Posted: Jan 14, 2012 4:01 am
johnbrandt wrote:Welcome to the real world.
"Respect isn't given to you for free, it's earned"...and while that's one of the oldest cliches in the book, it's absolutely true. Too many people think they should just automatically "be respected" when they walk in the door.
I love that thing a lot of people say "You need to give me respect!"...really. Why? What have you done to deserve it?
It doesn't matter if you are female, hispanic, whatever...you have to earn respect...no one gives it to you automatically, despite what some social engineers would have people believe. You say you are still a student...so I would assume you are still pretty new at this place where you want to be respected. Simple old "Time" is the best way to get respect...combined with your attitude and the persona that people around you see, also adding decisions you make at work, school, where ever, that give people an impression of what you are like as a person.
Or just carry a gun.
