Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Are you a trusting person?
On a scale of 1-10, to what extent do you trust the people around you? Briefly explain your answer by responding to the questions below:· Do you completely trust your friends? Your family? Your teachers?· Do you think they would ever betray you? If so, why and how?· Could you ever betray them?· What types of situations make people betray others?
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If I had to rate how much I trust people I would put myself around a five. My rating is different for different people but a five is average. My family is always there for me and I would give them a nine. They are always there for me; even if they annoy me sometimes they would never betray me. I wish I could say the same for my friends, but I do not completely trust them. Call me paranoid but unless you owe me your life my friends are around a three (Even teachers are higher on my scale, a five). I just don’t trust people because I have seen people around me get hurt through scenarios like these. You think they are your friend and then an opportunity comes by that breaks up your friendship and your trust. My friends might betray me given the opportunity; these are just the types of scenarios that cause people to be untrustworthy. I would never betray one of my friends, but the same thing can’t be said for the whole world.
ReplyDeleteMy scale number would be about a 6. I don’t fully trust letting my secrets out to my friends. I don’t fully tell my teachers EVERYTHING either. Neither do I tell my parent do to the fact of pure humiliation or embarrassment which could incur harassment from them. People don’t need to know what doesn’t concern them. Yes, my friends have betrayed me several times. I don’t fully trust anyone due to this. I make friends, they act like they don’t care about me and then they leave me as a friend for other BETTER people. Or they would spread the secret around the school, and pretty soon everyone knows. For that, my trust in people is severely cut. I sometimes betray them too by telling certain people their secrets, but luckily it’s in their circle of friends. Some situations are when they tell them something so important that it needs to go out to the world. Or when they do something bad, and everyone ends up knowing it.
ReplyDeleteI would say that I trust people at about an 8. It also depends on the person that I am supposedly trusting. I trust my friends more than my teachers and family, mainly because I am closer to my friends. My friends know more about me than my teachers do (obviously) and they are probably even with my family. The one problem is that I can’t trust my family 100% because they say I will get ice cream if I clean my room, but it never happens. I don’t think that anyone of my closest friends would betray me, and I know I would never betray them. I guess that when greed takes over someone and the thing that they want is more valuable to them than friendship, family, trustworthiness is, they go for it.
ReplyDeleteI would say I am a 1 out of 10. I trust one person, a very close friend of mine, with everything. I do not completely trust all of my friends, nor my family, and definitely not my teachers with a lot of my information. It is likely that all, none or some of these people would betray me, but I remain optimistic about it, and I don’t exactly call it a betrayal because I like to put myself in their shoes and think about why they would betray me. I will not ever betray anyone to some extent, if they were to do something to harm someone, themselves, or a number of other terrible things, I would “betray” them, but it would be to save them, or so I hope. Situations when people betray others would be when something is on the line, like money, love or fame.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale from 1-10 of trust, I’m around a 5 or a 6. I tell my friends almost everything there is to know about me, but once in a blue moon we will have a small fight and that friend is either jealous over something or just looking for revenge, and a few times had used what they know about me and either extended them to lies or told someone something about me that that person should not have known to begin with. My family doesn’t know every detail about me and I don’t necessarily let them into my life 100% so it’s hard for them to betray me or let me down with the little information that they have. To be honest I never really thought about how much I’ve trusted a teacher. I never thought of them anymore than someone just doing their job so it’s hard for me to say how well I do or do not trust them. So just from past experiences it is sometimes hard for me to put all of my trust into people
ReplyDeleteTrusting people is not always easy, so if I rated how much I trust people around me it would probably be a 6. In trusting my friends I’d say that I don’t trust them as much as I could. For instance, I would tell them something general but not really details about things that are important to me. As for my family, I trust them completely but I would not tell them everything from my social life. I think that I trust teachers a lot. I feel safe handing assignments over to them knowing they won’t lose them, but I would not talk to them like I would a friend. I don’t believe people would betray me. I actually don’t think I would suspect something like that until it was done. As for myself, I don’t betray people and I think trust is essential in a relationship. I believe when people betray others it means they weren’t communicating over something or just didn’t have a good friendship to start out with. Trust is important to me, but I wouldn’t say I am the most trusting person.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of one to ten I trust the people around me at about a six or seven. Sure it varies from person to person, but I think it’s a good starting point. I think it’s hard to fully trust anyone, ever. If a person has generally been good to you, it’s obvious that you are going to trust them more than a person you’ve just met. I trust my friends and family more than anyone (they rate about a 7 to 9), teachers only range a point or two lower. I know that my teachers and parents will not betray my trust. If I go to them for advice or help, they’ll steer me in the right direction because they’ve most likely been in similar situations. They also know they wouldn’t gain anything from directing me a certain way. However, friends are a different league. I trust my friends but you always have to wonder if they’ll betray your trust. If you’re in a certain situation like whether to date someone or not, they could steer you in the wrong direction so they’d have a better chance with this person. This is a serious trust issue. If you can’t trust yourself, how can you possibly trust others?
