Eleanor Alper
- Shazar High School Bat Yam
As an assignment while reading A Summer's
Reading,
I had my 11th grade- 5 point class write
about respect.
Here are some excerpts from their work:
Laura Scheller
Respect, such a big word, but what does
it mean? Is it just a
concept or does it really exist? From
my short experience,
respect is part of different kinds of
relations that exist
between people. I believe that to respect
someone is to accept
the other person's opinions and be polite
and decent towards
what he thinks and believes in. Respect
is a give and take
sense. It's very hard for someone to give
respect if he is not
getting any from his surroundings and
this is one of the reasons
that some people just can't respect others,
and accept that
there are some people who act and think
in a different way.
Tali Peri
Respect is the basis of good relations
between people.
Ella Layani
This is a value we all need in this world.We
should start going
by this value, not only in big issues
like peace talks or in
world problems, but we should start from
small but important
issues like learning to respect each other
on the roads, in
school and generally in society.
Oran Leshtchiski
Respect is the most basic thing people
should give to one
another. Everyone wants to be respected.Only
when a man gives
respect, will he get respect in return.
People shouldn't look at
people and classify them by race, color,
gender or way of life.
They should treat everyone equal.
Decla Marco
What is respect? Respect to me is simply
giving to others the
same chances as we give to ourselves,
the right to speak and be
heard.Respect should be mutual between
people. People should be
taught to give respect to others and respect
themselves.
Inbar Bejerano
Respect is the most important thing in
any relationship. If we
don't respect others and think we are
better than they are,we
will reach our end very soon.
Linor Stainberg
Respect- the feeling of honour, high opinion
or regard
Respect is something you gain through
time. You can't buy it.
Respect is a concept that is different
in the eyes of different
people, cultures, social groups and different
status.
For example in the business world you
must be successful in
order to gain respect.In the old days
people would die for
respect.Respect in my eyes is valuable
yet not something to die
for. I respect people who are honest to
themselves, stand up for
their opinions and have a sense of right
and wrong. I do not
respect people for their status,or their
money. I respect a
person for what they are as a person which
is much more
important than their background.
Michal Kalo
Respect is not about liking people, it
is about treating each
person as you want to be treated.
Sharon Birnbaum
Respect is when someone is treated with
consideration or high
regard.There should be understanding between
two or more people
to maintain a relationship of respect.
Maayan Wayn
Respect is the feeling of honor, high
opinion or regard. But the
word respect has deeper meanings than
that.I'm talking about
respect to parents, which is one of the
Ten Commandments.
..Another kind of respect is expected
towards elders, their
wisdom, experience of life and their age
and physical
difficulties.
I can also think about respect towards
scholars and intellectual
people and in my case towards my teachers.
This respect has to
be mutual, of course.
The most important kind of respect is
essential in regards to
others views, opinions, religions, races
and cultures. Thus,
from all of the above, it is clear that
respect is one of the
fundaments of our life as human beings
in a social company, and
without it there is no existence for human
society.
