I was raised in a home where I learned very early on the value of keeping your word. As a child, this meant that I could trust that whatever either of my parents said, no matter how small or how big, was going to be done as they had said. Back then I did not know this is what equates commitment when you become an adult. Becoming a teenager and then a young adult, I learned that value of commitment, which started out as commitment to what you say. This would eventually be the beginning of me valuing dependability, reliability, and accountability and they have become a great part of my life. I attach great importance to the latter three words in addition to commitment. It saddens and disappoints me when people do not commit to what they say and therefore render themselves as unreliable people. These words are not just mere words. These words in school mean something. In school it determines whether the division of labor in a group project will be fair. At the workpla...
Experiences while abroad