NSTP- CWTS 1
MODULE 3.1 : HUMAN BEHAVIOR:
HONESTY
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
After studying this module, I as a teacher should
be able to:
 identify the concept of Honesty
 understand the importance of
this human behavior; Honesty
 evaluate the benefits of being
honest
TOPIC
OUTLINE
HONESTY
1. The meaning of Honesty
2. The Importance of having a Honest
behavior
3. The Benefits of Honesty in different
Aspects
OVERVIEW
Honesty Helps You Find the Answers You’re
Looking For
Honesty cuts through red tape, distraction,
frustration and indecision. Honesty gets you
where you want to go faster because you
live how you really feel. You may not always
know what you want in your future —
whether that’s one month, six months or two
years from now — but your intuition will give
you a feel for what is in harmony with your
heart.
Honest intentions in speech and action gain
the attention and respect of others. These
people become the ones that you not only
want to influence but be influenced by. The
company we keep and surround ourselves
with help to define
our outlook on life, as well as lift us to places
we couldn’t have arrived at entirely by our
own efforts.
ACTIVATING
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
HONESTY IS THE FIRST CHAPTER IN
THE BOOK OF WISDOM
HUMAN BEHAVIOR:
HONESTY
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Honesty is defined as fairness and
straightforwardness of conduct. Synonyms
include sincerity, integrity and
trustworthiness. They're all good qualities to
find in a person and certainly worthwhile to
learn. Honesty is going to take you places in
life that you never could have dreamed and
it’s the easiest thing you can practice in
order to be happy, successful and fulfilled.
Honesty is part of the foundation of my core
values and principles. Honesty cuts through
deception and knifes its way through deceit
and lies. Honesty leads to a fulfilling, free
life.
Honesty is not just about telling the truth. It’s
about being real with yourself and others
about who you are, what you want and what
you need to live your most authentic life.
Honesty promotes openness, empowers us
and enables us to develop consistency in
how we present the facts. Honesty sharpens
our perception and allows us to observe
everything around us with clarity.
LEARNING
ACTIVITY 1
Reflection on HONESTY
Objective: This activity would be particularly
relevant for supporting student progress
towards learning outcomes with declarative
knowledge.
Task: Students are assigned to a question
that requires them to apply, summarize,
explain or identify etc. an important aspect
of the information just presented. After
asking the question, wait 10 to 15 seconds
before asking for volunteers, or calling on a
randomly selected student to respond. (It
may be useful to provide a visual clue for
students identifying that after posing the
question you would like to them to consider
a response and remain silent for the
designated amount of time.)
Tools and resources: Online resources,
video, laptop, sheet of papers
LESSON 2: THE
IMPORTANCE OF
HONESTY
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Being honest isn't always easy,
otherwise we'd all do it all the time,
but there are fi ve main reasons why
honesty is important:
1. Without honesty there is no
foundation for a lasting or enjoyable
relationship in any context, whether
that be with a family member, friend or
romantic interest. Honesty is a voice
for love that builds trust. Without it,
even 'I love you' becomes a lie in itself
and there's no real security in the
relationship.
2. People can't read your mind. Being
honest doesn't just mean telling the
truth about factual information, but
also about the way you're feeling. If
you were hurt by something someone
did, they may not even realize unless
you are honest with them about how it
affected you. If instead you hide the
way you feel, then you disempower the
other person from doing something
about the problem and refuse the
relationship the opportunity to grow.
They may also feel hurt if they realize
you were upset with them but said
nothing, or if they know you're not
being honest with them about the way
you feel. All of these festers and
damages the relationship, while on the
other hand, being honest about your
feelings can bring healing, solve a
problem, renew hope and foster good
communication.  relationships,
3. When people don't know the truth,
they will try and guess it. That is, not
being honest about something causes
people to try and fi gure out what
you're not saying, or what the truth
actually is. This breeds gossip, which
can then foster more lies and
deception that other people may
mistake as truth. Finally, this causes
many more people to feel hurt and
betrayed when the truth is fi nally
revealed, all of which could be avoided
if honesty was applied in the fi rst
instance.
