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Speech On Respect

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In Retrospect About Respect Respect is earned, not given. Some people earn their respect and fully deserve it, like the boss who worked their way up the company ladder, or a brave general who fought to gain their medals of honor, even the hard working, dedicated teacher who works overtime has earned the respect from their students and peers. All of these examples, are of people who have worked long and hard to make it to where they are, whether it's working up the starting at the bottom and working their way to the top or solidifying their reputation as an intelligent, honorable person, they all earned the respect they were given. Although this is not the only way to gain honorable respect it is one of the more common ways and when people gain this type of respect, it is rewarding for them. Fully allowing them to be recognized and appreciated for all their hard work. Good people should be respected and rewarded, especially when they are mutually respectful no matter the circumstances. While some types of respect is given to a deserving person, there are circumstances when people are given respect because of how they enforce the situations they are in. This type of “respect” is more of a power over someone or an abuse of the position they have been put in. A teacher is given the respect of their pupils, but some use that to punish or humiliate students they don’t particularly like. Some parents use this type of respect to their advantage: punishing children for things that

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