Character Counts is a process that we use here at the school to promote the use of highly functioning behaviors. The Six Pillars that Character Counts is based on are:
Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Citizenship, Fairness, Respect, Caring.
Each one could be debated and discussed all year long, but I was wondering what might be the biggest problem here at this school? After thinking for a long time, (yes I can think and yes for a long time) I kept coming back to a problem that I see often in my classroom, in the halls and just from the stories being told around the school. GOSSIP! How would our school be different if there was no gossiping going around!
In an article in the Uinta County Hearld on Sept. 29th entitled, Bullying: Can inflict emotional, physical damage that can last a lifetime, Mr. Bennett was quoted saying: "gossip is usually what starts bullying. He said it starts when someone says that somebody said this or that. Then it keeps going round and round and getting stirred up."
Which of the six pillars of Character Counts does gossiping take out or destroys and why do you think so?
05 October 2009
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Posted by natekonrad at 1:49 PM
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I think that both Respect and caring is what most people have to work on. Most people that are "innocent" are really the ones that start the gossip. These innocent people are the ones that are the ones that normally suck up to teachers and after they go and go and gossip about the teacher or someone else on the list.
the best pillard that would fit with gossiping would have to be careing. the reason why i said that cause caring means care for other people.
When one gossips, they are not using "any" of the pillars of character counts. By "any", I mean, Caring, Respect, Citizenship, Fairness, Responsibility, and Trustworthiness. As they Gossip, they do not show these traits for the person they are gossiping about, because they do not care what that person thinks, and the gossiper, just wants to get their side of the story out of it. It is funny how they love to converse about false facts about someone else, but what they don't love, is someone talking about them.
I think we are not using trustworthness and citizenship. If people are gossiping and it keeps going form one person to the next we are not trusting each other. Then it is a big game of telophone. Then you get the wrong twisted up story at the end. Which leads into citizenship. If gossip causes bullying we are not being true citizens and using are citizenship and hurting each other which hurts the school.
Gossip, I believe hits all the six pillars. How can you trust yourself or someone else that spreads rumors. It is not only your own responsibility but everyone's to either continue with rumors or stop them. Citizenship I believe requires team work and how can you have team when everyone is talking about the other. Fairness, how is it fair to talk about another person when they are not there. Respect, how can you respect yourself to look the person you are talking about in the eye. Last but not least Caring, how can anyone really say they care when gossiping causes so many problems for everyone.
If we didn't have the gossiping in our school, we would excel in so many ways. Not only would we feel better about ourselves we would also feel better about the people around us. Everyone is special/talented in their own way. Everyone is unique, why shoot each other down because we are so?
when soemone gossipes it can hurt other peoples feelings and there not useing any chacter traits from the pillars outside of the school.
MAdison HArris
Wow, now that i realize it most of our school doesn't work on hardly any of the six pillars of character. with gossip and rumors; it takes out almost all of hteem, fairness, citizenship,respect,caring, and also trustworthiness. This is so beacause it is not fair to talk about others behind their backs or even at all, its rude and you wouldn't like it if they did the same to you, gossiping does not include respect at all and your obviously not caring if you continue to spread rumors and by not stoping them or standing up and passing on that just maybe they aren't true does not show any citizenship what so ever,and of course, how can you be trustworthy if someone tells you a secret and trusts you to keep it to yourself and you tells others and let it get aound, i personally think that we all should work a little harder on the six pillars of character not only to stop all the gossip and bullying in the halls but to make it a better school for everyone.
I think that gossip contradicts the respect pillar because when you are gossiping you are disrespecting someone by interrupting their privacy when you talk about them. When someone tells a friend something or something happens they deserve the respect to have it kept a secret and have someone not telling others. When you disrespect someone you slowly lose respect for yourself.
i think that gossip interferes with trust. because when a friend tells you something important and private and you go and tell someone else that makes your friend lose trust in you. and also respect has a major part in gossip. by talking about other people your not respecting them at all and everyone deserves respect no matter what!
When someone gossips it hurts people and they are'nt working on the pillars outside of the school. People gossip because they like the attention. Or because their board with their lives. Some people here have to work on respecting people and NOT gossiping. Thats what I think.
This is matt but gossip hmm if there was no gossip at EHS then alot of the bad things would stop especially rumors thats all i hear now when you gossip with people and its never good gossip
i think that gossip goes against respect, Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different, and i think that says it all.
I would have to say that if you gossip about someone you are destroying all the six character counts pillars. I think this because how are you showing caring, citizenship, trustworthiness, responsibility, respect, and fairness? You cant answer this question because you simply dont show any of those if you are sitting in class gossiping instead of doing what you're supposed to be doing.
i think that if people want the respect that they want they need to give it to not just one it's just like caring u can care about the people u love and the people that u may nt like u still can care becase in the end they might need some one to care for them paloma
when someone gossips its going to come back to them and thats what you call karma which means there not being honest which is one of the pillars outside the school.
It really takes out all of the pillars. In a way gossip is against everything, caring, trustworthiness, responsibility, fairness, respect and whatever the sixth one is. It takes out all of them, you really have to think about it but it does. In fact when you break the code of ethical conduct on one level it usually effects all of it, character is effected as a whole not by each pillar or attribute.
when a person gossips it hurts everyone sometimes people make it up and say its true or its just gossip when one is gossiping it doesnt show any of the pillars at all.
Gossiping collapses every pillar. It smashes peoples respect for you when you make something up with intentions of causing some sort of drama. It shows you dont care about others. It Defines you as "Untrustworthy". Shows you to be Irresponsible, Untrustworthy and Unfair. All in all its a lose-lose situation.
Gossip could be any one of the pillars.But i think it pertains the most to the pillar of Caring. When you are bullying someone you arent showing any care for them. On an even lower level starting gossip shows that you dont care for the person that you are spreading the rumor about. IF you truly cared for the person you wouldnt start any of this nonsense. So caring fits this issue the best.
Gossip takes away trustworthiness, respect, fairness, and caring. If someone gossips you won't trust them and they then become untrustworthy. We should all respect each other, but many rumors take respect away from students. How can you get any more respect of anyone if everything you hear about them is a rumor? Gossip ruins fairness. We should be fair and give people a chance to be themselves and not have to worry about rumors. Finally, gossip destroys caring. If you really cared about anyone, you wouldn't spread a rumor or even listen to them. Allow them to be who they are and quit making them look bad. Gossip ruins some people's life and chokes character out of anyone who spreads them.
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