Understanding Respect

In this weeks (04.04) News and Views sessions we looked at the trending news headlines regarding the Oscars incident with Chris Rock and Will Smith. Apprentices discussed the incident which took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Apprentices shared their views and opinions on the headline and everyone held a different opinion on each side of the argument. Tutors discussed respect and what the word actually means, ‘Respect is a positive feeling or action towards someone or something that you consider important or hold high value of.’

We discussed our British Values and what they mean to us and how we are protected by the five different values; democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and the tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The apprentices related British values with the incident and discussed how things may have happened differently if the incident took place in the UK.

Three questions we used to start discussions on were:
What could’ve been done differently by all involved?
What would have been differently if the incident happened in the UK?
What protects individuals from incidents like these in the UK?