Thursday, November 12, 2009

Have you ever had an interaction with someone who was not your family member, but they were able to change your life for the better? Discuss it

Yes I have had someone who is not my family member and they where able to change my life. My 5th grade teacher helped change my life. She always was there for me; she was like a second mother. She never showed favoritism or anything of the sort. One way she helped me was encouragement. Even though I already had it from my mother she still was there to give me more. Even now I still can go to her for that. She also helped me to understand situations better, how to act in certain situations. It took a lot of hard work but it finally paid off. Even with little things like my work, when I had problems with understanding it she helped me. She always had good advice to give to me no matter what. Even though I had a mother that was in my life and had an important part in my life, my teacher was like a second mom. It was kind of stressful getting all of that pressure from both of them but it later paid off and I think it was worth it. I knew that if I got in trouble I didn’t have to just deal with my mom nut her also. She helped me understand that no matter how tired you get it would all pay off. I still go to her for advice when I need it. I still tell her that I appreciate everything she taught me it helped me.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

1.Is it possile or neccessay to be a bystander when somene is being hurt.

No I do not think it is appropriate or necessary to remain a silent bystander when someone is being hurt physically or emotionally. It is very hard for me to stay quiet when I see someone emotionally hurt. Even if I can’t really help I always ask “what’s the matter”, just to show some concern. If I can help then I will. In some cases when someone is being hurt physically in a dangerous way I think the best thing to do would be to call the police, because trying to get involved in something like that could danger yourself. If it is something you can handle its good to help them because you would want someone to help you in a case such as that one.
Yes it is possible to make amends for your wrongdoings. A way to do this would be to return whatever you stole and to make sure you don’t steal again. Now if you choose to steal over and over again and think that because you apologize makes amends for what you did well you’re wrong. I think that is the only way to amend your wrongdoings. Another way to amend them is by not doing them in the first place.
No we do not have an obligation to be truthful and loyal to our family members and friends. We don’t have to but we should. We should always be able to be truthful to our family and also loyal. If they are “friends” we need to be truthful to them if you want them to be truthful to you then why can’t you be truthful to them. Loyalty is important in friendship and family. If your family cant even trust you than there’s a problem. Of course you DON’T have to be loyal and truthful but you should want to be.