignored We are threatened We feel imposed upon We feel intruded upon We feel judged or rejected We are not listened to We are lied to We are lied about We are not given reasonable explanations We are not asked for our opinions We are invalidated We are interrupted We are laughed at (especially when we are upset or in pain or some kind of trouble) We are not cared about We are mocked We are stereotyped We are underestimated We are not taken seriously Our feelings are not taken seriously Our preferences are not taken seriously Our dreams are not taken seriously Our ideas are not taken seriously Our needs are not acknowledged and not taken seriously Our questions are not taken seriously Our questions are not answered or are evaded We are told that we wouldn't be able to to understand something We are not asked for our ideas Others make decisions about us without our input Others do not try to understand us Others make assumptions about us We are not asked what we think we need Others tell us what they think we need. We are not asked how we feel Others believe they know what is best for us Others believe they know us better than we know ourselves Our way of doing things is not accepted Our privacy is invaded or denied We feel betrayed We feel controlled Link to comment
justkeepon Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'm so good at stumping people i.e. putting people in check (it's a good thing; teaching people a lesson). Link to comment
NametheGame Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Respect is one of the most important things to remember in human interactions. With extraterrestrials, though, anything goes. (jk - even aliens need lovin'!) Link to comment
justkeepon Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 ^Exactly! Yeah, respect is VERY VERY important to me. I'm in college and I noticed that A LOT of college students are immature and lack respect greatly. Link to comment
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