ReplyDeleteI would say on a scale of 1-10 I trust the people around me a 5. Most of my friends I trust a lot, but not with everything. I know that they could betray me, and more than that there are things I just like to keep some things to myself. I trust my family much more then my friends because we are closer to each other than friends and I know it’s less likely that they’ll “betray” me. My teachers I trust the least. I don’t know them very well and I rarely see them outside the school environment so it’s hard to know what they are really like. I’m sure that any of the aforementioned people could betray me. Whenever there is a situation where there is large personal gain, there would be a high chance that they and any other person would. I regret to say that I would betray them, but sometimes when there is large personal gain for myself, I forget about others, despite that being wrong.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of one to ten I would probably give myself a seven. I trust my friends enough to tell them a lot of what’s going on in my life, but if someone else ends up knowing what I told my friends I automatically assume that they couldn’t keep a secret (whether it was their fault or not). I don’t trust my family as much as I trust my friends, especially my brother. I don’t think my friends would betray me on purpose, but they might just because they forgot who they were talking or what their saying. I think a situation where a friend might betray another is because of peer pressure or if the friends are in a fight.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1 to 10, my level of trust is probably about a 7. I completely trust my best friend with everything. We tell each other absolutely everything. I trust that she won’t betray that trust that we have. I fully trust my family. We are very close, and we tell each other everything about our lives. That is what family is for. But I don’t trust my teachers to that degree, or the rest of my peers, mostly because I don’t know them as well. Every year I get a whole new set of them, and so I don’t get the chance to get to know them as well. I don’t think I could ever betray my family, or my best friend, because I am so close to them, and I live with them every day. I think betrayal becomes a problem when the situation stretches that trust, and creates a choice that one has to make.
ReplyDeleteOn scale 1 to 10, I would say I trust people about a 6. For the most part, I am very cautious about what I tell people and also how interpret their secrets. I generally treat anyone I know with this attitude because to humans, lying is second nature to the truth. I’m even a victim of the tempting habit of lying about pointless topics. That’s why I always listen to everything with a grain of salt, because sometimes, people lie just to lie. On the other hand, people can lie with purpose. Especially if they believe that the truth can be more destructive. I find that for me, this is the main culprit. It’s from a fear of what other people think.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10 I would probably say that I trust the people around me on a 6 because I know some of them better than the others. If I were to be asked if I trust my best friend then yes I would automatically say 10. But also if u were to ask me if I trust some of the people I have in classes with me I wouldn’t be able to answer. To ask me if I trust my family is to ask me is the sky blue. Yes I 100% trust my family with my life. Maybe with the small exception of Mitch… but I still would trust him just not with my life. Trust is something that students must have with their teachers in order for them to succeed. If a student doesn’t trust that the teacher know what needs to be taught and how to teach it, then they will never do good in that class because they never know if they are actually learning the right thing or are they actually being taught in the wrong way. I don’t think that any person that I trust would betray me, but if they were to, they would definitely lose my trust. I think that people betray one another is certain situations because of greed, or they lose touch with their inner morals. Someone who betrays you doesn’t deserve your trust at all. If anyone I trusted betrayed me I wouldn’t do anything in retaliation because stooping down to their level is never good at all.
ReplyDeleteTeachers- 4
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Family- 8
I don’t completely trust anyone but myself. I say out of my family, friends and teachers, I trust my teachers the least, then friends, then family. I do trust my teachers with important things like honesty in grading my school work, but I would never go to them with secrets or things I didn’t want anyone else to know. My friends I can trust to keep my secrets most of the time. The reason I don’t trust them completely is I may be fighting with one of them, and they can use what I have told them against me. I know I have wanted to do that before. I think I can trust my family the most because even if we are mad at each other, we are still family and we love each other. Families do fall apart though, so some things are just better to keep in your head and your head only. There is a quote that says trust is like glass, once it’s broken, you can try to fix it but it will never be the same again. That is why I think unless you really need to get advice, I would do what your mind is telling you is best and unless you really have to tell your secret, the safest place is in your head.
I trust the people around me completely. It is a 100% trust factor. Of course I trust my friends if I didn’t feel like they were trust worthy I would not surround myself with them. If I couldn’t trust my friends completely it would only come back to bite me. I do trust my family. They are my blood they are partly like me and there is an unbreakable barrier that we all have. I do mostly trust my teachers I understand that they always try to have everyone’s best interest at heart. I may not always believe in what they do but I trust that somehow it is the correct choice. I don’t think any of the above would betray me. I also don’t think that I have ever given them a reason to betray me. I couldn’t betray them either because I give them my trust then they should get my word that I will do what I say. There are very few situations where someone would betray another. I think that any of the situations would include money or love. It would have to be something that someone lusts over, something they envy, and something that would give them a strong enough motive to betray another.
ReplyDeleteI have different levels of trust with different people. For example, I trust friends that I have known for longer (8) more than friends that I have just known for a short amount of time (5). I find it easier to trust adults like teachers and parents (7-8) because they usually have your best interest in mind, and are more reliable. I trust my family (8-9) more than my friends just because I have known them my whole life, and I know that if they did something to me there would be consequences for them. Situations that could make a friend betray another friend might be jealousy, or if someone has something that they want, they might use questionable means to get it. I hope that none of my friends ever betray me, and I hope that I never betray them, but situations arise and anything is possible.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10, I would give myself a seven or eight. My friends would be the ones who I would trust the least. Friends can be great, but more often than not, they have their own self interests at mind, and might trample over you to reach those interests. Family is definitely trustworthy, but not 100% of the time. People make mistakes, no matter their relationship to you, and you can’t trust them all the time. It’s also hard to predict how the reaction might be to a certain scenario or information. Teachers can be trusted, but, they also make mistakes. Also, they may say they are trying to help you, and may even think that, but it turns out to be in their favor. I would say that teachers can be trusted, for the most part.
ReplyDeleteI think that friends are the most likely to betray you. They aren’t related to you, or it isn’t their job to help you, so they are more likely to take into account their own self interests. Teachers would be the next spot. Their job is to help and teach students, but sometimes they can get annoyed and not want to help you. In my opinion, that is just like a betrayal. Family would be the last people I would consider to betray me. There is a special connection with family that keeps them together and makes them love one another so they look out for each other.
There are many different scenarios that people would betray you. One of the main situations would be where own self interest is involved. Self interest is a powerful motivator, and many people fall susceptible to its riches and glory. Also, many betrayals happen in high stress situations. Some people crumble under pressure, and chose to go with the easiest decision, even if it is betraying their own friend or family member.