4. People are usually more hurt
by the concealment of the
truth than by the truth itself.
Some people lie because
they're afraid the truth will get them in
trouble or cause another pain, but
more often than not, while the truth
may be painful, it is still usually less
painful when delivered honestly than
when it is wrapped in deception.
Holding back on it or lying to cover it
only causes people to feel betrayed as
well as hurt, and to then question why
you weren't just honest with them in
the fi rst place.
5. Being honest improves the
relationship and saves us from having
to live a lie. Lies rarely come on their
own: one will usually be needed to
cover another until it spirals out of
control. This becomes complicated for
the one who started it and confusing
for the one receiving it. More than that,
living a lie is hard work. It means not
being yourself or enjoying
and that is not
comfortable for anyone. On the other
hand, while being honest about
diffi cult situations may be
uncomfortable at fi rst, if it can be
worked through, the relationship is
strengthened, trust is built and love is
deepened. 
The best relationships are the ones
with honesty. It may mean diffi cult
talks and awkward confrontations, but
being honest also means better
relationships with others and with
yourself.
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LEARNING
ACTIVITY 2
REFLECTION PAPER
Objective: Write and identify the key ideas
and importance of Honesty in their own way
of living.
Task: Write and list down all the key ideas
related to the importance of Honesty.
Tools and resources: Sheets of paper and
pen.
Lesson 3: The Benefits of Honesty in
Different Aspects
I. BEING HONEST TO OTHERS
1. Figure out why you lie and who you
lie to. We've all lied at one time or
another, to different people, to
ourselves, and for different reasons.
But coming up with a systematic
plan for becoming more honest will
be difficult unless you try to define
those reasons and those people for
yourself.
 Lies to make ourselves look
better might include exaggerations,
embellishments, and flat-out tall-
tales we tell to others, and
ourselves, to make ourselves feel
better about our inadequacies.
When you're unhappy about
something, it's much easier to fill it
in with lies than tell the truth.
 We lie to peers we think are better
than us, because we want them to
respect us as we respect them.
Unfortunately, being dishonest is
disrespectful in the long run. Give
people more credit for their ability
to empathize and understand you
on a deeper level.
 Lies that avoid
embarrassment might include lies
told to cover up bad behaviors,
transgressions, or any activity we're
not proud of. If your mom found a
pack of cigarettes in your jacket,
you might lie and say that they're
your friends to avoid punishment.
 We lie to authoritative figures to
avoid embarrassment and
punishment, including ourselves.
When we've done something we
feel guilty about, lies are told to
eliminate the guilt, avoid the
punishments, and get back to the
objectionable behavior we're forced
to lie about. It's a vicious cycle.
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2. Anticipate behaviors that will make
you feel guilty. To break the chain of
embarrassment and lying, it's
important to learn to anticipate
things that you'll likely feel guilty
about in the future, and avoid those
behaviors. When you lie, you're
covering up some uncomfortable
truth that's more easily couched in a
lie. You can either get comfortable
with the truth, or abandon the
behavior that makes you
embarrassed.
 If you smoke cigarettes, you won't
have to lie if everyone knows it's
true. Own up to it. If a behavior is
un-own-upable, it's probably best to
avoid it. It would be humiliating for
your partner to find out that you had
an inappropriate relationship with a
coworker, but you won't have to lie
if you don't do it.
3. Stop comparing yourself to
others. Sometimes we lie to make
 ourselves seem bigger and better
than we really are. Because we're
constantly competing and
comparing ourselves to others, any
inadequacies can be most-easily
overcome with a quick and creative
lie. If you stop feeling competitive
with others and give yourself the
value you deserve, you won't feel the
need to lie to bring yourself up,
because you're already up!
