#1 RULE is R E S P E C T
Emerson’s #1 Rule is
R E S P E C T
Respect in school means:
- Desiring to learn
- Desiring to understand what you do not know
- Desiring to make those who are different feel welcome
Respect means:
- Keeping an open mind
- Listening to everything that other people say and honestly comparing their words with your own thoughts, without assuming that you are right
Respect means:
- Appreciating everybody
- Showing concern for everybody
- Involving yourself with others regardless of whether they are popular or not, smart or not, older than you, or younger than you
Respect means:
- Mocking nobody
- Harming nobody
- Ignoring no one
Respect means:
- Helping others to succeed
- Sharing the win
- Proactively thinking and acting for the best of all concerned