Being born to a Vietnamese family and being surrounded by Vietnamese friends, means that one of our etiquette is reverence. As a child growing up my mother and father would always tell me, “Ơn thầy như cha, ơn cô như mẹ” a popular phrase used in Vietnamese schools. The meaning behind it is quite interesting. If I were to translate this phrase it will turn out to be “Thanks teachers like parents”. In other words, a teacher teaches you like a parent would teach their child. Respect them like you do to your parents. They would often add: “Appreciate what you have and respect yourself and the people around you! Not only people who are older but people younger than you as well. You can’t act rashly towards people.” They taught me to be humble and …show more content…
Every Sunday, we would get a lesson on reverence. However, growing up in an American dominating community I see that it’s not the case for others. I would see people disrespecting their bodies, friends, teachers, and parents. As I look at the real world, I try to spread positivity to people (no matter the age) rather than being disrespectful. For example, during my Vietnam trip, a young couple walked into Gong Cha and ordered two milk teas. As I waited, I saw the couples making fun of the cashier for saying “Xin Chào” in an ecstatic tone. She looked down when they made fun remarks at her. Even though I should’ve come in and talk to them, I went to the lady first. I acted cheerful and gave her compliments. It cheered her up right away. Being respectful for one another isn't hard. From that day on, I saw how giving a small compliment can make someones day. The words and actions that I portray tells if I am respectful or not. To me being respectful is not just listening to people, not talking back, or not talking bad about people, but helping others when they need the aid. For instance, I recently had an opportunity to assist a new Vietnamese student that knew minimal
Respect is a such a simple concept and a virtue that should be simple to follow. It means treating other people and animals in a dignified manner. Respect doesn’t mean that people need to hug everyone they come across or hold their opinion higher than everyone elses. Respect means treating others as equals and acknowledging that as human
“It’s polite Chinese custom to show you are satisfied,” explained my father to our astonished guests.”” This quote demonstrates proper Chinese culture that is considered rude and disruptive in American culture. What her parents seek to teach her here is to live life as she is and not what others expect her to be.Despite being Chinese in America, she should still respect her culture along with its beliefs and values. A shift in tone is demonstrated from the beginning to the end. At the start, the tone is very condescending and changes to a more respectful tone at the very end of the
Just like the durian, my Vietnamese culture repulsed me as a young child. I always felt that there was something shameful in being Vietnamese. Consequently, I did not allow myself to accept the beauty of my culture. I instead looked up to Americans. I wanted to be American. My feelings, however, changed when I entered high school. There, I met Vietnamese students who had extraordinary pride in their heritage. Observing them at a distance, I re-evaluated my opinions. I opened my life to Vietnamese culture and happily discovered myself embracing it. `
Proper respect for others begins by a person respecting their self. Respect is developed by expressing honor, leadership, value, and trust in a person. If everyone respects everyone someday, the world will become a seventh heaven. It is important to be respectful for safety, to abide by the law, because children are influenced by their elders’ actions, and because God says so. Motivation from peers can help a person realize there is always room to improve the level of respect a person exhibits. Respect was, is, and always will be a positive attribute for everyone to strive for in their lives.
The term “culture” elicits strong feelings within the Vietnamese community. The adults and elders would tell young people culture is a way of being that involves talking, acting, and following traditions. For second-generation Vietnamese adolescents, culture becomes an everyday battleground. A battleground that takes no prisoners leaving the field desolated. As a result, adolescents are left psychologically, emotionally, and mentally torn to pieces. They must navigate two cultural systems that contradict on another. The dominating American culture stresses individualistic idealism whereas Vietnamese culture stresses collectivistic idealism.
Respect to me is admiring someone for their abilities, qualities, or achievements. I think respect is always earned an can never be given. As soldiers soldiers we should always respect our peers because they have made the same sacrifice as us. But as soldiers we should have a higher level of respect for our NCOs because they have done their time an have earned it. Being respectful is not hard it is simple, just treat others the way we would like to be treated ourselves.
