The misconception people have with respect.
In the book Ken is respected and admired by many people and colleagues during his time in the NHL. Fans are generally the people that admire him for his play as a goalie, while other people and some fans respected him for what he did as a person and how he acted. Many people where he played respected him even when there was tension between French and English speakers in Quebec. Though he couldn’t speak much French, he made many attempts at doing so and was learning how to speak fluently, which many French people in the area liked about him. From the people he knew, he had mutual respect from his coaching staff as he spoke about the respect he had for his coach, and after the final game he played his coach didn’t say but showed that he respected Ken. Now what some don’t understand about respect is that it is earned, and many people can confuse respect with fear. This happens with individuals that control others with fear or rule with an iron fist, these people can be political leaders or owners of businesses. While in other cases they misinterpret kindness for respect, this happens when arrogant people speak with kind people in a rude manner. They take the kindness the person shows as a sign of the person respecting them when in reality they are a decent person that talks to everyone as equals. The largest problem is people not understanding that they must earn someone’s respect through what they say or do. If people could understand the difference, then they could possibly be humbled and act like regular people opposed to being so infatuated with themselves. With this realization society could improve greatly as more people would be polite while others would still be rude.
In the book Ken is respected and admired by many people and colleagues during his time in the NHL. Fans are generally the people that admire him for his play as a goalie, while other people and some fans respected him for what he did as a person and how he acted. Many people where he played respected him even when there was tension between French and English speakers in Quebec. Though he couldn’t speak much French, he made many attempts at doing so and was learning how to speak fluently, which many French people in the area liked about him. From the people he knew, he had mutual respect from his coaching staff as he spoke about the respect he had for his coach, and after the final game he played his coach didn’t say but showed that he respected Ken. Now what some don’t understand about respect is that it is earned, and many people can confuse respect with fear. This happens with individuals that control others with fear or rule with an iron fist, these people can be political leaders or owners of businesses. While in other cases they misinterpret kindness for respect, this happens when arrogant people speak with kind people in a rude manner. They take the kindness the person shows as a sign of the person respecting them when in reality they are a decent person that talks to everyone as equals. The largest problem is people not understanding that they must earn someone’s respect through what they say or do. If people could understand the difference, then they could possibly be humbled and act like regular people opposed to being so infatuated with themselves. With this realization society could improve greatly as more people would be polite while others would still be rude.
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