ACCEPTING THE INDIVIDUALITY
OF OTHERS
At the end of this module, you are
expected to:
1. determine the basic aspects of an individual;
2. demonstrate suggested ways in accepting others;
3. formulate home/school policies that promote
respect for individual differences;
4. appreciate actions or behaviors that accept
individual differences.
At the end of this module, you are
expected to:
1. determine the basic aspects of an individual;
2. demonstrate suggested ways in accepting others;
3. formulate home/school policies that promote
respect for individual differences;
4. appreciate actions or behaviors that accept
individual differences.
What is your thought about this statement?
“No two humans are alike?”
Our individuality comes with our unique
attributes and characteristics. Some
can easily be seen physically while
some can be manifested through
actions and behavior which may
indicate values and personalities.
Healthy ways to deal with our
individual differences
a. Accept that we are all different.
Don’t assume that your preferences
would always be the same as those of
your peers or friends.
b. Use your similarities with other
people to strike a harmonious
relationship with them. While you
acknowledge that people are different from
another, there are also commonalities
which you may take advantage to establish
positive relationship with them.
c. Be open-minded with others. You
can always learn from the experiences
of your friends and peers and they can
also do the same with you.
d. Try to consider where others are
coming from. Your family set up may
be different from what your friends
have. People might have grown up in
a province or in a highly urbanized city.
e. If your differences with others are
getting in the way, try to have a
common ground. You cannot impose
your beliefs, values and culture to others,
the same way that they cannot do that to
you.
Always remember that you co-exist with
others. There are things that you cannot
control like the people around you but you
can always manage the way you deal with
them.
The choice is always with you, either you
make the most out of those
individual differences and have a happy
life or you make that as your limitations.
