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Yingzi Lixing

Ms. Marlowe

Expo R/W p.5

September,1, 2017

What Is Respect?

There are different opinions among people as to respect. In my opinion, respect is to treat

people well and accept them without any prejudices. People would treat you well when you treat them

well. Therefore, respecting others is respecting yourself.

When I was third grade, there was a new teacher came to the school. One day in the class, all

the kids raise their hands when the teacher asked a question. So I also raised my hand although I

didn’t know the answer. However, the teacher picked me and I can’t told anything. After the class, the

teacher asked me why I did that, I was crying and said,” Because everyone know the answer, they will

laugh at me if I don’t know the answer.” But she told me,” when you know the answer, you can raise

your right hand, if you do not know the answer, you can raise your left hand.”

Since that, everytime when I raised my right hand, my teacher would try to let me answer. When I

raised my left hand, my teacher wouldn’t pick me to answer. It helped me build my confidence and I

also improved my grades. That’s how my teacher respect me and gave me the warm.

Respect is the sweet water in the desert, a cup of hot cocoa in the winter, and the light in the

dark night. Respect is you treat people the way you want to be treated. Now that is respect.