Respect Answers

Respect is understanding and acting honestly to others.

Respect is understanding other’s differences.

Respect is keeping an open mind.

Respect is understanding how your actions impact others.

Treating others well despite anything because you don’t know their situation.

It means learning to listen to others even when their opinion doesn’t match your own.

Valuing other’s judgment and valuing opinions.

Being able to express yourself and not being judged because of it.

Listening to each other with an open mind.

Respect means treating each other with dignity and accepting everyone for their differences!

When we're young, we're taught respect. We're taught not to interrupt our peers, listen to our teachers, and be polite to everyone. But as we grow up, this definition is often forgot as we rarely show consideration for our peers who have different values and viewpoints. We lack in appreciation for those who teach us. We are rarely gracious to those who impact our lives. We might think those basic pricinples taught to us at an early age hardly defines respect, but they really do. Respect is given when we listen to differing viewpoints, when we thank someone, when we appreciate, when we treat others with the same consideration. Respect is something we need to give in order to recieve. It is not just reserved for that admirable celebrity. It is reserved for everyone.

Respect on this campus (and in general) is two-fold: one must acknowledge and appreciate both the social and individual identities of others to truly have a sense of respect i.e. the socially ascribed characteristics such as race, religion, and gender are integral to be aware of aside from and in relation to those attributes generally deemed to be a manifestation of personal quality.