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Pillars of Good Character (a)
Pillars of Good Character (b)
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Your elderly neighbor looks like she needs help carrying in her groceries, how can you show good character and help her?
You can show good character by asking her if she needs help carrying in the groceries.
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What are the Six Pillars of Good Character?
Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.
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How can you show honesty?
Tell the truth, never tell lies.
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On the Trustworthiness slide, why do I have a picture of a person stealing with a red X on him?
Because be trustworthiness also means that you shouldn't steal.
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Your friend is at your house. And it's your lucky day! You found your sister's diary on the ground, you pick it up, there is no lock on it...
Looking in your sister's diary definitely isn't showing good character, no matter how much it will impress your friend, you will also probably lose your sisters trust in you. The answer is simple: DON'T OPEN THE DIARY. Then be sure to give it back to your sister.
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What is Trustworthiness?
Being loyal and having the courage to do the right thing no matter how uncomfortable it can be.
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On the fairness slide, why do you think I have a picture of a man in a wheel chair and a happy jumping girl together with an equal sign?
Because this shows that all people are the same on the inside no matter how different you are.
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Oh no! You borrowed a CD from your friend and it accidentally got scratched! The CD was obviously expensive, what should you do to show good character? a. Buy the same CD with your allowance and give it to your friend like nothing happened b. Why lie to your friend? Tell her that you scratched the CD, but promise that you will give him/her the money to buy a new one c. Don't do anything and return the CD scratched. Just for good measure, tell her that you got the CD, scratched from him/her. Your friend will never know!
A and B were both good answers, but really try to shoot for answer B. C is just a bad idea! First you ruined his/her CD, but lying on top of it isn't going to do any good. Show your honesty to your friend and that's how you'll become closer.
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What is Respect?
Following the golden rule, deal peacefully with anger, do not use bad language and do not hurt any one.
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What is compassion?
Know how others feel and share emotions, follow the golden rule, feel for others as though they would do for you.
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On the citizenship slide, why do you think I have a picture of people holding hands around a picture of the Earth?
Because this shows that we are all in this together on making this world, country, state, city, town, village, community, and house a better place. By doing that, you need to be a good citizen.
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Finally! The day comes when your you get to baby-sit your Aunt's dog, Prince, for a month! But she never told you that Prince could do back flips! You take Prince for a walk at the park and as a happy coincidence, your friends are there just in time to see Prince do his best back flip yet! Your friends think that Prince is really your dog, and you play along. After a long two weeks of pretending that Prince is yours, you start to feel a little guilty. You want to show good character by being honest to your friends, but you just can't get your self to do it. Is it time that you should spill the beans?
If you want to show good character, definitely spill the beans! Your friends probably don't care who owns Prince, they just care that he is very talented and fun. just as well, your friends will still be impressed that you are baby-sitting such a cool dog.
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What is Responsibility?
Do what you are supposed to do, think before you act-consider the consequences and use self control.
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How can you show ways of friendship?
Accept others for who they are , Share their belongings , Listen, Enjoy others' company, Support others in need, Smile, laugh, and tell jokes, Avoid teasing and put-downs, Encourage others with kind words, Avoid tattling, Ask for help from their peers, Solve problems peacefully and Consider others' feelings before acting
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On the Let's be Honest! slide, why do you think I have a picture of George Washington and a cherry tree on this slide?
Because in a famous story, he told the truth to his father that he did cut down his favorite tree and this shows how important honesty is.
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You love playing the violin, but practicing inside while you see kids playing outside, is no fun. How can you show good character by practicing your violin?
It's easy, show Perseverance! You know that you aren't going to get better at violin if you don't practice, so chug your way through it, at the end you will feel very proud of your self that you are going to get better at violin. You practiced, and now you get to enjoy the warm sunshine and play!
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How can you be caring?
You might make your parents' bed, rake leaves off the lawn, tutor a younger child, open a door for someone, or sit with someone unpopular at lunch. Spend an hour listening to a lonely person. Be helpful and kind to someone who needs a hand.
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How can you show ways of sharing?
With your actions, with your words, with your thoughts and with material gifts.
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On the respect slide, why do you think I have a picture of three (3) kids helping each other?
Because they are showing respect to each other by helping each other and being good friends.