 Forget what you think other people
want to hear from you. Give other
people the benefit of the doubt, and
assume that they're not running
"game" on you, or being
manipulative. Speak from your
heart and tell the truth, without even
the slightest bit of concern about
whether or not it will make you look
"bad." People respect honesty, even
when the truth is uncomfortable.
 Let your honesty impress people, not
your exaggeration. Lots of
dishonesty results from attempts to
impress our peers with elaborate
tales that will one-up everyone else
at the table. If you're unable to
contribute to the round of
anecdotes about European travel,
just listen quietly and wait until the
subject changes, instead of making
up a ruse about your study-abroad
in Majorca.
4. Accept the consequence and decide
to face them. Sometimes, it's better
to own up to lies, to deceits, and to
prior behaviors that you're
embarrassed about, rather than
continue weaving an elaborate web
of lies. It can be liberating and
extremely healthy to come clean.
Even if there will be some
consequences at the end of the
admission, it'll be the honest
consequences that you deserve.
5. Do things that make you feel
pride. You don't have to lie if you feel
good about yourself! Surround
yourself with caring, understanding
people who will respect you for who
you are. Do things that give you
pleasure and that make you feel
proud of yourself.
 Getting super-drunk every night
might make you feel good for a
couple hours, giving you pleasure,
but the ice-pick in your brain the
next morning at work will have you
feeling embarrassed and guilty
when you can't make it into work.
Take care of yourself, mentally and
physically. Don't do things you're
embarrassed to do.
6. Avoid situations in which you'll have
to lie for others. Be wary when
someone tells you something in
confidence that you know that you
should share with someone else
(e.g., knowledge of a crime, a lie, or a
harmful act against another).
Hearing such information puts you in
a difficult position, especially when
the truth eventually emerges and
reveals to the affected person that
you knew all along.
 If someone begins a sentence with
"Don't tell so-and-so about this,
okay?" be prepared to offer your
own disclaimer: "If it's something
that I'd want to know about were I
them, then please don't tell me. I
don't want to be responsible for
anyone's secrets but my own."

7. Distinguish between what the
person you are conversing with
needs to know and what you want to
say. Sometimes, we feel a burning
urge in our guts to make ourselves
be heard. Telling off a rude
roommate, confronting your spouse,
or arguing with a teacher can all
seem like moments that require our
complete and uncorked honesty, but
pulling out the stopper can be a
quick way to sour relationships and
say things you don't actually mean.
To avoid over-sharing, try to figure
out the difference between things
that you need to say because
another person needs to hear it, and
things that you want to say to make
yourself feel better.
 Someone else needs to know if
they're missing something that
will cause them physical or
emotional harm, or if they're doing
something that's affecting other
people in the same way. Your
roommate might need to know
that their excessive drinking is
making you uncomfortable in your
own house, but not that you think
a new date is "trashy."
 You might want to say something in
a fit of anger or high emotion that,
upon reflection, you might be able
to couch in a more friendly way. In
the middle of an argument about
a lackluster relationship, you may
want to say, "You're gaining
weight and now I'm not attracted
to you," and this might be
important for your spouse to hear
in some ways, though not in
others. However, "I think we could
be healthier" puts the same
sentiment in the language of
something your spouse needs to
know, in a much more polite way.
8. Exercise tact. Everyone likes a
straight-shooter, but sometimes a
straight-shooter's aim can be off by
a couple inches. Consider the effect
of your words and learn to rephrase
possibly-offensive or uncomfortable
language. Learn to volunteer
appropriate opinions
 Use "I" statements when sharing
uncomfortable truths. When you're
sharing your opinions and truths
with others, try to keep your
honesty tamed. Focus on talking
about your feelings, and your
opinions, to stay respectful of
others.
 Try to add the phrase "In my
experience..." or "Personally, I've
observed that..." at the beginning,
or end it with "...but that's just my
observation/experience, that might
not be how things are everywhere".
