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=**Honesty**=

Honesty is one of the most important traits that a person could have. As one of my wise companions said, “A man is nothing without his word.”. I strongly with this quote because honesty can tell a lot about a person’s conscious. Honesty has helped me personally once before. One time my friend and I found it funny to throw clods of dirt, from my garden, at my house. Soon my mother walked out the door and saw the whole left side of the house covered in dirt. I decided she already knew what we were doing so when she asked, “What on earth are you doing?”, I decided to come clean in order to receive a lighter punishment. “I was throwing dirt clods at the house.”, I said sadly with my puppy eyes. “Go to your room!”, she exclaimed. My mom later told me that if I would have lied I would have gotten my PS2 taken away, but because I told the truth I just had to stay in my room for an hour. The moral of the story is that telling the truth can be beneficial to you. Just as in court pleading guilty can get you a lighter sentence if you confess to what you committed.

=**Responsibility**=

Responsibility is very important because it shows a person’s judgment during pressure. By seeing a person’s judgment under pressure, one can see how these people are on the inside. One can tell a lot about another based on the decisions that person has made during their lifetime. Responsibility has been beneficial to me one hundred percent of the time. At school I choose to be responsible by getting good grades and trying as hard as I can. At home I choose to be responsible by listening and respecting my parents. I choose to be responsible because it gains my respect and sometimes awards. For example; I have been selected for the Boetcher Scholarship award. I have also lettered in academics and currently have a 4.0 gpa. I have had to make a lot of responsible decisions such as; whether to slack off, or do my boring homework. I always do my homework even if it means missing my favorite T.V. show. In conclusion responsibility is very important and is necessary to be a successful person in life.

=**Honesty Reaserch**= "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Story Arts. 2000. 28 Nov 2007 <[|http://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/stories/boy.html>.]

There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!" The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces. "Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling back down the hill. Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away. When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!" But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more. Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!" But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come. At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping. "There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?" An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village. "We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth, "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"**
 * The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Honesty is very important because it can tell a lot about a man. Not only can it tell a lot about a man, but it can effect the way people treat you. Once there was a Shepard. The Shepard’s job was to call the townspeople when he saw a wolf and the townspeople would chase the wolf away from their precious sheep. One day the board little Shepard cried, “Wolf! Wolf!”. All of the townspeople came rushing to the Sheppard. The townspeople were shocked to discover no wolf, but a laughing little Sheppard. The Sheppard promised to never cry wolf again and the townspeople believed him. The next day the Sheppard was board once again so he called, “Wolf! Wolf!”. Once again all of the townspeople came rushing to the Sheppard. The townspeople were shocked to discover no wolf, but a laughing little Sheppard again!! The Sheppard promised to never cry wolf again and the townspeople didn’t believe him. The next day a wolf really did come to the herd of sheep. The boy cried, “Wolf!! Wolf!!”, but this time no one came(Story Arts). The boy was eaten by the wolf, because the townspeople thought that he was dishonest. This story tells it’s readers that if people think you are dishonest, you no longer have any credibility.

=**Responsibility Research**=

Osborne, Charles. "Heavy Responsibility." Anecdoteage. 28 Nov 2007 .


 * Heavy Responsibility

"[British poet laureate] John Betjeman had agreed to judge the entries in the children's book category for the Arts Council National Book Awards. He was receiving a large fee for his services, but had agreed to act only if he did not have to read too many books. Eventually about 20 were delivered at his house, where he proceeded to judge them, supping champagne while, by a curious process of osmosis, holding them one by one on his hand as if weighing them and occasionally sniffing a volume. 'The smell is important,' he giggled."**

Responsibility is very important because people will treat you differently based on your level of responsibility. Responsibility can tell a lot about a man’s conscience and how he was raised. Most of the time responsibility can tell people about how you were brought up by your parents and/or family. One day a poet was asked to judge entries for a children’s book category for Arts Council National Book Awards. He was going to be paid a lot for this task. He accepted knowingly that this task was going to take a lot of work. Eventually 20 entries arrived at his doorstep. He took his job seriously and carefully examined the entries. Since he was being paid a lot, he examined the books and did it well(Osborne, Charles). In this story we (as the readers) can learn that being responsible is important. The poet in the story took his job seriously, because of the amount he was going to be paid. He knew to be responsible and true to his word so he did his job to the best of his ability.