I definitely trust my family, friends and teachers. But that trust shifts around a little bit. There are things I would trust my teachers with rather than my friends, things I would trust my family with over my teachers and things I would trust my friends with over my family. It just depends on the situation and how something will affect me. I think anyone could betray me, but not my teachers and family as much. I think it would be friends before anyone else. I know there are some friends that might not keep a secret very well or might pick a date over me. But with my closest friends it would shock me if they ever did something like that. I would like to say I would never betray them but if, say, something were to happen and my teachers and/or parents got involved with my friends then it could possibly get to the point that someone gets betrayed –hopefully with good intentions. I think that’s most commonly when people get betrayed -when the people they trust all get involved and they have to choose.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10, I am probably a 9. In other words, I would trust my family and friends with my life. Over the years, I have had friends that weren’t really my friends that gave reasons to seriously question whether or not I could trust them. However, my family and the friends that I have now are completely trustworthy in my mind, and I hope that is how they will stay. Additionally, I know that I can trust my teachers to do the right thing. This is an especially crucial trust, since so much of our education depends on the relationship we have with our teachers. I like to think, and hope, that my friends will never betray me, and I will do my best to never betray them. The situations that cause people to betray others are situations where the friendship will be jeopardized no matter what choice the friend makes.
ReplyDeleteI would rate myself an 8 on trusting the people around me. I try to put myself in positive situations where the people are reliable and care about me as a person. Therefore, I haven’t ever felt horribly betrayed which makes me more open to putting my secrets, personal identity, and sometimes life in other people’s hands. My family is the strong core of my life, so I know that no matter what, they will be there for me and I will be there for them too. Teachers, bring up a different kind of trust issue because they aren’t the people that I spend time one-on-one with. Especially because in middle school and high school I have so many teachers with large class sizes. I don’t have nearly the same amount of trust, as I do with friends and family. I think when people betray others, it is because they are looking for something more or a new opportunity presents itself. Otherwise, content friends will stay together until the end!
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10 I would say that generally trust people at about a 7. Some people I trust more than others such as my close friends and my family but I wouldn’t open up completely to my teachers. One reason I don’t trust my teachers as much as my friends or family is because they don’t know me and I don’t know them as much as my family and friends do. I do completely trust my friends though because first of all they know me really well so it’s easy to tell them anything. I can open up to my family but I usually don’t tell them everything but I trust them most of all to keep their promises and I always believe what they say. I can’t see any of my friends, family, and teachers betraying me. I don’t think that I would ever be able to betray my family, friend or my teachers. Jealousy and greed are some things that drive people to betray one another and loose each others trust.
ReplyDeleteTrust in my opinion is a give and take scenario. Generally speaking I tend to trust people I know well or until they do something to take away that trust. Complete trust is something very hard for me specifically and I’m sure several others. To gain complete trust in oneself and others takes a lot of practice and caution. Most human beings are biased with their trust pertaining to their friends and family because of the strong relationship with them which I believe is justified. Like Andrew Carnegie’s “Wealth” essay (which I have recently learned about in History) trust is like charity in this situation. Use it cautiously and give to people who you are confident will utilize it properly. When finding out someone has been dishonest with you it’s heartbreaking and makes you wonder what gave them the audacity to do so. Some stimulation connected with mistrust could include something in it for the one lying, insecurity, or plain unbalance in the mind.
ReplyDeleteI trust my family a lot and my friends I have known for a while. Friends don’t always last for as long as you want them to. My extremely close friends I would definitely trust because are there for me and can understand my reasons. If I they tell me any private information they want to tell Friends that I might of just met maybe not as much because you are not quite sure what they are all about yet. I trust them if they have keep “secrets” when they are supposed to. For my family I completely trust them because they are always there for me and have helped me through life so how could I not trust them. I also trust my teachers because their job is to teach and help us learn the material. I would rate my trust at an 8.
ReplyDeleteI have friends that I have practically known forever. I seriously doubt that they would betray me because we have grown so close to each other over the years. We each know how the other thinks and acts and feels. So, to hurt me they would actually be hurting themselves in the process.
ReplyDeleteMy family is mostly the same. But I do have one cousin that has inadvertently hurt me once. It’s harder to trust her now. We still get along but things are so much different. I never know what to expect from her anymore.
I figure that I can trust my teachers. I mean, they basically tell us on the first day that we can come to them with anything. This is fantastic. Teachers are close enough to you that you can talk to them but still far enough away to not bug you about it all the time. So, on a scale of 1-10, I think I trust the people around me on a 6 or 7. Anything can happen to make you not trust a person. Miscommunication is a big one. Most of the drama I hear today is because people get the wrong story. I try my hardest to be understood in order to avoid this.
On a scale from 1 to 10 I think I’m a 7 on trusting the people around me. I completely trust most of my friends I do have some of those friends who I don’t trust with anything at all. I do completely trust my family because they love me enough to look out for me. As for my teachers I generally trust them because I think they want to help build relationships with their students. I believe somebody will eventually betray, me weather on purpose or accidental I know it’s kind of inevitable. Why they would do it would probably be a selfish reason, something that benefits them. How they would do it I’m not quite sure it might be a revealing a secret or something along those lines. I would never intently betray anyone because I just don’t think I could do it, after you do it once no one trusts you. Different situations that make people betray others are when they have to choose between being a good friend and looking out for themselves and in most cases people would rather help themselves unless it’s an extremely loyal friend.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1 to 10, I think I trust the people around me at about a 7. With all the news you hear in the media, both locally and nationally, it is hard to completely trust everyone around you. My family I definitely trust, because I have been living with them for 14 years and they have given me absolutely no reason not to trust them. The only situation I would not trust my family is with my brother remembering something, but he wouldn’t betray me on purpose. Some students I wouldn’t trust with many situations, but I’d say for the most part I trust most of the students around me. I wouldn’t trust a lot of students though, especially guys, with tasks that take a lot of responsibility. It is hard to say I trust all my teachers, since I have known most of them for barely 2 weeks, but in general teachers are pretty trustworthy. It seems as though some of them are selfish and will do almost nothing to help with student’s problems, so I wouldn’t necessarily trust all my teachers when I have a problem.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think I would betray any of my friends on purpose, at least in most situations. The only time I think I would betray someone else is when it could possibly cause harm to others. Another situation is if I have to choose between two things I value, in which case I would choose the way of the thing I value more.
