Carpio, Jen-jen C.

ETHICS

BSIE-1B 12:00-1:00pm

ANALYSIS

Character traits are valued aspects of a person’s behavior. The character of a

person consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from the other
people. The person’s character refers to the moral aspect of a person. Is character
taught or caught?

Based on the information I gathered, 20 out of 56 people said that character is

taught, 19 persons said that it was caught and 17 persons said it was both taught and
caught. Character is taught because our parents were the first ones who taught us and
molded us to become who we are now. Everything that we are doing in life is based on
what we learn. Our family was the first one who taught us the things we should do and
building up a better foundation of our character. It is learned by the people who
practiced them. On the other hand, character is being caught. At the beginning of child’s
learning stage, he/she will not able to understand what other people saying/teaching
unless it is accompanied with an action. A child first develops their skills and character
by imitating what they see and what they hear. In addition, it can be caught because we
are influenced by the around us. We acquire character on the action of the people and
based on what we see to others.

To conclude, character is can be taught and caught. Building character must be

the work of parents and the people who surrounded by us. At the end of the day, we are
the one who choose if we are going to learn to have a good or bad character.