Ways Manners Make The World Go Better

When I clean up the mess I have made it shows that I don't expect others to do it for me, that I am not lazy and that I don't think others should have to look at my mess because I didn't clean it up.

When I talk quietly I am not being annoying and I am being respectful of people's peace.

When I compliment or encourage people it makes me a nice person and makes them feel good.

When I think about others feelings before saying anything I make sure that I don't say anything rude that could offend them or make them feel bad which makes sure you protect their feelings from being hurt and makes you a good person.

Understanding that people have difficulties doing some things and making sure you don't make them feel bad about it is kind and protects others from getting hurt.

Try and notice all the nice things people do for you and show appreciation, it makes them fell good and encourages them to do more nice things so they can make other people feel good as well.

Always say thank you, it shows you appreciate what someone has done for you and that you don't just expect them to do it for you.

Always say please, It sounds less demanding and shows you will appreciate the thing you are asking them to do. It will make them want to do it more, if you don't say please it sounds bossy and not nice.

Don't hurt other people, its disrespectful and can make people angry and annoyed at you.

Be the bigger person, if someone is saying something hurtful to you don't say rude stuff back.

Stand up for others, it makes the person your standing up for feel appreciated and liked.

Be honest it makes people trust you, if you tell a lie once it takes people a while for people to trust you and want to be around you. 

Don't share peoples secrets if they have told you not to, if they told you it means they trust you to don't betray their trust and keep out of there business. 

  

My e-asttle writing

It Is Wrong To Fight

Do you think it’s wrong to fight?

Well, of course, it is wrong to fight, physically, verbally or on social media. It can hurt you even if it's just words and if its a punch or anything else physical it's most likely going to hurt quite a lot. Fighting causes damage to a person's body or mental health. Verbal fighting can lead to bullying, which leads to lack of confidence and feeling insecure or much worse, such as self-harm or even suicide; bullying is never okay. There are only very few situations where it is okay to fight, and that is when you need to use self-defence for specific reasons.

It is never alright to get in a fight at school. Schools have to be a safe environment for students if they are spending most of their life there, if a student doesn't feel safe they might not come to school, if kids don’t come to school because they are scared they will get beat up they won’t learn enough. More than 160,000 students are missing school every day due to being afraid of getting picked on, taunted or beaten up. If your school is known for often having fights, then it will get a bad reputation and parents won’t want their kids going to that school.

Fighting is also a bad influence on younger kids, imagine a 5-year-old that has grown up with lots of fighting in their life. They aren't going to know it's wrong, and they might go to school and fight someone but think it's okay. If a child hears lots of swearing, they might use that language at school and offend someone or cause other young kids to start swearing, what if your 5-year-old kid came home from school and started swearing at you. This 5-year-old is going to turn into an angry, aggressive person who thinks fighting is okay.

Fighting might also be bad for your friendships. You might end up with no friends if they are all scared of you and saying anything to you in case they say the wrong thing and you get mad and beat them up. Would you want to be friends with someone who is always beating people up? Wouldn’t you be scared that you would get beat up? 

But there's one time that I think is okay, self-defence. Let's say you were walking along the street and someone grabs on to you and tries to kidnap you. You would try to kick or hit the person kidnapping you wouldn't you. At this time you would be very grateful if you had learned some type of fighting technique such as judo, boxing or karate. If ever someone was trying to harass you sexually then I think it would be okay to fight back because it will keep you safe.

Therefore these reasons leave me to agree that fighting is not okay unless you are in a situation where you really need to use self-defence. 

Sailing

On Monday the year 7s from our class went to Lake Rua in a bus to go sailing. When we got there the
instructors told us to get our boats and stuff then they taught us how to set the boats up then we went sailing. the first time I went around it was really slow and boring. The second time there was a big gust of wind and I spun around but luckily saved myself from falling off. I think that this was a really cool experience and it is good that we have learned how to set a sail boat up and learn how to sail, it was pretty fun and I think that every school should have a chance to learn as well.