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Friday, September 15, 2006

TO ALL GRADE 8 STUDENTS 2006-2007...

GREETINGS!

Pardon the delay of this posting...I was busy...with my PS2...hehehe! Anyways, here's your simple homework/assignment for the weekend. Kindly post your response on the comment portion below...I am going to close this blog anytime Sunday, 17 September 2006...that'll be between 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM that day. My suggestion...do not procrastinate and do this immediately. Good Luck!

Answer this question truthfully and honestly. You may give examples related to your life, but PLEASE do not mention any names. The number of sentences you write really depends on the answer and explanation you give...but keep it under 15 sentences...please!

"Why do we find it difficult to say SORRY to people we have hurt emotionally, be it our family members or our friends? What do you think do we gain in not apologizing immediately even if we know that we were wrong?"

Well...that's it...! I promised you I'd give you an easy one. Aside from this, please be reminded that Monday, 18 September 2006 will be a Dress Rehearsal Day for your skits. Ths means that there will be no audience yet except your classmates...however, everything must be complete! Actual Presentation Performance day will be on Tuesday, 19 September 2006. Lastly, ALL those who have Progress Reports...do not suddenly have an amnesia and forget to show it to your parents. Have it signed and return to me on Monday, 18 September 2006...OR ELSE...!

Have a GReight weekend, everyone! Kindly say HI to your parents for me...be safe and practice your English skills...be good! CIAO!!!

Mr. A

Comments:
The main reason why refused to say sorry to people when we have hurt people emtionally although we know we did wrong already, is because we don't want to show others that we are WRONG,although WE ARE REALLY WRONG!We don't want people to think that we are stupid people that make mistakes.another reason could be the reason of not facing the truth. we mioght think that we are the kind of people who enver make mistakes. You don't want to believe that you made a mistake when you really did!We cannot get anything good from not apologizing immediatedly. You will get the 'strange' look from the others, thinking that you are not a responsable person and etc..
 
In my opinion it was difficult to say sorry to someone that you have hurt emotionally, no matter it was your friends or family members. Although I knew that I was wrong, it was still hard for me to apologize to him/her, because when you apologize, it meant that you are the wrong one, which will let you lose faces. In order to keep our face, we often won’t apologize to the person immediately. In stead we will try to defend our position and acting so strong to show that you are right. In another way, sometime the reason can also be that you feel bad about yourself, which let you feel like you can’t face the person and apologize. By waiting, you let the issue cool down. In my experience, I had been in this kind of situation before. Once, I had a fight with one of my family’s member about an answer of a question. At first I am so loud and sure of my answer that I shout to that family member. But then I found out that that person’s answer was the right one, not mine. But I am the one that was louder when we are having a fight, so that I don’t want to apologize to that person. But after a few days, I decided to face that person and say sorry, because that I think we should always admit that we are wrong when you are really wrong, so that the relationship between you and that person will be better and longer.
 
Did you know that the three hardest phrases for human to say are ‘help me’, ‘sorry’, and ‘thank you’? Well, it is, and I’ve pondered about it for quite some time. There is a solution I consider ‘going to the right direction’, if you know what I mean. So . . . here it goes. People have pride in themselves; it’s just human nature. So when you say something and realize it’s wrong afterward, you will feel too embarrassed to apologize. Imagine you’re a female and your husband comes home late so you accuse him to have love affairs and refuse to talk to him. Later, you find out from the husband’s coworkers that he was working. Will you go to him and apologize? It’s too embarrassing, so you’ll pretend you don’t know anything and let your husband worried the hell out of him every night. It’s difficult to admit your mistakes to others, really, and it will take a lot of courage to do so. However, by not admitting you make a mistake, you won’t gain or get anything; you’ll just make things worst. Suppose that husband of yours somehow find out that you know the truth, it’s his turn to be angry because you won’t admit your mistake. Now, even if he hadn’t finds out, you’ll worry yourself so much you can’t sleep. That’s why you should always apologize right after you realize your mistake; that way things won’t get worst.
 
Did you know that the three hardest phrases for human to say are ‘help me’, ‘sorry’, and ‘thank you’? Well, it is, and I’ve pondered about it for quite some time. There is a solution I consider ‘going to the right direction’, if you know what I mean. So . . . here it goes. People have pride in themselves; it’s just human nature. So when you say something and realize it’s wrong afterward, you will feel too embarrassed to apologize. Imagine you’re a female and your husband comes home late so you accuse him to have love affairs and refuse to talk to him. Later, you find out from the husband’s coworkers that he was working. Will you go to him and apologize? It’s too embarrassing, so you’ll pretend you don’t know anything and let your husband worried the hell out of him every night. It’s difficult to admit your mistakes to others, really, and it will take a lot of courage to do so. However, by not admitting you make a mistake, you won’t gain or get anything; you’ll just make things worst. Suppose that husband of yours somehow find out that you know the truth, it’s his turn to be angry because you won’t admit your mistake. Now, even if he hadn’t finds out, you’ll worry yourself so much you can’t sleep. That’s why you should always apologize right after you realize your mistake; that way things won’t get worst.
 
Sorry, to post it twice. I didn't realize I already posted it. You have to forgive computer idiots sometimes.
 
I think we find it difficult to say sorry to people we have hurt emotionally, because when we hurt them emotionally, we don’t see the amount of damage we did. This is because emotions are internal not external. So, we just don’t know if how bad we hurt them, and so we just don’t apologize to them. It’s true that sometimes we can see their reactions, but sometimes we hurt others emotionally, so that we can build our self-esteem, and confidence. This causes our eyes to not even notice the damage we done. Sometimes it is also hard to apologize to your family members, because you did something that you somehow felt was the right thing to do, or sometimes you feel that your family member should be the one apologizing, because he did this or that to you.
I also think that it sometimes hard to apologize to a friend, because you already feel that your friend hates you already why bother apologizing. I think that by not saying sorry immediately even if you know that you were wrong makes you feel less guilty about you done, so that you don’t have to feel very awful hurting them. In other words, you feel less guilty about it if you don’t apologize immediately. You also gain self-confidence, because by not apologizing you think that you’re the king of the world and you don’t have to do what other people tell you to do. Lastly, I conclude that saying sorry to a person immediately is the best thing to do if you were wrong, or even if you aren’t. By just saying sorry tempers can calm down and people can communicate easier.
 
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In my opinion, i think that people find it difficult to say sorry to people that they hurt emotionally because one they are embarrass when they make mistakes, and second they couldn't face the truth that they made a mistake. For an example me when I made a mistake and someone ask me why I made that mistake I couldn't tell them because I don't even know why I did that so sometime I make up excuse. Sometime I don't say sorry to people because I don't really think that i'm wrong. So sometime people don't say sorry to other people is because they don't think that they are wrong. Somepoeple couldn't say sorry to people because they think that if they say sorry to other people they might lose face, which is an example of couldn't face the truth. Another example is that when people is shy they couldn't say sorry especially toward the person that they like. People with high self-esteem couldn't say sorry to people because they always think that they won't make mistake and they are the best, althrough they aren't the best and they are the one who made the mistake. All of the people in the world made a mistake and wouldn't say sorry, at least once!