Civil Thoughts of the Day

Here is the coming week’s Civitas at Central, Civil Thoughts of the Day – work to incorporate them into your life!

#13 – Keep it Down (and Rediscover Silence) – Noise is among the most pervasive and frustrating sources of everyday annoyance – and sometimes a veritable pain.  Silence is not necessarily the sign of a failure to communicate.  Instead, it can be the refreshing result of a choice.  Consider cell phones and personal music devices – turn them off when in class, or at least turn them to vibrate or down to a point where they can only be heard by you.

•    “My right to swing my fist ends at your nose.  My right to make noise ought to end at your ear.”  Les Blomberg
•    “Let us be silent – so we may hear the whisper of the gods.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

#14 – Respect Other People’s Time – We respect other people’s time when we learn to value it as much as our own.  Even better, we can get to a point where we won’t distinguish between our time and the time of others.  We then respect time as such – as the precious commodity it is – and act upon this respect in every situation.  Punctuality is non-negotiable – arriving on time is a basic rule of considerate behavior!

•    “Dost thou love life?  Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.”  Benjamin Franklin

These two “Rules of Considerate Conduct” are taken from P.M. Forni’s book, Choosing Civility – The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct.  If you are interested in reading more, stop by Lance’s office to check out a copy!

Stop by the Classroom Wing between CW129 and CW132 to see the Civitas at Central Board to read these Thoughts of the Day!

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