Image by twitter.com By Sofia Mier Galindo
Staff Writer How exciting! You just got a compliment! Except, it says “ You seem nice”. Let’s just focus on the “seem” part.... Once you have really processed it, you realize that it’s not from one of your peers, it’s from an unknown student. You see, LJH makes sure that EVERYONE gets a compliment: a fake and forced compliment. Compliments are supposed to help you feel better and do better. Not just at home, but academically too. The LJH leadership class was trying to encourage students to higher their self esteem. Compliments are supposed to be natural. It has to be something the students want to say, not something they have to say. As Hara Estoff Marano says “ Of course, there is a way to give compliments. And, just as important, a way to receive them. And everyone needs to know how to do both.” Here are some students that say their opinions on compliment week. “I hate it, because the popular kids are the only ones getting the compliments, and kids that don’t, feel worthless.” says Brianna Anderson a 7th grader in LJH. Brianna got a pre-printed “compliment” that said, “If you were in a movie, you wouldn’t get killed off “ Sorah Park, another 7th grader, said “I don’t know...I didn’t get any compliments that were from my peers, I just thought that it was a waste of time.” Not many students felt great after compliment week started. Although to some people, compliment week was a success. “ I liked it very much. It made me feel better and I thought it was really nice.” says Kiki Chiang. That’s how compliments are supposed to work. According to the Nagoya Institute of Technology, and the University of Tokyo, “ Compliments activate the same region of the brain, the Striatum, as cash does, and both encourage people to perform better.” LJH made a glorious effort to make students happy, especially all the leadership students. They worked really hard on compliment week. They surely had great intentions, but it should have been executed in a more authentic way. Comments are closed.
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