6TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. For one week, challenge yourself to:
a. Get high score in a quiz or seatwork,
b. To recite in class at least once in any courses;
c. To submit a quality assignment or requirement
On your journal, process your experience with the aid of the following guide questions:
a. What challenge did you take?
b. Were you able to beat the challenge? How do you feel about it?
c. What have you realized/learned from your experience?
2. Assignment for next meeting
a. Read about the effects of smoking.
b. Watch the film “An Inconvenient Truth”, staring Al Gore and directed by Davis Guggenheim. On the journal, write your reaction to the movie:
- The most striking scene in the movie
- Your feelings and emotions while watching the movie
- Your realization after watching the movie
- The specific actions you can commit to take care of the environment
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1.
I took the third challenge, to submit a quality assignment or requirement.
I submitted and presented an assignment and requirement in our IT011 class.
Yes, I was able to beat the challenge. I got a high grade for my presentation. I feel happy, but I think I still could have done better. And I will.
I learned that when you work hard on something, exert your efforts into an activity, like my challenge for example: For one week, I kept going to school a few hours before my real class starts because I have to use the open lab to make my presentation - my assignment. It was quite tiring and stressful, but after all the work, I received a high grade. I feel good about it because I know that I deserve it.
2.
After watching "An Inconvinient Truth", my reactions to it are:
The most striking scene for me are the once beautiful and rich places in the world, the 'before' and 'after' pictures. Before they were so alive, but 'after' looked terrible.
I kind of pity our Earth, because it is in so much ruins when it deserves care and love from us human beings.
I knew that our world faces plenty of problems, but I realized that it was worse than I thought, because its affecting everything and everyone. It really is a big deal.
The specific actions I can do to help are just small, but I believe that if I continue being a responsible citizen, not littering and influencing others to be concerned with the environment, will be a great contribution.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
3RD MEETING: MY PERSONAL VALUES
3RD MEETING: MY PERSONAL VALUES
Personal values are the desirable qualities, standards or principles which serve as persons’ driving force that influence their actions and reactions. Knowing ones values offers so many advantages. It helps us follow a clear set of rules and guidelines for our actions. It guides us in making good decisions. Through this, we can find compatible people, places and things that support our way of living. It motivates us to be true to ourselves. Living our values is one of the most powerful tools available to help us become the person we want to be, accomplish our goals, and influence others. (Best-of-time –management.com/values.htm)
Just as individuals give importance to values, so do organizations and institutions like MCL. Mission, Vision and Core Values define the organizations’ culture or way of life of its members. At the core of organizational culture are values. These values shape the quality of life and structure of an organization. The organization is successful to the degree to which all the members have shared values expressed through their goals and beliefs. There has to be an alignment between ones personal values and the values of an organization he belongs to. This will help us journey on the same boat towards a common vision. (Adapted from Hall-Tonna Values Framework and Technology)
MCL encourages every Malayans to practice the value of competence, truth/wisdom, knowledge, research, problem solving, excellence, punctuality, teamwork, quality service, integrity, accountability and sense of ownership (all for one, one for all). Make these the cornerstone of your life.
Challenge yourself
After this session, for two days in school, you are going to practice/implement/actualize your top two values. You have the options to practice one or both values in a day. On your journal, write your reflections (for day one and day two) separately using the outline below. Hope you will enjoy and learn meaningfully from this challenge.
Outline
- the date/time of experience
- the values you have practiced
- the story/experience
(details: people, location, event, situations, ways the values have been practiced and the reactions of the involved people)
- your feelings during the experience
- the learning from your experience
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Date: August 12, 2009
Values practiced: Friendship
Story/Experience:
My old schoolmate, Vince, is studying as a senior (still in my old high school). He sometimes call me in our landline phone, but we don't get to talk for a long time because I'm tired from school. But I value our friendship, I love him so much and I know he loves me too. So to make it up for him, I offered to help him with his problem: he's having difficulty with their requirement - their thesis defense.
I already went through that when I was a senior, and I did pretty well. So I gave him my old documents to serve as a guide to him. And until now and until his school year finish, I will still help him.
I am his friend, and I'm the one he can rely on, so I can't let him down.
My feelings through this occuring experience:
I feel really great about myself, about our friendship. I'm really happy! While I'm helping him, we're spending time together, we're also bonding. I know this will be a memorable event to us, like a great contribution to our relationship.