 Learn to listen quietly while others
are speaking, even if you disagree
with what they're saying, or feel the
need to dissent. When you take a
turn to speak, they'll offer you the
same courtesy, making the
exchange both more honest and
more comfortable.
II. Being Honest With Yourself
1. Give yourself an objective
appraisal. It's important to look in the
proverbial mirror every now and then and
take stock of how you feel. What do you
like about yourself? What do you need to
work on? It's possible to build up
elaborate psychological barriers that
force us into dishonest behaviors,
opinions, and activities that could be
avoided by giving ourselves an objective
appraisal. Write down a list of your
strengths and weaknesses in a notebook,
not to take stock of your self-worth, but
to find things to improve and to celebrate
your achievements.
 Identify your strengths. What are you
good at? What do you do better than
most people you know? What do you
contribute to daily life? What are proud
of? In what ways are you better than you
once were?
 Identify your weaknesses. What
embarrasses you about yourself? What
could you do better? Have you gotten
worse at something specific, over the
years?
2. Confront the things about yourself
that you dislike. A big source of
dishonesty in our lives comes from an
unwillingness to confront the things
about ourselves that we're ashamed of,
embarrassed about, or just plain
disgusted by. Without dwelling on them,
try to define them honestly.
 Maybe you always hoped to have
published that debut novel by the time
you turned 30, a goal that's no closer
now than it was 5 years ago. Maybe you
know you need to get in shape, but find it
easier to keep up the same old routine.
Maybe your relationship is stale and
you're unhappy in it, but can't bring
yourself to make any considerable
changes.
 As much as you can, try to eliminate
excuses from your mind. It doesn't
matter why this particularly
uncomfortable truth about you is so,
because you can't go back into the past
to change it. You can, however, change
your behavior now and start making
yourself happier.
3. Create opportunities for yourself to
improve. From your list of strengths and
weaknesses, try to identify specific areas
for improvement, and specific ways that
you might improve yourself.
 What was necessary for your strengths to
become strengths? What did you do that
you're especially proud of? In what way
could that truth inform your desire to
improve some of your weaknesses?
 What threatens your ability to improve
yourself? Are these threats external, like a
lack of funds necessary to buy a gym
membership and lose a few pounds, or
internal, like a lack of desire to research
DIY weight-loss options?
4. Take action. When you decide to act,
carry through with your decision. Lying to
yourself is easy. It's easy to come up with
a couple hundred reasons not to do
something you don't want to do. That's
why we let it happen so often! Make it hard
on yourself. When you decide to end a
relationship, or start working, start doing it.
Make it happen. Now. Don't wait until you
come up with a litany of reasons that it's
"not the right time." When you make a
decision, set it in motion.
 Make it easy on yourself to be
successful in accomplishing your
improvements. Set up a risk-and-reward
exchange when you accomplish a
daunting task, like buying yourself that
new guitar after ending your ugly
relationship, or treating yourself to a
vacation after losing a couple pounds.
 Accomplish your tasks with digital
aid: you can sign up with Skinny-Text to
receive exercise reminders on your
phone, or even consider using Pact,
which will charge you a specific amount
of money if you choose not to exercise.
Avoiding Unnecessary Lies
1. Don't add color to your stories. One
all-too-tempting and common little lie is
in filling in extra details to make a story
more entertaining. It can be tempting to
make it a bear that wandered into your
campsite, rather than a raccoon, but
you might be setting a precedent that
opens up reasons and opportunities for
more lies. Let the truth be the truth and
be as honest as possible.
2. Get creative with "white lies." We've
all been there, when someone asked
something dreaded, like: "Do I look fat
in this?" or "Is Santa Claus real?"
Sometimes, we feel we must lie to
make someone else feel better, or to
lessen the blow or some uncomfortable
truth, but the choice between being
honest and lying isn't always a choice
between A and B.