On a scale of one to ten I probably trust people at a level six or seven. I would say that from experiences I have trusted people less than I used to. Through everyday actions and conversations people can usually learn more about people and if they are trustworthy. The people around me literally I probably trust less than the people I chose to have around me, metaphorically. This is mostly due to the face that I haven’t had high pressure trust experiences with them and do not know if they would stand by me or throw me under the bus.
ReplyDeleteI think I have pretty good faith in my friends if it was a major trust thing like a question of theft or some other serious crime, but my friends and I mess around with each other a lot and play jokes and kid around so I am a bit weary concerning everyday life. I do trust my family and think that they would have my best interests in mind in things concerning me but there have been times when I have doubted that and they have had to regain my trust. I have some of lack in trust from teachers in the only sense that perhaps the material they are teaching us we will not use later in life and they are simply required to teach us the curriculum. I don’t think any of the people in my life would betray me by meaning to. They may say, do or suggest something to me that would lift a burden on them instead of help me to better myself. I think the same thing applies to me as far as betrayal; I would never do it to specifically harm them. I think that in situations like getting ahead or trying to hide the truth people are more likely to betray others.
I would say that I’m a three out of ten on the issue of trusting people that are around me. I trust my family with mostly everything, I mean, they’re my family and I’ve known them for all of my life. I know that they would ever betray me, and I would never betray them. I also trust my friends very much. I definitely feel like I can talk to them about most of my problems and concerns. I know for a fact that my closest friends would never betray me, and I would never betray them. I trust my teachers too, but I have to allow myself to open up to them, and I have to let them open up to me before I can trust them. I wouldn’t betray them if I knew that they would never betray me. The three out of ten comes from when I meet new people. I can’t go straight to trusting somebody until they prove to me that they can be trusted. There are a few situations that cause people to betray one another are situations where there is a tough decision to be made. For example, let’s say that you get two free tickets to fly to the moon overnight, and you must choose between two of your friends to take. Either way, one of your friends will feel betrayed because only one can go with you. Or, if you get to spend a day with your favorite celebrity and are only able to bring one other person, your other friends will feel betrayed. To sum it up, I am a pretty trusting person with people, and I am pretty easy on my decisions to trust people, but even though i wouldn't ever want to, because of better judgment betrayal is a very hard thing to avoid.
ReplyDeleteTypically, I trust people at about an 8 from the time I meet them. In order for me to not trust a certain person, whether it be a family member or friend, they have to do something which would make me believe they aren’t trustworthy. For example, they could betray me by telling people about the secret or whatever I happen to be trusting them with. Or they could way overreact and freak out, etc. Most of my friends I trust almost wholeheartedly at around a 9. I really highly doubt that my friends would ever betray me, and if they did it would probably only be for an important reason. I don’t really share anything with my family, aside from daily happenings, like a tough test in math or that I went off campus for lunch. I am this way because my siblings have gotten me in trouble for certain things I trusted them not to tell my parents. Then it is just kind of awkward talking to my parents for some reason. I usually trust teachers at about a 6 just because they are my teachers and shouldn’t be all up in my business. But if I did tell them something, they’ve obviously not betrayed me because I would have probably remembered.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of one to ten, I trust the people around me at about a 6. At school it is hard is hard for me to trust everyone because I don’t know everyone I don’t know who they or if they can be trustworthy. To be honest I don’t completely trust my friends. I don’t tell them every little detail about my life but I do tell them a lot because I trust them mostly. My friends are almost like my family but sometimes I feel like I don’t need to tell them some stuff. On a scale of 1 to 10 I trust my friends about an 8. I feel like I can completely trust my family. Sometimes I don’t trust my brother and sister if they are plotting to get me back or something but I would trust them with everything else. I trust my family but I also don’t tell them everything. Sometimes I feel like they don’t need to know everything about me, I’m a big girl and can handle things on my own. My family does also know pretty much everything about me. I would trust them at around a 9. I also trust my teachers. I feel like teachers are here for us and they are grading and teaching in a way that is in our best interest. Again like with my friends there is always a little bit of distrust. You never know if they are going to do something just because they don’t like you. I don’t think I have ever betrayed a teacher. To betray a teacher would be like completely blowing off the class. Failing is also a way of betraying a teacher in my mind. To me the main reason someone would betray someone else is emotion. It could be anything from jealousy to anger. When emotions come out I feel like that’s when someone will feel strongly enough to let their emotions take over and hurt someone else.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1 to 10 I think that my trust in the people around me is a 7. I think so because I don’t know everything about these people and they don’t know everything about me. With everything that people hear in the halls or on the news it is hard to be 100% sure that you can trust people. I completely trust my family. I know that no matter what they would never betray me. They would never betray me because I have been living with them for my whole life and they have given me no reasons to ever stop trusting them. I also trust my teachers but not as much as I trust my friends. I would never tell them everything. My trust level in teachers is about a 5 for that reason.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think that I could ever betray my friends. The only situation I would betray my friends in is if they were going to hurt themselves or someone else. I think that I have to have known my friends for a while to be able to trust them enough to open up and talk to them. I think that the types of situations that make people betray each other are when they are angry and they want to get this certain person back for something. I think people betray other people because they have such strong emothions that they dont think about what they are doing.Nobody wants to be betrayed.
For everyone but my family, I'd rate them a 1. I've been betrayed before, several times, by close friends. I've been hurt. I just don't trust people anymore.
