Honesty and Dishonesty

• Katapatan means adhering to and upholding the truth in word and deed.
• It is a vital key to maintaining peaceful interpersonal relationships.

Examples of Dishonesty

• Infidelity is a lack of faithfulness in a marriage by either partner.
• Cheating like candidates who lose elections claiming they were cheated and wealthy business owners who underdeclare earnings to evade or lower tax payments, also known s tax evasion.
• Plagiarism is a form of cheating prevalent with the advancement of internet technology wherein one claims authorship of work without permission from the original author.
• Falsification involves forging or imitating documents like diplomas and service records.
• Piracy is commonly seen in films and musical compositions, contributing to the decline of the film industry because producers and record labels cannot recoup investments due to it.

"Desiderata" by Max Erhmann

• Speak your truth quietly and clearly, without being confrontational.
• A gentle way of conveying the truth often resonates more effectively, avoiding defensiveness from those who have made mistakes.
• Exercise caution in business affairs due to the prevalence of trickery in the world.
• Be yourself, genuine in affection, and avoid cynicism about love.
• Being true to oneself brings inner peace, free from worries about hiding or lying.
• Honesty is crucial in love for strong and lasting relationships.
• Honesty is adhering to the truth.

Sexuality, A Gift from God

• Sexuality: Understanding the meaning of sexuality.
• Analyzing current issues based on proper perspectives on sexuality.
• Having a correct view of sexuality is important for preparing for the next stage of life and fulfilling a vocation to love.
• Performing actions to prepare for the next stage of life and fulfill a vocation to love.

Contents

• Temperance is training oneself to control actions, thoughts, and feelings to avoid harmful decisions.
• Sex refers to a person's biological gender.
• Sexuality encompasses more than just sex.
• Understanding changes in your body which includes developing intimacy, and showing love to others.
• It is the entirety of a person's being.
• It is the identification of one's gender concerning oneself and the feeling of being male or female.
• Sexuality involves finding meaning in oneself.
• Gender and masculinity or femininity are strongly related to achieving individual fulfillment.

Importance of Sexuality

• The assigned or chosen gender is an instrument of reproduction and ensuring the continuation of generations.
• Gender is a means of expressing love.
• A person becomes a gift to others.

Characteristics of People Who Accept Their Sexuality

• They are proud of their gender and do not feel ashamed.
• They fulfill their duties according to their gender.
• They respect the gender of others.

Understanding Different Influences in Decisions about Sexuality

• Role of parents and family
• Adolescents who experience satisfaction in their relationship with their mother are less likely to engage in early sexual activity. (Advocates for Youth, 1997)
• Adolescents who experienced sexual abuse in their families are associated with risky early pregnancies. (U.S. Public Health Service, 2001)
• Role of friends
• Friends are an important part of being a teenager, so they are related to young people's decisions about sex. (Fraiser Foundation, 200a)
• Role of schools
• Schools have an extraordinary opportunity to provide education and information, including organized activities that can help young people avoid early pregnancy. (U.S. Public Health Services, 2001)
• Role of media
• The images contained in media (television, music, videos, the Internet, etc.) are often related to sexuality.
• Example: Birth control and preventing early pregnancy as a subject in media. (Kaiser, Family Foundation, 1999)

Ways to Improve Your Sexuality

• Promote open communication about sexuality issues.
• Find people (parents, older siblings, etc.) with whom you can discuss your beliefs, opinions, and views on sex.
• Accept the gift God has given you—being female or male.
• Fulfill your role as a woman or man.
• Respect and promote equal rights for women and men.
• Think you have an important role in the world as a man and a woman.
• Communicate with others with respect and love.
• Devote time to meaningful activities such as reading, watching, and participating in sports that greatly help to get to know yourself.
• Be discerning about what you read and watch concerning sexuality.
• Avoid friends whose activities you think are not correct or reasonable

Violence in School

• Identifying the types, causes, and effects of existing violence in schools.
• Analyzing aspects of self-love and love of others needed to prevent and address violence in schools.

Violence in School and How to Prevent and Stop it

• Avoiding any type of violence in school (such as joining fraternities, gangs, and bullying) and actively participating in suppressing it is proof of love for oneself and others and respect for life. This love for others is accompanied by justice - giving others what is due to them (their dignity as human beings.)
• People have a duty to protect themselves and avoid situations that endanger them. If one loves their neighbor as themselves, they will also protect their neighbor's life.
• Performing appropriate actions to prevent and suppress violence in one's school.

Contents - Violence in School

• Any activity that creates disturbances in the educational system, including physical and verbal disputes, bullying using social media, intimidation, and gang activities.

Justice

• Justice is maintaining and enforcing what is right and appropriate according to the law.
• Promoting your rights without infringing on the rights of others.

Different Types of Violence in School

• Bullying involves intimidating, pressuring, and teasing those who are considered smaller, younger, and weaker classmates than them. -Cyberbullying is bullying carried out on the internet.
• Fraternity/Hazing is an organization whose members consider each other siblings. New recruits undergo various initiation rites. -Neophytes are those who wish to become new members of the group.
• Extortion is a type of intimidation or bullying that involves forcibly taking something, particularly money.
• Causes and Effects of Violence in School

Causes

• Parents who do not care for them and even teach anger and violence.
• People who are violent get attention, power, and money acting this way.
• Lack of or lack of governance.
• Avoiding talking about things about school.
• Students make ways to be late for their lessons or even absent altogether.

Effects

• It affects stability and peace in the home.
• It causes a desire to hurt family members at home.
• The family of the victim may retaliate in the wrong way.
• (Disintegration of the family)
• Death or murder

Characteristics of Children Who Bully

• Lack of focus
• Irritable
• Hot-tempered

Ways to Reduce Violence in School

• Socially local governments can launch forums and seminars on community violence prevention.
• Schools Strengthen the relationships between teachers and staff with students and their parents.
• Homel Maintain open communication with children.
• Personally value your talent, intelligence, and skills.