{"id":44,"date":"2013-07-20T12:15:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T20:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/character\/?p=44"},"modified":"2013-11-21T11:14:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:14:14","slug":"blog-post-the-8-cs-of-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/character\/blog\/2013\/07\/20\/blog-post-the-8-cs-of-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post: The 8 C’s of Character"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 8 C’s of Character
\nBy Ed Deroche<\/strong><\/h1>\n

There are only two C\u2019s in \u201ccharacter,\u201d but one can find many words that begin with C in describing good, positive character traits and behaviors. I\u2019ve compiled a few C words that show the attributes of character.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Caring: Two important synonyms are \u201ccompassion\u201d and \u201cempathy.\u201d Robert Krzaric wrote in The Greater Good\u2019s e-newsletter that caring-empathy is one\u2019s \u201cability to step into another person\u2019s shoes, aiming to understand their feelings and perspectives, and to use that understanding to guide our actions.\u201d Most importantly, he notes that new research suggests that caring-empathy is \u201ca habit we can cultivate.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Choice: Living a life of good character doesn\u2019t happen by chance, nor does it happen by circumstance. It happens by choice. One of my favorite character education authors, Hal Urban, reminds us that no matter what the circumstances \u2014 \u201cpeople, places, times, things, conditions\u201d \u2014 your choices determine your actions and behaviors, not the circumstances. Somewhere in this C word, I sense virtues like respect, responsibility, perseverance.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Citizenship: Two social studies specialists once wrote that the purpose of schooling is not to help people be better off, but to be better scholars, citizens and workers. They noted that a multicultural society needs roots. These roots, they said, are described in our founding documents, in our symbols and slogans, and in our personal and public civic virtues. Our schools, therefore, are called to educate the young to uphold (and sometimes challenge) core virtues such as trustworthiness, fairness, patriotism, justice, courage, responsibility, respect and honesty.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0Common sense: \u201cCommon Sense was preceded in death by his parents Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.\u00a0 He is survived by his four stepbrothers I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame,\u00a0 I Am a Victim.\u201d (CS Obituary printed in the London Times, date and author unknown)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Company: \u201cCharacter is how you behave in response to the company (peer groups, friends, family) you keep, seen and unseen,\u201d according to psychologist Robert Coles in\u00a0 \u201cThe Call of Stories.\u201d Who are the virtuous, the responsible agents, the moral teachers, and the positive role models that keep company with our young people? Is it their peer group, the entertainment industry, the Internet, Facebook, YouTube?<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Conscience: From the B.C. comic strip Pearls of Wisdom: \u201cA conscience is what hurts when everything else feels great.\u201d No need for further comment.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Consequences: The penalty we pay or the internal-external rewards we receive from the choices we make. Behaviors have consequences \u2014 some positive, some negative. People make mistakes, including people of good character. But these people have what might be called \u201ccharacter strengths.\u201d They hold themselves accountable, take responsibility, pay the consequences, learn from their mistakes and do not repeat them.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Courage: As adults, we know our courage is tested daily. The young can be taught to meet the personal and social challenges to do the right thing; to stand up for their own and other\u2019s rights; to make difficult decisions particularly when such decisions may not be easy or popular; and to have the courage to say \u201cno\u201d when invited to cheat, bully, harass or be unfair, impolite or disrespectful to others. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said: \u201cThe time is always right to do what is right.\u201d \u00a0<\/span>What C words would you add to the list? Why?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ed DeRoche is a former teacher, administrator, school board member, and dean. He has written several books and articles on character education. Currently he is the director of the Character Development Center at the University of San Diego and teaches in-class and online courses on instructional strategies, curriculum and programs, and character-based classroom management.<\/i><\/p>\n

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