The learning from my experience:
Well, this is like a long-term experience, it is not done yet. But as it is in progress, little by little I'm still learning something, like, appreciation. We're still at the beggining of this project, but I feel that my friend is already appreciating the small things I've already done (like giving him my old document draft as a guide, on w/c I even wrote small notes and tips on how to make it).
Personal values are the desirable qualities, standards or principles which serve as persons’ driving force that influence their actions and reactions. Knowing ones values offers so many advantages. It helps us follow a clear set of rules and guidelines for our actions. It guides us in making good decisions. Through this, we can find compatible people, places and things that support our way of living. It motivates us to be true to ourselves. Living our values is one of the most powerful tools available to help us become the person we want to be, accomplish our goals, and influence others. (Best-of-time –management.com/values.htm)
Just as individuals give importance to values, so do organizations and institutions like MCL. Mission, Vision and Core Values define the organizations’ culture or way of life of its members. At the core of organizational culture are values. These values shape the quality of life and structure of an organization. The organization is successful to the degree to which all the members have shared values expressed through their goals and beliefs. There has to be an alignment between ones personal values and the values of an organization he belongs to. This will help us journey on the same boat towards a common vision. (Adapted from Hall-Tonna Values Framework and Technology)
MCL encourages every Malayans to practice the value of competence, truth/wisdom, knowledge, research, problem solving, excellence, punctuality, teamwork, quality service, integrity, accountability and sense of ownership (all for one, one for all). Make these the cornerstone of your life.
Challenge yourself
After this session, for two days in school, you are going to practice/implement/actualize your top two values. You have the options to practice one or both values in a day. On your journal, write your reflections (for day one and day two) separately using the outline below. Hope you will enjoy and learn meaningfully from this challenge.
Outline
- the date/time of experience
- the values you have practiced
- the story/experience
(details: people, location, event, situations, ways the values have been practiced and the reactions of the involved people)
- your feelings during the experience
- the learning from your experience
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Date: August 12, 2009
Values practiced: Friendship
Story/Experience:
My old schoolmate, Vince, is studying as a senior (still in my old high school). He sometimes call me in our landline phone, but we don't get to talk for a long time because I'm tired from school. But I value our friendship, I love him so much and I know he loves me too. So to make it up for him, I offered to help him with his problem: he's having difficulty with their requirement - their thesis defense.
I already went through that when I was a senior, and I did pretty well. So I gave him my old documents to serve as a guide to him. And until now and until his school year finish, I will still help him.
I am his friend, and I'm the one he can rely on, so I can't let him down.
My feelings through this occuring experience:
I feel really great about myself, about our friendship. I'm really happy! While I'm helping him, we're spending time together, we're also bonding. I know this will be a memorable event to us, like a great contribution to our relationship.
The learning from my experience:
Well, this is like a long-term experience, it is not done yet. But as it is in progress, little by little I'm still learning something, like, appreciation. We're still at the beggining of this project, but I feel that my friend is already appreciating the small things I've already done (like giving him my old document draft as a guide, on w/c I even wrote small notes and tips on how to make it).
10TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
10TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
Journal Writing
1. Cite one experience wherein you have experienced negative peer pressure.
2. How did you react to it? Why?
3. How did you feel about your reaction/decision?
4. What have you learned/realized from your experience?
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I don't usually get into those kind of situation because most of my close friends are good influences.
So far, I haven't experienced a very negative peer pressure, but when I was back in high school, some of my friends wanted to hang out in another friend's house or go to the mall. That was okay for me, but not when it is late at night. Sometimes they really try to talk me into it, almost like tempting me to come and go with them. There were sometimes when I also wanted to join them, I ask my parents if they would allow me and if they do, then it's okay. But if they don't, or they are not informed, I will not lie and go out late with my friends.
Journal Writing
1. Cite one experience wherein you have experienced negative peer pressure.
2. How did you react to it? Why?
3. How did you feel about your reaction/decision?
4. What have you learned/realized from your experience?
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I don't usually get into those kind of situation because most of my close friends are good influences.
So far, I haven't experienced a very negative peer pressure, but when I was back in high school, some of my friends wanted to hang out in another friend's house or go to the mall. That was okay for me, but not when it is late at night. Sometimes they really try to talk me into it, almost like tempting me to come and go with them. There were sometimes when I also wanted to join them, I ask my parents if they would allow me and if they do, then it's okay. But if they don't, or they are not informed, I will not lie and go out late with my friends.
5TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
5TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. Develop a doable daily and weekly schedule.
a. Daily schedule includes time for rising in the morning, self preparations including meals/merienda, school hours, time for travel going to school, length of time staying at school, doing assignments, reviewing lessons or advance academic preparations, sports/ leisure and rest/sleeping.
b. Weekly schedule includes your class schedules, appointments/meetings, academic preparation.
2. On your journal, write an essay on the theme “The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished”. It describes your own experience of completing a task, given your full effort, dedication and determination. This could be about:
a) masterpiece (a painting, a poem, a short story, a song composition, etc.)
b) learned skills (driving, cooking, sports, playing musical instruments, and acting)
c) accomplishments (reaching peak of a mountain, an invention, fixing an appliances/electronic device, finishing trainings for high school cadet officer, etc
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1.
My Doable Daily and Weekly Schedule:
For Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays:
8:00am wake up
8:00am - 8:30am eat breakfast
8:30am - 10:30am do assignments/review notes
10:30am - 11:30am prepare for school eat lunch
11:30am leave the house, go to school
11:30am - 1:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
1:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
DAD101p Lab
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Tuesdays and Fridays:
6:00am wake up
6:00am - 6:30am eat snack
6:30am - 7:30am do assignments/review notes
7:30am - 8:30am prepare for school eat heavy breakfast
8:30am leave the house - go to school
8:30am - 10:00am (travel time from my house to MCL)
10:00am - 5:30pm (Attend class)
IT011 - MATH001 - HUM013 - VE011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Wednesdays:
9:00am wake up
9:00am - 10:00am eat breakfast
10:00am - 11:00pm free time, relax at home
11:00am - 12:00pm do assignments/review notes
12:00pm - 1:00pm eat lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm prepare for school
2:30pm - 4:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
4:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
FIL011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
2.
The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished
Now that I'm in college, lessons, assignments, projects etc. are plenty and they're sometimes quite difficult to do. But instead of seeing it as difficult, I see it as challenging.
Just the other week, we were given an assignment on our HUM013 class: write a 10-minute skit/script for drama play. I love writing, but I'm used to writing only essays and poems, not scripts for plays. So the very thought of it made me...curious. Could I write such a thing? I do look forward to these kinds of assignments, since its personal for me. But there are still some small conflicts to this assignment: we only have a day to write it. And in that day, we still have classes. So, there were three challenges here: 1)the script, when played on stage, must only last 10 minutes. 2)I'm not used to writing drama and 3)we only have a short time to write it.
Now thinking of those three facts made me feel a little down at first, but I was determined to work on it and finish it for my grade and of course, for my skills. I started to work on my storyline, using an old idea of mine. I actually used my idea for a story that I thought of two years ago. The idea was supposed to be for a book I was planning to write someday, but I wanted to practice writing it so I used it for my script. And it turned out great! I worked on my script with the total of maybe six hours. I wasn't exactly sure if I met the criteria that it only has to reach 10 minutes when played but I was very much happy and contented with my work. As our teacher were returning our works, she handed me mine and told me to continue what I'm doing. She said that maybe someday, my composition might be popular and that I can sell it too. I was very proud, especially when I saw the grade marked on my paper: 95%.
That is one of the most challenging things I have ever accomplished. Even if I had to spend staying up late one night, it's worth it. I gave it my effort, I was passionate about writing it and when I finally finished it, I felt great.
1. Develop a doable daily and weekly schedule.
a. Daily schedule includes time for rising in the morning, self preparations including meals/merienda, school hours, time for travel going to school, length of time staying at school, doing assignments, reviewing lessons or advance academic preparations, sports/ leisure and rest/sleeping.
b. Weekly schedule includes your class schedules, appointments/meetings, academic preparation.
2. On your journal, write an essay on the theme “The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished”. It describes your own experience of completing a task, given your full effort, dedication and determination. This could be about:
a) masterpiece (a painting, a poem, a short story, a song composition, etc.)
b) learned skills (driving, cooking, sports, playing musical instruments, and acting)
c) accomplishments (reaching peak of a mountain, an invention, fixing an appliances/electronic device, finishing trainings for high school cadet officer, etc
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1.
