Friday, July 1
Labels are an ugly form of prejudice. Break down the word prejudice and what do you get? Ta da! Pre-judged. Isn't that interesting? When you label someone you are pre-judging them; that means making conclusions about someone without knowing them. I don't know about you but I can't stand it when I am unfairly judged by someone who doesn't know a thing about me. You and I are much too complex to be neatly shelved into a category like clothing in a department store, as if there were only a handful of different types of people in the world instead of millions of unique individuals.
- SEAN COVEY, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, pg.92
Prejudide. Have you ever felt stereotyped, labeled, or pre-judged by someone because your skin's the wrong colour, your accent's too heavy, or you live on the wrong side of the tracks? Haven't we all, and isn't it a sick feeling? Although we are all created equally, unfortunately, we are not all treated equally. It's a sad fact that minorities of all types often have additional hurdles to leap in life because of prejudices held by so many.
- SEAN COVEY, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, pg.191
I couldn't help to NOT share these paragraphs from the book to you all despite the fact that I may be prosecuted for plagiarism or charged with copyright misconduct.
- SEAN COVEY, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, pg.92
Prejudide. Have you ever felt stereotyped, labeled, or pre-judged by someone because your skin's the wrong colour, your accent's too heavy, or you live on the wrong side of the tracks? Haven't we all, and isn't it a sick feeling? Although we are all created equally, unfortunately, we are not all treated equally. It's a sad fact that minorities of all types often have additional hurdles to leap in life because of prejudices held by so many.
- SEAN COVEY, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, pg.191
I couldn't help to NOT share these paragraphs from the book to you all despite the fact that I may be prosecuted for plagiarism or charged with copyright misconduct.
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