ReplyDeleteSo yes, I do think my friends would betray me. Not my family, they would never do anything like that. My teachers wouldn't, either. They're all (except one) really good to their class, and are willing to help me if I need it.
No, I've never betrayed anyone. And I will do my best not to.
I'm not sure why people like to betray me. For fun?
My trust on a scale of 1-10 I would have to say that I’m an 8. I say that because I can trust anybody I meet besides some of my friends. I’ve only had problems with my friends when it comes with girls. My life could be a ton easier without them. I feel because of it that I could never betray my friends back. I say this because the sweetness of revenge is only an emotion felt for 1% of forever. With other people who trust me and wouldn’t betray me ever, then I know that everything wrong with what has gone on with my friends should be better in about ten minutes. One last thing, even with people I don’t trust I still try as hard as I can to relate to them and not show hatred towards one person.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1 to 10 I trust my friends at a level 8. I say this because nothing has happened yet but there are some that I haven’t known long enough to trust completely. I trust my family at a 9 because except for my brother they would never take anything from me. I trust my teachers at a 7 because I don’t know all of them that well and have not formed my opinion. I think that maybe eventually some of these people may betray me because that’s just how life rolls. I feel that I could end up betraying someone but I wouldn’t do it intentionally to harm someone. Sometimes at the time you do not know that you are betraying a person but somehow there will occasionally be the time that you didn’t mean to but you did.
ReplyDeleteDo I trust the people around me? On a scale of 1-10, I would have to put it at about 8. I am the kind of person who puts all my trust and faith into friends. This can be both positive and negative. My friends can completely trust me but I would be heartbroken if they broke their trust. Of course I can trust my family; they raised me. Trusting your family is like breathing, you don’t think about it but it is necessary to do so. I could never betray anyone! I never have and it hurts me to think that someone would do that to me. Most people are probably betrayed in life or death situations. It makes sense but it is hard to think that you could be placed in that kind of situation. I definitely trust the people that surround me!
ReplyDeleteOut of all of the people around me, I feel like I trust them in general at about 60%. I feel like I cannot trust everyone 100% percent because they do many untrustworthy things to me. For my friends, I trust some more than others. Some of my friends tend to do things that make me not be able to trust them. For my family, I can trust them 100%. I feel like I can trust them because even if they do something wrong I know that they will do what they can to make it right. For teachers and other people at school, I think they are for the most part trustworthy. The teachers are especially reliable although I trust them differently. The way that I trust my teachers is that if they say that they are going to do something a certain way, then they will. Some of the students do things that cause them to not be reliable. An example of this is if I am doing a project with them and they forget to do something important for the project. Then the responsibility of the project falls on me and I can’t trust them. So in general, I trust different people differently, depending on what they do in my life.
ReplyDeleteThe truth sometimes hurts. On a scale of 1 to 10 it would probably be a 7 overall. I trust my family more than anyone, but they even keep secrets that they don't want me to know. This also applies to my freinds. I trust them less then my family, but I still trust them enough, or else they woudn't be my friends. They too have probably kept secrets or lied to me at one point or another. Teachers I just can't trust that much currently, but if I get to know them I would probably trust them a lot, but still less then I trust my freinds.
ReplyDeleteI think that they could betray, but I don't think it would be a big betrayel, but it is certainly possible. I doubt a teacher would betray or my family, but there's always room for betrayel among my friends. I know that it wouldn't be big, just something small. And me myself, I wouldn't want to betray my friends, I wouldn't mean to betray my friends, but I can never be so positive.
On a scale from 1-10, the amount of trust I put into friends is about a seven, and into family about a nine. I put a lot of trust into those close to me, like my friends and family. I also trust teachers most of the time, although I may sometimes want to question them. I’d always hope that my friends, family, or teacher wouldn’t betray me, but no one’s perfect and it’s to be expected. I think my trust tends to fluctuate depending on how people have acted in the past. Someone could betray my trust by telling me one thing and doing the complete opposite, but feel no remorse for it. I know I’ve betrayed my friends and family in one point in time, and I try to remind myself that the trust you expect requires you to earn someone’s trust. Some type of situations that make people betray others usually involve those people wanting different things or having a different opinion on the matter, and then acting upon it based on what they think is best. I think I’d trust someone more if they did something wrong and confessed to it rather than them doing something wrong and not feeling guilty whatsoever. I consider myself to be a very trusting person and like those who trust me back.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of one to ten on how trusting I am, I find myself around the two -because I scarcely trust other people, even my best friends, to do anything. I am not used to asking other people for favors regarding anything. I never tell anyone my feelings or ask for their opinions because all of my attempts to do so in the past. I try to steer away from personal subjects around my friends because I know they are talkative and spread word around even if they can’t help it. I can rarely trust my friends because I have seen them slip up before and don’t want to risk it at all. Trusting my family has always felt awkward for me so I don’t share anything with them either. I usually never grow fond of my teachers but if they need to be trusted in doing something that can help me out academically then I get as much help as possible. I can sense it when somebody can’t be trusted, and I only feel like I can trust them rarely under the right conditions. Social problems would easily be slipped up by people I know because they are very social and talkative and I want to pass up that gamble so nothing goes wrong.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1 – 10, I trust people in a 6 extent. I don’t completely trust my friends, family, and teacher. People’s action show how trustworthy they are. If a friend betrays you in a small way you can depend on them to betray you again, in a big or small way. In a way, being judgmental when it comes to trust is a must because you trust people based of your impressions of them and their actions. I trust my friends less than family because there are so many more opportunities for them to betray you. You just need to develop your opinion on how good of a friend they are to you, and if your lucky you can find a great friend. I trust my family in the long run because we are bonded by the unconditional love we share, but sometimes they might fail at small things. In the end, those mistakes create either more trust or distrust. I trust my teachers because I depend on them to teach me and help me along the way and in past experience most teachers have not failed those expectations. Sometimes you need to except that people make mistakes, but also determine those mistakes from purposeful acts to hurt you. I don’t ever try to betray them, but I possibly could if I break a small promise to be somewhere or bring something. I believe in never putting people down, and doing something that you know would hurt them.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to place a number for my level of trust for everyone I know I would have to say an 8. Because overall I trust in everyone I know but there are exceptions. If I know them and have some sort of connection with them there is a level of trust. If we cant trust each other then the world would not get anywhere. And all of my friends I can trust, that’s why they are my friends. But then there are some people who I definitely would not trust in a lot of situations. I can see some people betraying me but never in anything big. They would most likely be things like ditching me and my group for somebody else. Or not carrying through with something.