My Doable Daily and Weekly Schedule:
For Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays:
8:00am wake up
8:00am - 8:30am eat breakfast
8:30am - 10:30am do assignments/review notes
10:30am - 11:30am prepare for school eat lunch
11:30am leave the house, go to school
11:30am - 1:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
1:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
DAD101p Lab
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Tuesdays and Fridays:
6:00am wake up
6:00am - 6:30am eat snack
6:30am - 7:30am do assignments/review notes
7:30am - 8:30am prepare for school eat heavy breakfast
8:30am leave the house - go to school
8:30am - 10:00am (travel time from my house to MCL)
10:00am - 5:30pm (Attend class)
IT011 - MATH001 - HUM013 - VE011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Wednesdays:
9:00am wake up
9:00am - 10:00am eat breakfast
10:00am - 11:00pm free time, relax at home
11:00am - 12:00pm do assignments/review notes
12:00pm - 1:00pm eat lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm prepare for school
2:30pm - 4:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
4:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
FIL011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
2.
The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished
Now that I'm in college, lessons, assignments, projects etc. are plenty and they're sometimes quite difficult to do. But instead of seeing it as difficult, I see it as challenging.
Just the other week, we were given an assignment on our HUM013 class: write a 10-minute skit/script for drama play. I love writing, but I'm used to writing only essays and poems, not scripts for plays. So the very thought of it made me...curious. Could I write such a thing? I do look forward to these kinds of assignments, since its personal for me. But there are still some small conflicts to this assignment: we only have a day to write it. And in that day, we still have classes. So, there were three challenges here: 1)the script, when played on stage, must only last 10 minutes. 2)I'm not used to writing drama and 3)we only have a short time to write it.
Now thinking of those three facts made me feel a little down at first, but I was determined to work on it and finish it for my grade and of course, for my skills. I started to work on my storyline, using an old idea of mine. I actually used my idea for a story that I thought of two years ago. The idea was supposed to be for a book I was planning to write someday, but I wanted to practice writing it so I used it for my script. And it turned out great! I worked on my script with the total of maybe six hours. I wasn't exactly sure if I met the criteria that it only has to reach 10 minutes when played but I was very much happy and contented with my work. As our teacher were returning our works, she handed me mine and told me to continue what I'm doing. She said that maybe someday, my composition might be popular and that I can sell it too. I was very proud, especially when I saw the grade marked on my paper: 95%.
That is one of the most challenging things I have ever accomplished. Even if I had to spend staying up late one night, it's worth it. I gave it my effort, I was passionate about writing it and when I finally finished it, I felt great.
Friday, August 14, 2009
8TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
8TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
I. Challenge yourself
Choose a challenge:
a. Tell the truth
b. Return recovered things (personal items, money, etc)
c. Admit mistake
d. Return excess change
e. Avoid cheating
On your journal, process your experience with the aid of the following guide questions:
a. What challenge did you take?
b. Were you able to do the challenge? How do you feel about it?
c. What have you realized/learned from your experience?
Yesterday, one of the mentioned challenges above came my way. Everyday I rode the jeepney to Pulo. As usual, I boarded on a jeepney and handed out my twenty pesos for my 'bayad'. As the people seated next to me handed my payment to the driver's assistant, I told him, "Pulo po, estudyante po."
The driver's assistant faced me and asked, "How much do you pay for Pulo?"
I answered, "Twenty pesos po."
But I guess he didn't hear me clearly because after a few seconds, the guy next to me was handing me some 'barya' or coins. I politely said that that change wasn't mine. I looked at the driver's assistant and he insisted that it was mine. I smiled a little, and told him again, "I pay twenty pesos for Pulo."
He looked at me for some time and then spoke, "Oh...I thought you said you pay twelve pesos." So the change (that wasn't even supposed to be) was returned back to him.
Maybe they were new, I thought. They didn't know how much a student from Pacita would pay to get to Pulo.
Still, I was very proud of myself after that incident. To think of it, I could have just kept quiet and take the excess change. I could have took advantage of it, since lately I've been wishing that I could have a little more extra money. But I knew it was wrong, and I'm an honest and good-natured person. I'm very proud, I feel happy that I was honest and I knew that the people there in the jeepney learned something from me. I may have taught the driver and his assistant that a student from Pacita pays twenty pesos to get to Pulo, and the passengers to be honest too, because they were watching me closely when the incident was happening.
I realized that being good feels good. And I would very much choose to have that light and clean feeling than having my pocket or wallet a bit heavier from keeping some excess change.
I. Challenge yourself
Choose a challenge:
a. Tell the truth
b. Return recovered things (personal items, money, etc)
c. Admit mistake
d. Return excess change
e. Avoid cheating
On your journal, process your experience with the aid of the following guide questions:
a. What challenge did you take?
b. Were you able to do the challenge? How do you feel about it?
c. What have you realized/learned from your experience?
