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Personal Values Development

The development of my personal values has come about through a variety of sources. One of the first influences was my close relationship with my grandmother, who was a Greek immigrant. She had a strong determination about the things she wanted to achieve and did not back down from anything just because it was difficult. Since we lived with her for the first four years of my life and my mother worked during those years, I became very close to her and acquired some of her inner drive. My grandmother also felt strongly about always doing the right thing, no matter what. I remember that one of her neighbors was taken to court in a case involving possible wrongdoing within his family, and many people had prejudged him before the trial. My grandmother, however, refused to testify to anything except what she had actually seen and heardùno hearsay, no conjecture, and no repeating of rumors. He was acquitted as a result of her testimony, and I have always felt that justice was done because of her fearless resolve to be honest.

School influenced me greatly, as well, especially my teachers. I loved school and wanted to please my teachers, and this prompted me to work hard to do well and stay out of trouble. I remember in the second grade, however, several of us students were teasing a classmate, who had been told to sit in a chair on the patio outside our classroom. We took turns pulling out the chair from underneath him to make him stand up, and then told him, ôOh oh! YouÆll get in trouble if you donÆt sit down.ö My teacher walked in and caught us doing it, and asked me directly if I had been participating. Although I knew she had seen me do it, I lied and said ôNo.ö The guilt from telling this obvious falsehood haunted me for many years, and from then on I was more careful to speak the truth.

My parents were also instrumental in the development of my values. They both came from traditional families where children obe...

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