ReplyDeleteFrom a scale of one to ten, I would probably say that I trust the people around me at about a six. I would say that because I trust people about a little more than half the time. I usually trust people, but there are times when I’m not sure whether or not I am making a good decision in trusting a person. As for my friends, I pretty much trust them all. There is a good amount of them with whom I wouldn’t trust anything, but for the most part I can say that they are trustworthy. My family is the people in my life that I know I can trust with absolutely anything. They would never betray me and they do everything they can to help me. The teachers that I know are all pretty trustworthy. Back at my old school, I knew every teacher really well so I knew that I could trust them (except maybe one or two). At Arapahoe, since I’m just starting I don’t know my teachers as well, so I can’t be sure. I don’t think that any of these people would ever betray me on purpose. There are a few people that might do something on purpose but not really. I don’t think of myself as a person who betrays others and I try not to also. So, I think that I wouldn’t be someone that would do that. Some situations that might make people betray others is situations with money, some situations with relationships, situations with fights, and many others could make a betrayal. People should just strive to not betray each other.
ReplyDeleteIn general I am a very trusting person. If I had to put it on a scale, it would most definitely be a ten. I have this awful quality, and I trust everyone. For some reason, I only see the good in people, and no matter how many times it may go bad, I continually trust all my peers. My friends, family, teachers, and even complete strangers, basically I trust everyone. Though I do know this is not a good idea, because people do constantly betray me. I have seen so many friendships shattered, because someone was careless. For me, I don’t think I could ever betray anyone. Though I know I’m not perfect and I probably have, I can guarantee it was complete unintentional. I could never live with myself knowing I had hurt someone like that. The most common situation that I believe people betray each other with, is sharing each other’s secrets. This happens constantly, as people think since someone shared a secret with them that they can share it with everyone else. Overall, I feel trust is fragile; it can be broken in an instant, but not easily repaired.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of one of ten, I would say I trust people at about a 9. I completely trust my friends and family. I think I also completely trust my teachers because the main reason they became a teacher is to help kids and students get through life as best as possible. I assume no one I trust will ever betray me, or else why would I trust them? I think I also make it a priority to make trustworthy friends. I think I would never betray anybody on purpose because I try to put myself in the other person’s shoes and how they would feel if I betrayed them. I think romance is one of the main reasons at our age that someone betrays someone else. I think I trust my family the most out of everyone, especially my brother Adam because I can talk to him about anything.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to rate myself on a scale of 1 to 10 of how trusting I am I would say I am about a 7. Once you receive my trust you have it until you have given me a reason to not trust you. Everyone that I consider my friend I 100% trust. I will tell them anything. I am a very open person. I don’t have to worry about trusting my family because they have never done anything that would make me take my trust in them away. I have always trusted all my teachers, even if I doubt them sometimes. Occasionally I wonder how what we are doing in class will help me in life, but eventually I always see how. I don’t think anyone will betray me that I consider my friend or family. Everyone makes mistakes and sometimes that could result in them betraying me, but I believe in second chances so they could regain that trust one day. I like to think that I would never betray anyone. In reality though, I have betrayed some people and I probably will again eventually but hopefully they would forgive me. One reason that people betray others is if you are doing something in your own personal interest instead of helping a friend.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do my best to be kind and caring, and I’m very honest, I do not offer trust very much at all. I’d give myself a 5 in most situations coming to trust. I never really extinguish my fear of someone messing something up for me. I make exceptions only for my very best trusted friends, and, in certain situations, my family. When looking at my childhood, I had a flaring temper, and, even worse, I tended to be right about these things. This made me not very trusting a person because how can anyone worth trusting be so blatantly wrong and hurt me about it? And when I went to school, I got smart, and independent. When I was always good for my word, just because someone didn’t like school, I had to pay. I’ve had way more than just one project messed up for me by other people. And I had many good friends, but hardly was ever in the same class as them, or the same group. And I grew up in a mostly Korean school, and it wasn’t half as bad as it might’ve been. I may not be perfect, but as I learned it, I tended to be ten times better than whoever I usually got stuck with. Also, whenever I overheard my mom’s conversations with her friends, all she does is gossip and tell stupid stories about me. So I learned not to trust her very much. Kindness, caring, and honesty I learned from a Christian life, but there is little in the Bible about trust. After all, Jesus was killed by his own disciple, Judas. I may be a nice person, but trust I can hardly do.
ReplyDeleteFor me, on a scale of 1-10 I would rank the people around me as an 8. The reason is that we are all human and we make mistakes either on purpose or on accident that might lose the trust one has gained. My friends and peers are the main reason that I ranked people as an 8. Though my friends are very dear to me there have been times that they tell people my secrets just for something interesting to say or to be included. I will admit that I am guilty of doing the same thing to some of my friends. As for peers the mistrust happens mostly when I am doing a class project with them. You expect your pears to do their part but they don’t so you end up doing their work plus your own.
ReplyDeleteI trust my family and teachers completely. I know that my family loves me dearly and they won’t exchange that love for anything. However I will admit that the trust between siblings goes through its ups and downs but that is part of growing up. I know from experience with my own siblings. As for my teachers, they have my best interests at heart and they will put forth the effort to make sure that I succeed.
