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Doing the right thing is not always easy. This goes especially when peer pressure is everywhere, when people encourage you to do the wrong things, which can lead to serious consequences.

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Sometimes a struggle with responsibility is simply laziness. We’re not willing to put in the amount of work into something we know we can (and should). Being responsible requires you to put in that extra energy and effort.

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Service is easier said than done, and many are not willing to put in the work for others. We also have conflicting events that can prevent us from doing service, or too much work on our shoulders.

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What struggles might you face while attempting to incorporate this characteristic into your life? Consider pressures you’ve already faced at Chaminade, as well as some that may present themselves over the next     four years.

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Being Catholics and Marianists, we especially have to be responsible and do service for the community and those in need. Most certainly now, though, as it is the Lent season.

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With the amount of schoolwork we get and valuable education we receive in Chaminade, we have to be responsible and make sure we put that knowledge to good use. Eventually, if we do so, we will not only change our own destinies but the destinies of others (for the better).

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If I ever have a lot of schoolwork to do in one night, I have to be responsible and manage my time correctly, getting work out of the way and not allowing myself to get distracted. Even for little amounts of work I have to stay focused because it becomes a habit that is crucial for success in the future.

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How can you implement this characteristic into your daily life at Chaminade High School? How will each example help to shape your destiny at Chaminade?

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“I learned the alchemist’s secrets in my travels. I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul. I want to be like you, able to reach every corner of the world, cross the seas, blow away the sands that cover my treasure, and carry the voice of the woman I love.”

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“He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”

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“They wanted me to be a priest, but I decided to become a shepherd."

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Santiago knows he must be responsible in order to take control of where his life will go—his destiny. He emulates responsibility and maturity in his decisions and what he does and says.

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Responsibility is having the duty to control and watch over someone or something by making the correct choices.