Common Sense Quotes

               The quotes from the Good Reads website were quite interesting. One of the quotes caught my attention because I have heard it before during my childhood. This quote was produced in the Common Sense, which read “When I was teaching children I began every day writing this on the blackboard: ‘Do to others what you would like them to do to you,’ telling them how much better the world would be if everybody lived by this rule." This phrase was repeated to me during the six years I was in elementary school. My principal from that school called it the “Golden Rule” and told all his students to treat others the way you want to be treated. Since English was not my first language, I could not grasp it at first. But eventually, I found that quote to be true. People want to be treated a certain way, but tend to disregard the feelings of others and only want what is best for them. This can cause some of the most horrific occurrences in history such as the killing of ethnic groups because they were deemed unworthy, the racism and discrimination of several cultures, and bullying, which still exists to this day. I strongly believe that if people would stop and think about how others would feel as a result to the actions we take and treat them in a manner that we want to be treated, then our society would gradually improve.