ect yourse WHAT DOES respect mean? A lot of people have forgotten or just simply don't knaw. fn the lust year | have learned how important it is to have respect for society, yourself and others, | don’t know where the idea of respect was Jost. but {think it is important to try and teach young children how to put it buck inte society, In turn, they will fearn how to treat themselves and others with respect. Self-confidence, self-esteem, and a sense of individuality play i major role in learning how to be respectful. When you have confi- dence, you are able to stand up for what you believe in, without worrying about what others may think of you. exge- When you worry about what others think, you are disrespecting yourself because it shows that you are not confident cnough to say what you mean. I was at a school function recently watching fellow students compete in a pageant. The last catagory involved answering a question. One of the contestents was asked a question along the line of “If you were asked to speak at a womens’ rights semi- nar, what would you say?” Because all of his buddies were behind him, he answered some- thing like “I'd probably go to one of the focal bars and get drunk!” This is a good example of dis- ome CHT i ysis fi Objects given more respect than people these days respect because the question was addressing an imporvint issue in our soc iety and t feed that te wasn't saving what he really felt because he dhought he might look stupid in front of his friends. In any opinion, although he is i teen, he was acting like a child. Society lets children get away with too much, As a result, they grow up to be destructive teens and adults, In high schoo), people con- stantly mistreat one another cang- ing from name calling to rumors. { think that students get 190 wrapped up in what clothes they are wearing, how much make-up they have on, and whar others think of them. Tensions build that cause pea- ple to argue and emotionally hurt one another. If you just stand back and look at the way you conduct yoursel!, you may notice that you are one of those people. You should take the time to realize that you respect yoursell!” too much to let yourself treat oth- ers Chat way. It should not matter what any- ane tooks fike, but unfortunately we all have a preconcieved ides that if you look a certain way. you det a certain way, We should all respect cach other as human beings and give NORTHSHORE SPAS} located next to Ricky's Restaurant LYNN VALLEY CENTRE 1199 LYNN VALLEY ROAD, NORTH VANCOUVER SUMMER CONTACT SA LE SOFT DAILY WEAR CONTACTS PLUS GUESS SUNGLASSES 399 GUESS SURGLASGES He SIDEE woReetE Or Guess Sunglasses and Flex Wear Contacts $149, DISPOSABLE CONTACTS 999 ju ACUVUE boxes Regular $34.50 per box. FLEXIBLE WEAR CONTACTS $99 Or for $169 get one pair Flex Weor and one pair of Enhancement Tint Contacts. Presctiption tequited for all contact lans olfers. No other Coupons or discounts apply. Sale ends uly 29, 1995, 987-5234 sach other an equal chance. | find that too many people respect someone's material objects more than the person themself. Again, this is an example of pre-judge- ment. Learn fo respect other peo- ple. not other people's things. if you were able lo remove yourself from your body and jook at yourself as others see you, you could learn a foc about yourself. This is obviously not possible, so the best you can do is to observe how ather people act and be aware of how you react lo them. This is valuable because you can learn what is and what isn't an appropriate way of conducting yourself. {f students could learn the importance of interacting with others ina respectful manner, it would help them in the future since they're going te be dealing with people for the rest of their lives. f think chat this learning should start in the home and at a young age. because if we know from the beginning what is right and what is wrong it makes tt cas- ier on every one, especially your- self. Kendra Shand is a North Shore high school student currently enrolled in the Video Production Career Program at the Leo Marshall Curriculum Centre. “The North Shore 's Finest GOLF PRACTICE AND TEACHING FACILITY | ~ By the Second Narrows Bridge - 80 practice stations Innovative target design APs, g Sy FREE short game practice area FREE regulation putting green Fully stocked Pro Shop 9am - 11pm Weekdays 8am - 10pm Weekends Voluine Token Books Also Available for Greater Savings ‘FROM OUR. C.P.G.A. TEACHING STAFF. . | Simply call us and book your first appointment» Group Programs starting .at.$95 * Private Programs starting at $100 - ° Short game Program $125 “*individual lessons are also avaitable* wi “ “HINDSIGHT IS 20/20. FORESIGHT IS EVEN BETTER’