Values taught to use during our childhood plays an important part in our characters. These values are instilled in use by our parents, guardians, teachers and many more. The values taught are hardly ever questioned and even if one does, they still end up doing what they were asked to do. This kind of drilling is similar to the one used for Dogs dont have intellect to understand what man says so there is no verbal communication between them, yet a dog will do as the master asks him to. This is because man uses directions and words to train his dog to do what he(man) wants. In the same way, children are taught values and morals and they are constantly reminded to practice them and in the end it becomes a norm. I was taught to eat using my right hand and to hold the spoon and fork with my right hand. I did not understand what difference it made but I did as I was told to.
I grew old enough to start using silverware and soon the rules changed and I was to use a knife on my right hand a fork on my left. I initialy resisted because that was not what I had been doing for many years and the most confusing thing was that it was the same person who told me to use my right hand, my mum. This made me follow the directions with lots of strain. This was not the only occasion. When growing up, my mother told my sister and I that we had to be ladies. We were not supposed to shout when talking, run around the house, sit with our legs open, climb trees like tomboys and to use polite words like please, thank you, may I, and sorry.
The Essay on Mans Best Friend Dogs Dog Man
Jacob Norquist Feb. 3 rd, 2002 Mrs. Booth man DuyckMan's Best Friend Who do you consider your best friend? Is it the person you grew up with? Is it your husband or wife? For many it is someone that is always they " re for them when sad or lonely, or when one needs to talk, cry, or laugh. However, thousands of Americans are turning to their dogs for a favorite companion. This paper will explore the ...
The reason for this was that in England, there lived Prince William and Harry who would marry us when we grew up only if we were ladies. This made us act like little ladies all the time as much as we could. We grew up and found out that whatever we did, whether good or bad in the books, we could not marry the Princes because we werent from a Royal family. By then the values were in us. I was also made to believe that one could not question what was said by any older person in all walks of life. That meant that all that I was taught in school was true and I could not even think of challenging a teacher if I had a different opinion in a certain discussion.
I later grew up to know that teachers arent always correct and that a problem could have more than two solutions, thus my ideas could also be correct. It still makes it hard for me to challenge an older person. This dog like training develops us the way someone else wants us to be and there isnt much that we can do until we find out the truth. Even after knowing what is really going on, we might choose to stick to what we have been doing for a long time and not