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being absolutely no trust at all, 10 being complete and unfailing trust, I would trust the people around me at about an 8.5. I completely trust my friends, because I know them well, they probably wouldn’t be really close friends if I didn’t trust them, and even if I was betrayed, although I would hurt, all I would want to know is why they betrayed me. I don’t trust my family completely, but I still have a high level of trust in them, because I know I can always rely on them, but sometimes they drop things on me unexpectedly, and I’m expected to solve it, or to help take care of it. I trust my teachers, because they help give advice if I’m confused on something, they’re willing to teach things not just related to school work, and they care about you when you’re having trouble. I doubt any of my teachers would betray me, I don’t see a reason for them to do that, my family sticks together, even when we fight, and I trust and know my friends well enough that I know they wouldn’t betray me without a really, really good reason. I really doubt I could ever betray any of them, because they all mean so much to me in many different ways. People betray others because of: money, greed, or a guy/girl they both like, a fight between them, or a friend who has a problem that doesn’t want anyone else to know.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1 - 10 i trust people at about an 8. I trust my family the most because they raised me and everything but I wouldnt tell my parents about girls and that kind of stuff because it would be weird. With friends I am usually really trusting and tell them stuff, escpecially my best friends. I have never really been betrayed except when my friends tell the people who I like that I like them, but it isnt that bad. Teachers I trust but not as much to give personal information. I trust them to grade my work and that is it. I probably could not betray them, because as janie said, noone wants to be betrayed.
ReplyDeleteI’d have to give about a 7 to my rate of trust of the people around me. This is mostly for friends, because I’ve only been betrayed a few times, and this was mostly in elementary school. This kind of thing came with all that drama that everyone made. It was funny, really, some of the emotions we expressed. I really trust my family too because they have always been there for me ever since I was old enough to talk. I trust my teachers as well, mostly. I don’t think my friends would ever betray me because I choose people who are kind and trustworthy, like Ross Blassingame. If one of them were to betray me, it would probably be over a girl or another friend, like losing one to another group. That has happened to me in elementary school. I think I trust my teachers the least out of everybody. My friends I trust the most, and my family just under that. I tell my friends EVERYTHING. People betray others because of girls and rumors and things like that all the time. Those are some main reasons that this would happen.
ReplyDeleteWhat is trust? To me, trust is a personal bond that can be relied upon and confided in. What is this bond of? It is of honesty, reliability, and friendship. For me, the level of this trust differs in different people, as it should (for if we trusted everyone, even those that should not be trusted, that trust would be taken advantage of). Here are my number.
ReplyDeleteFamily - 9
Friends - 7
Teachers - 5
These levels model after the level of knowing the individual, going from those that I best know to those I least know.
I do not think these people would betray me. I do not believe that I have done anything to offend them, or cause malice towards me in any way (I hope I am correct in this statement). As for reasons people in general betray each other, thare are many, a few of which are money, power, safety for oneself or those being betrayed, and a movie faovrite, love.
Though my life is full of close friends, family, and peers, I, to put it bluntly, am not a very trusting person. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate my level of trust of a 3. I think that essentially there are to many variables that influence people’s judgements. Though a person may have good intentions at heart, I believe that there are just too many things that affect the way people think. I don’t completely trust my friends, teachers, or even family for that matter. I believe that these and other people can, and possibly will eventually betray me. Though this may sound extremely paranoid, I do believe it is part of human nature to place one’s own interests first. People could betray others a variety of ways, from not paying a back a lunch to deceiving people out of their life savings. I think I have betrayed people before, but never on a grand scale. The kind of situation that makes people betray each other is ones that provide a greater benefit to one’s self.
ReplyDeleteIn general, I would have to say a 3. I say this because a lot of people only show their surface, and never their depth when you first know them; and even when you've known them for a while. I can trust my friends with things like shallow secrets and money, but not really with anything life changing. I find myself too close to my family for me to be comfortable with telling them secrets and it would be just the opposite for teachers. I do believe that my friend would betray me, but they would do so accidently and without a real reason. I might accidently betray my friends, but I would definately never do so on purpose inless I have reason to believe that they would want me to. One situation I would betray my friends purposfully would be if the told me that they were going to kill themselves or something like that because it seems that if they told me they were actually reaching out for help indirectly and that's where I would come in.
