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    Respect is a vital factor in people's relationships and may very well be able to determine a large amount of how the people in that relationship act and interact around each other. Respect can mean much different than most think. It can be how you treat someone, and the things you do for someone. Respect can lead to being able to encourage and help someone with the problems they encounter over time. Accepting the other person who they are regardless of factors such as religion, race, sexual orientation

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    “If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self- respect will you compel others to respect you.”(Fyodor Dostoyevsky) This means that respect always starts from the inside, and if you want to be respected you need self- respect. Respect is an admiration for someone's ability, qualities, and achievements. Three people that show respect, due to their actions are Harriet Tubman, Abuelo, and my mom. Harriet Tubman was a courageous woman, who

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    What is Respect? Is it something we earn or to give? According to Dictionary reference.com, respect is “esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person; a personal quality or ability or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability.” As a child, my parents told me to respect my siblings and elders. I was taught that respect was the most important thing we needed to do as a family, because if we don’t respect each other then who will support us?

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    There are many ways to earn respect. It usually happens when you wear certain brands of clothing and if you are friends with the popular kind of people. The adults don’t always respect us, as they usually think the youth is full of happiness and sunshine, because we don’t have to do taxes. There are rules that adults just don’t understand, however, if adults knew about these rules, maybe they can help their children with them. There are many different rules that kids have in their middle school

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    Respect is ingrained into our society, whether it be a whole community of respectful people to the lone actions of a few. It is, however, still present and necessary for the society to function. It shows where there is a lack of respect, especially in dysfunctional families. Respect to me is knowing your boundaries and just simply having good manners. For example, addressing certain people. If they are elders, it is disrespectful to say, “Hey you…” Basic respect is just addressing people politely

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    Respect can be defined as an action or a feeling that is shown to others, oneself or something. Some may that you can get a feeling out of any virtue, for example anger or disrespect, but respect is usually connected between two individuals; an action of showing how much love, pride and honor you have for them and having your words and actions speak for you indicating that respect is being shown. There is a chain reaction when it comes to expressing respect, you must give respect to gain respect

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    Your parents tell you about it all the time. Most don’t know exactly what it means. Respect. To have respect is to hold oneself worthy of your admiration or approval. Society cannot function without respect because it is the oil that keeps the gears turning. Respect is actively listening, obeying orders, and being mindful, whether it's to others, the environment, the law, or yourself. In today’s society, respect is decreasing. In schools, in the workplace, at home, and in public with racism, sexism

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    Respect, being the third Army Value, is a central pillar to the beliefs and principles upheld by the United States Army. These beliefs and principles are representative of this organization and are integral to the behaviors between superior and subordinate, team member to team member, or officer to Noncommissioned Officer, and are central to customs and courtesies that we must all adhere to. Respect and courtesies that travel both up and down the chain are not only critical, but highly revered and

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    The effect of respect The impact respect has made on an ever growing society is seen best within people. The interactions between mother and son, from one friend to another, and as teacher to a student shows how respect affects relationships so severely. Respect should be taught at an early age, giving a new look on what it means, how to use it, and the importance it holds in all settings so that as the youth grows older respect is not abandon in the younger years. This is best demonstrated in

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    Respect RESPECT HAS BEEN a distinctive US Army value since 1778 when Frederick William Baron von Steuben noted that a US officer.s first objective should be to treat his men .with every possible kindness and humanity..1 So it was not surprising when the US Army identified respect as oneof its seven values. In 1998 respect language gave the Army a powerful way to organize ongoing discussions about discrimination and harassment.2 The previous year.s headlines had been filled with allegations of

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