Yesterday, one of the mentioned challenges above came my way. Everyday I rode the jeepney to Pulo. As usual, I boarded on a jeepney and handed out my twenty pesos for my 'bayad'. As the people seated next to me handed my payment to the driver's assistant, I told him, "Pulo po, estudyante po."
The driver's assistant faced me and asked, "How much do you pay for Pulo?"
I answered, "Twenty pesos po."
But I guess he didn't hear me clearly because after a few seconds, the guy next to me was handing me some 'barya' or coins. I politely said that that change wasn't mine. I looked at the driver's assistant and he insisted that it was mine. I smiled a little, and told him again, "I pay twenty pesos for Pulo."
He looked at me for some time and then spoke, "Oh...I thought you said you pay twelve pesos." So the change (that wasn't even supposed to be) was returned back to him.
Maybe they were new, I thought. They didn't know how much a student from Pacita would pay to get to Pulo.
Still, I was very proud of myself after that incident. To think of it, I could have just kept quiet and take the excess change. I could have took advantage of it, since lately I've been wishing that I could have a little more extra money. But I knew it was wrong, and I'm an honest and good-natured person. I'm very proud, I feel happy that I was honest and I knew that the people there in the jeepney learned something from me. I may have taught the driver and his assistant that a student from Pacita pays twenty pesos to get to Pulo, and the passengers to be honest too, because they were watching me closely when the incident was happening.
I realized that being good feels good. And I would very much choose to have that light and clean feeling than having my pocket or wallet a bit heavier from keeping some excess change.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
4TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
4TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
Self Evaluation Do this in your journal.
1. Looking back at the list of your positive characteristics and qualities, what do you feel and realize about it?
2. The Golden Rule says “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”a. Given the following situations, how would you like to be treated by your teachers and schoolmates: - when you have given wrong answers to the questions during recitation, - when you are expressing your opinion during class or group discussion; - when you are giving suggestions during group work or presentation; - when you commit mistake; - when you don’t like doing what they ask you to do and - when they want to give you their comments or suggestions?
b. Considering the given ideas on how to treat others with respect, what can you commit to yourself in terms dealing with the MCL community: teachers, students, employees, security, maintenance/janitors and canteen personnel?
Self Evaluation Do this in your journal.
1. Looking back at the list of your positive characteristics and qualities, what do you feel and realize about it?
2. The Golden Rule says “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”a. Given the following situations, how would you like to be treated by your teachers and schoolmates: - when you have given wrong answers to the questions during recitation, - when you are expressing your opinion during class or group discussion; - when you are giving suggestions during group work or presentation; - when you commit mistake; - when you don’t like doing what they ask you to do and - when they want to give you their comments or suggestions?
b. Considering the given ideas on how to treat others with respect, what can you commit to yourself in terms dealing with the MCL community: teachers, students, employees, security, maintenance/janitors and canteen personnel?
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1. I feel good and happy about it. I realize that thinking about one self's positive traits and qualities can be uplifting and healthy for you.
2.
when you have given wrong answers to the questions during recitation:
I would like to be given the right answer or to be corrected politely
when you are expressing your opinion during class or group discussion:
I would like to be treated with respect, to be listened to
when you are giving suggestions during group work or presentation:
I would still like to be listened to
when you commit mistake:
I would like to be helped avoid that mistake and be told of what is correct
when you don’t like doing what they ask you to do:
If what they're asking me to do is necessary, I would still comply with it as part of my participation
when they want to give you their comments or suggestions:
I would listen to them
b. I am being polite and respectful to the MCL community:
Teachers:
listening to them, answering politely when they ask
Students:
whenever I bump into other fellow students, I apologize sincerely
when I need to pass through, I say "excuse me"
Employees, Security, Maintenance/janitors:
whenever I have concerns or questions, I ask politely; I say "thank you"
9TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES (RESPONSIBILITY)
9TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES (RESPONSIBILITY)
1. How do you describe a responsible person?
2. What are your responsibilities a) at home, b) in school c) in your community?
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1. A responsible person is someone who is disciplined, does his duties or gets his work done on time.
2. My responsibilities at:
- Home:-be an obedient and polite daughter-be a reliable and helpful sister to my siblings; assist my younger siblings with their homeworks, obey and help my older sister especially when it comes to chores-also be a responsible student, do assignments
School:-be an independent, hard-working student; listen in class, participate in academic/non academic activities, study
Community:-be a role-model citizen, impose good deeds to other fellow citizens and also to the environment
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