ReplyDeleteI trust my family most out of those three, a definite 10. We are very close and none of us would ever do anything intentional to harm each other. They may do things to me that seem like a betrayal of my trust, but in the end it always turns out that they are just trying to give me the best. I probably trust my teachers the next most, somewhere probably around an 8, because I have yet to come across one who wants their student to fail. They all hope that their students will succeed and try their hardest, and they may push them to get to that point, but in doing so they aren’t trying to make the student fail. I trust my friends the least, just because they are very close to me. There have been points in my life when I have fully trusted some of my friends, and that has come back to me in bad situations. There are some things that I have never told my friends, and probably never will, no matter how close we may get just for this reason. My trust in my friends is probably around a 4. Betrayal happens when a person is presented with situations that they feel could benefit themselves more than keeping someone’s trust. I could never betray someone’s trust, just because I know how bad it hurts and I wouldn’t ever be able to put someone else through that, no matter how much I may dislike them.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale from 1-10 I believe I’m a 10 in all the three catagories. I trust my friends, family, and teachers completely. I tell my friends everything because they deserve my honesty. I’m very close with my family and I know that they only want what’s best for me even though sometimes we fight. My teachers are teachers for a reason as well and know what they are talking about and so I trust them to teach me the right way and well. I would never betray my friends and they would never betray me. They are my friends for a reason and without trust in place a friendship crumbles. I also agree with Tori that I would never betray a friend because it would hurt that person very bad and I don't like it when someone is sad. A situation that could happen to make people betray each other is safety issues. Safety such as anorexia or attempted suicide could be seen as betrayals. I disagree however because it would be in the best interest to help the person. They might see it as a betrayal because they told you it in confidence but if there is a health issue then it is helping your friend not betraying them.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first meet someone I always give them the benefit of the doubt that they are trust worthy. I will not go out and start telling them all of my deepest darkest secrets. But, my good friends I tell anything to them. Knowing them for years brings their trust level to a 10. When a close friend betrays me, my trust level defiantly drops. When it comes to my family I would say I trust them. Some of the things you tell your mom of course she likes to share with an aunt or her mom, but I find that ok. I usually confined to a friend though because I feel as if they understand you more at times. At my old school, my teachers loved sharing information about you. If you would tell them about having trouble with your grades or something going on in your family they would vaguely tell others. For example they would say “Some people in this class are having troubles with their grades and that’s means he/she needs to get help.” Of course the person the teacher would be talking about would blush and all would go downhill. Because of this I am not as comfortable confining to teachers. After being betrayed, I usually hold a grudge against the person and feel like I cannot trust them anymore. To betray a person it takes a lot and it really hurts the other person. Some situations that make someone betray another is when you are really close to other people, trying to help your friend, money, and priorities.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale from 1-10, the average amount of trust that I have for people would be around a 7. However, I have more trust for certain people, and less for others. Yes, I do have a lot of trust for my friends, but I can’t say my trust for them is a 10. The trust for my friends is about a 9. I can’t quite bring myself to trust anyone them completely, thought I do trust some friends more than others. I have the greatest amount of trust in my family. Having known them for so long, it would be nearly impossible not to trust them. They have been there for me for much longer than any of my friends, so I would put my trust for my family at a 9.5. I do have trust in my teachers, but I find it hard to trust them when I do not know them very well. I feel like I never know what they say about me to other teachers. I would put my trust in teachers at an 8. I do occasionally worry about friends betraying me, and saying things behind my back, because that has happened to me before. This sometimes happens if the friend is mad at me. No, I could not betray any of my friends, I would feel very guilty. I know what it feels like, and I wouldn't want one of my friends to feel that. People betray one another to gain money, new social status, and new jobs.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10 I would say that I trust the people around me about a 7 or 8. This is because I feel that if these people are really how they seem then they wouldn’t do something intentionally to hurt me. I believe that everyone is pretty trustworthy until they do something major to change that opinion. I trust my friends very much and I know that they value our friendship very much and neither of us would ever do something to harm that. I trust my acquaintances a little less they are just there. They aren’t my best friends. I trust my family very much. Even when I tell them something that I might not want everyone in the family I trust that they will tell them anyways. I trust that my teachers are there to help me and guide me this year. I trust them not to send me in the wrong direction.
ReplyDeleteI believe that if anyone around ever did betray me, it would be on a small scale. If they ever did it was because something slipped out. There might be situations where I’ve told people thing that my friends have told me not to tell anyone about. The only reason I would have told anyone was because it was for their safety. In my mind that would be the only way I’ve seen that I’ve betrayed anyone around me. The main situation where I could see someone betraying another is for revenge. That person might have seen your actions as betrayal and so they wanted revenge on you. The relationships that I make with people are pretty trustworthy. I believe that if there is enough trust in a relationship it leaves less room for betrayal.
I trust my friends about a nine. They are obviously my friends for a reason so I feel like I can trust them. But if someone were to betray my trust, I would be quick to forgive them, but I might never trust them again.
ReplyDeleteI trust certain members of my family more than others. For example I trust my parents more than I trust my siblings. I think this is because my siblings have betrayed me before and gone behind my back so I remember those betrayals and I am reluctant to trust them again.
I trust my teachers about a seven. Some teachers I trust more to give me a good education; and others i simply do not feel I can trust to teach me well. But for the most part I trust them.
It would be easier to betray someone if they had previously betrayed you, but it would still be wrong. I think people betray others trust usually because of greed and anger. Although, as we talked about in class, sometimes they will betray you to keep you safe.
I think I trust people about a seven. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and think of them as generally trust worthy. But it definitely varies from person to person.
If I were to rate the amount that I trust the people around me I would rank them all a five out of ten. I don’t mind the partial lack of trust for my peers as it allows for me to only put out into the world what I want to share.
ReplyDeleteThere are certain people I have in my life that I could tell anything no matter how terrible and I would be guaranteed that it would be just be between the two of us. On the other hand I have friends whom I can tell things about myself that I want others to know because they are seasoned in the art of spreading gossip.
I completely trust my family and know that I could tell them anything and be accepted as long as I hadn’t harmed anyone. When it comes to teachers I don’t really see a need to interact with them in a manner that would require trust. I don’t so much see divulging a small detail I trusted into anyone as a betrayal. Those little secrets are really not going to matter in just a few years.
I don’t really have the perspective to say that I would betray someone in a situation that could dictate it. This is more because I don’t think I’ve lived through enough life altering experience or trust shattering ones to know how I would react to a legitimate betrayal.
Well for teachers I think I trust them about a 8. I believe you should never trust someone completely. However, teachers are the closest people I trust completely. I trust my friends about a 4. Never trust anyone more to than you can observe them, but my friends have a little wiggle room. And regular people I trust about a 1. If they give you no reason to trust them, don't.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10, I trust the people around me on about a seven or eight. I trust my friends not to do anything dumb, for example, to get me to do drugs and things along that line. I trust my family because they are there to support me and not to sabotage me in my endeavors. That is just what family does and is for. I trust my teachers to not purposely push me over the edge into the failing zone. I think the people around me would betray me only if I had it coming to me. Like if I was being somewhat annoying towards them. They could do that by taking my homework or planner so I could not get a good grade. I do not think I could betray my friends because I am just generally a nice person. Maybe one situation that would cause me to betray my friends would be drugs. I just do not think I could not do anything but tell somebody what is happening.
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