 Emphasize the positive. Shift the
focus away from what, in all honesty, you
think is negative. Instead of saying "No, I
don't think you look good in those pants"
say "They're not as flattering as the black
dress—that dress really looks amazing on
you. Have you tried it on with those
stockings you wore to my cousin's
wedding last year?"
 Keep some opinions to yourself. It
might be true that you're not crazy about
the cowboy-themed restaurant and bar
that your best friend wants to visit on her
only night in town, but it's not necessarily
"honest" to share that opinion. What you
want is to serve the greater good of the
evening–you've only got one night
together!–to keep fun moving forward.
Instead of saying, "I don't like this place.
Let's go somewhere else," say "Although
it's not my favorite place, I want to do
what you want to do. Let's make it
awesome."
 Deflect the question. If your child
wants to know if Santa Claus is real, tell
them you're not sure, and engage them.
Ask them what seems to be true for
them: "What do you think? What do kids
say at school?" You don't have to decide
between a flat-out lie and the total truth.
The real world is more complicated than
that.
3. Stay silent if you need to. If you're in
a tense situation, in which getting honest
would disrupt everyone's mood and
happiness, it's not necessarily dishonest
to remain silent. If you've got the option
of staying out of it, stay out of it. It takes
courage to stay silent in an awkward
situation sometimes.
 Choose the high road. In a
disagreement, more opinions don't make
the issue easier to untangle, necessarily.
You don't have to tell a white lie to get an
argument to end, nor do you need to
continue dropping truth-bombs. Stay out
 of petty disagreements entirely, rather
than reigniting the flame.
LEARNING
ACTIVITY 3
Objective: Examine their own individual
concept on how to apply this kind of human
behavior
Task: Rate your own!!! HONESTY SURVEY
Provide students with access to a text (e.g.,
journal article, blog, multimedia presentation).
The questions could be provided for personal
reflection, they could be presented in the form of
an online quiz (weighted or unweighted) or
survey. The questions might ask student to list
advantages and disadvantages, or to compare
and contrast different approaches noted in the
lesson.
Tools and resources: Reading references
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Congratulations! You can now proceed to
the module that would guide you in having
honesty as a human behavior!
SUMMARY
Let us see if you can remember the main
points raised in this lesson. Below is a
summary of these points:
Better Health
Honesty and seeking the truth is always the
way to go. Honesty engenders confidence,
faith, empowers our willpower and
represents us in the best way for others to
see and witness our example. Honesty
improves our vitality. In an honesty
experiment conducted by two University of
Notre Dame professors, results showed that
telling the truth is good for our health:
Telling the truth when tempted to lie can
significantly improve a person’s mental and
physical health, according to a “Science of
Honesty” study.
Respectable, admired behavior is always
carried out with honesty. Telling the truth
and backing it up with actions show respect
for what’s right and an esteem for ethical
and moral integrity. Honesty is one of the
key components to character and one of the
most admired traits of any successful,
responsible person.
Honesty leads to a fulfilling, free
life. Honesty is not just about telling the
truth. It's about being real with yourself
and others about who you are, what you
want and what you need to live your
most authentic life. ... Honesty sharpens
our perception and allows us to observe
everything around us with clarity.
An emotionally intelligent person is a person
of impeccable integrity and honesty;
someone who can perceive and recognize
the quality of honesty in another. Business
transactions and the everyday transactions
of human relations must be carried out with
a code of trust and honesty or else
everything will break down.

To be educated is to be free

It’s important to watch the film

through the lens of the time it was
made in. Then, illiteracy was still a
serious problem in Western countries, and
both the educational system and the family
model were still very much controlled by a
certain way of thinking — unmovable and
inflexible in many cases. In certain corners
of society it is still present, but in many
others it has been transformed.

REFERENCES

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Prepared by:
KRIS ANN B. RAGOS
Faculty, National Service Training Program

JOE REY E. LOCQUIAO

Faculty, National Service Training Program