Today I am grateful for respect. For the respect that other people give to me, and for the respect that is given to other people. I'm grateful my children show their teachers respect, and that they are learning what it means to be respectful. It seems that this is also a lost art (like honesty), especially is places where the population is large. Phoenix is the fifth largest populated city in the United States. And, unfortunately, it shows by way of the lack of respect people have for each other here. It is not like the small town we came from, in which people were kind and friendly to strangers all the time. My children are consistently complaining about their classmates and fellow bus riders because they do not show respect to their teachers, or to each other. It makes me really pleased with my children when I read the comments on their report cards, stating that they are respectful students. I am so grateful that my children are learning respect despite the many examples around them in the contrary.
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