In the personal relationship, Vietnamese American people in Little Saigon show that they are divided into first generation, second generation, and 1.5 generation. When I went into the Vietnamese pho restaurant, the waitresses are all old Vietnamese. They didn’t welcome us because they have bad English skills and didn’t want to communicate with us. They only said “hi” to me and tried to talk with facial expression and body language. I realized that they are first generation that came from Vietnam in old age so they don’t know enough English. Not only in the restaurant, but also in the Asian Garden Mall and other business stores where I went to had most of the first generation workers. I had very difficult time to have a communication with the workers, so I felt unwelcomed or uncomfortable situat...
My culture respects the people and the things that deserve it, but with that said, we also don’t give respect to the people who don’t deserve it. We don’t just respect anyone or anything neither, they have to earn that valuable thing that most people don’t have nor give anymore. This is probably one of the biggest differences between my culture and my society because in my society people don’t know the first thing about respect. The way i see it is that it really is a shame of how my society and these people that live in it can’t show even a little bit of respect for someone or something, big or small. Respect is one of the dying characteristics in this world and my culture has the last of it.
Respect is a behavior that shows another person moral and ethical acceptance. Showing respect for another, even when not deserved, is considered to be a good sign of breeding in times past, but now as where society has changed, dissing "show disrespect for" has become more accepted, this behavior suggests a cultural shift from rewarding kindness and self-restraint to applauding a more open expression of hospitality through rudeness. Perhapes there is a lessening of concern over being respectable, along with an increased vigilance oto make sure one is respected.Concludeing that Civility must beging with the individual person making small sacraficiesfor others.
In conclusion respect is wrapped around our day to day lives. A famous philosopher once said “Respect is showing acknowledgement for some ones superiority in a certain field.” You can’t buy, demand, or force people to respect you but you can respect others in order for them to respect you. What people do not understand is that if we use common sense we would be respecting ourselves, respecting others, and respecting property all the time. Respecting yourself, others, and property might not be easy to do but it does have great rewards if you just do it.
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matthew 7:12). Many people in today’s society have heard this quote at least once in their lifetime, and know it to be the Golden Rule. When people sit down to watch television every night, they hear of shootings in public places due to prejudices, protest all over the country for different ideas, race discrimination, and how the world is going to fall apart because of the president we elected. People might question if society has forgotten the Golden Rule. It can make a person wonder if there is any civility left in the world.
There is a rare respect that everyone in the world possesses, and that is the
Some people aren't respectful, because they were never taught how to be. It is very important, as elementary school students, to understand the importance of being respectful to others because in turn you’ll be respected by others, be more successful in life, and have a better relationship with others. The first reason, you will be respected by others. Other kids will want to be friend with you. Because they will want nice friends.
It is a saying that if you show others respect, then they will respect you also, but first you have to respect yourself. Respect is important in life and more people should start showing it. There are a lot of different ways of showing respect. People gain respect by being nice, having athletic abilities, fighting for respect. When trying to show respect it is important to be tolerant differences, and use good manners, not bad language.
They always told me to respect others no matter who they were, if I knew them or not, it 's a sign of respect from me and to the other person. It will show that I did grow up with a good education and it will also talk good about my parents. They always told me and kept reminding me that actions speak louder than words, to always show something that I was made of and not something that I 'm not. Hearing other people out, it shows your interests or even if you 're not, but try to show it because it 's showing respect to that person. Being respectful is a big part of me, I can never forget that, because if I want to be respected, I respect other people, to treat them the same way as I want to be treated, even if I think that I 'm not going to receive it back, and if I don 't, it shows that I 'm the bigger person. I guess that showing gratitude was one of the first thing that my parents showed me when I was younger, I always remember when I would receive something they would whisper in my ear or tell me to say "thank you" same thing if I wanted something, to say "please". To respect myself and not let others take