HOMEROOM GUIDANCE PROGRAM provides wholesome learning experiences in the classroom that will foster positive attitudes, behaviors and values and improve relationship between teachers and students.

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5. Learning Objectives:
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. Determine the basic aspects of an individual;
2. Demonstrate suggested ways in accepting
others;
3. Formulate home/school policies that promote
respect for individual differences;
4. Appreciate actions or behaviors that accept
individual differences.

6. INTRODUCTION
In this module, you will have a better
understanding about your role in promoting
respect for individual differences. This aims to
give you an opportunity to view other’s
perspectives and feelings. Accepting attitude and
openness to other’s unique characteristics will
help you to have healthy relationships.

7. Let’s Try This
Observation of Other’s Uniqueness
1. Copy the following table on a clean sheet of paper.
2. Think of three (3) different persons who are similar in a
certain aspect that you would like to observe for this
activity. Example: 3 famous personalities (singers,
dancers, inventors, politicians, artists)
3. Write their names and describe them using the options
in each column. Use your best judgement on them.
4. Write your answers to the processing questions after.

9. PROCESSING QUESTIONS:
1.Were you able to fill out all related
descriptions for each person? Which of the
descriptions is the most observable?
2.What is the most difficult description to
observe? Explain.
3.What can you say about the differences that
you observed among these three persons?

10. SHOWING SUPPORT FOR OTHERS
Copy the following table on a sheet of paper. How will
you support others in the given situations? Write your
answer in each column.

12. PROCESSING QUESTIONS:
1. What do you notice with your answers?
2. Which of the situations is the most difficult
to handle or manage? Explain.
3. What type of support or help is the easiest
to provide? Explain.
4. What have you realized after doing this
activity?

13. KEEP IN MIND
In dealing with others, we must
recognize that we are all different
from one another. Though we may
have similarities in terms of
preferences, taste, physical
appearance, style and many more, we
still have our distinctions and
uniqueness which make us special in
different ways.

14. Our individuality comes with our unique
attributes and characteristics. Some can easily
be seen physically while some can be
manifested through actions and behavior
which may indicate values and personalities.
There is harmony in diversity and we can all
keep it that way if we learn to accept one
another as we are. There are healthy ways to
deal with our individual differences which
would work for everyone’s advantage. Here
are some:

15. ACCEPT THAT WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT
Don’t assume that your preferences would
always be the same as those of your peers
or friends. Of course there are similarities
among you but all have different stories to
tell that affect the way you see things. You
may have different beliefs, culture, values,
and even interest, and you cannot force
anybody to be exactly the same as you.
Remember, even twins have differences.

16. USE YOUR SIMILARITIES WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO STRIKE A
HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM
While you acknowledge that people are
different from another, there are also
commonalities which you may take advantage
to establish positive relationship with them. At
this point in time, you might have found the
right people who can be your good friends,
who can inspire you to strive harder, and who
can be your role model.

17. BE OPEN-MINDED WITH OTHERS
You can always learn from the experiences
of your friends and peers and they can also
do the same with you. The manner they
overcome life challenges and how they
impact their living could be your insights to
improve your lifestyle or even the way you
see things around you. You can also learn
from their culture, traditions and values.

18. TRY TO CONSIDER WHERE OTHERS ARE COMING FROM
Your family set-up may be different from what your friends
have. People might have grown up in a province or in a
highly urbanized city. There are those who have a
complete set of parents and those that have a single
parent or no parents at all. Additionally, people have
different childhood experiences which greatly affect their
attitude and personality now. There are also those who
struggle financially and those who are well off. Keep in
mind that people are coming from different backgrounds
and they act, decide and make choices based on those
things.

19. IF YOUR DIFFERENCES WITH OTHERS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY,
TRY TO HAVE A COMMON GROUND
You cannot impose your beliefs, values and culture to
others, the same way that they cannot do that to you.
However, instead of trying to prove who’s better and
who’s not, you may want to find an area where you can
both improve yourself while learning from each other.
There are differences that are worthy to talk and
celebrate, and there are those that we just accept
unconditionally just like in the second item. There’s no
point in comparing people as each of us have our own
potentials and abilities.

20. Always remember that you co-exist with
others. There are things that you cannot
control like the people around you but you
can always manage the way you deal with
them. The choice is always with you, either
you make the most out of those individual
differences and have a happy life or you
make that as your limitations.