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Self-control
The ability to control one's emotions and impulses, self-command.
(restraint, composure, poise)
| 1 Unacceptable anywhere |
2 Unacceptable at Nipher |
3 Common Courtesy |
4 Above and Beyond |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violence towards others | Fighting, Play-fighting Horse-play | Being able to walk away. | Asking/Looking for a better way to resolve the problem. |
| Verbally assaulting others (cussing someone out, slander) | Verbally taunting others (excessive teasing, encouraging a fight) | If I can’t say anything nice, I won't say anything at all. | Defending others with kind and encouraging words. |
| Making written or verbal threats towards others. | Intimidating others through body language and words. (cyberbullying, notes, rumors, phone messages, IM, gossip, etc.) | Golden Rule - "Treat others as you wish to be treated." | Feeling good enough about my self not to put others down. |
| Verbal Outbursts of anger | Using hate words or gestures towards others who make me mad or yelling angry words at someone. | Not allowing my emotions to take control of the situation. | Finding positive outlets to release frustration and anger at breaking points. |
"Man cannot live without self-control." Isaac Bashevis Singer (writer and Nobel Prize recipient)
"I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion." Billie Jean King (tennis champion)
"What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline." H.P. Liddon (theologian)
"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins." Bob Moawad (Chairman and CEO of Edge Learning Institute)
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