Character Education Word of the Month
The
City of Cartersville and Bartow County School Systems in cooperation
with the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce have adopted
Character Education words for each month of the year. These words
are used to teach character attributes of value to every student.
The Booth Western Art Museum supports this effort by the school
systems and the Chamber of Commerce. Each month on this website the
Character Education word for the month will be featured using art
from the Museum’s collection to illustrate the trait and encourage
students to make it a part of their daily
lives.
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August 2008 - Respect
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Showing high regard for authority, other people, the environment,
self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated.
Understanding that all people have value as human beings.
Please look at the artwork
that has been selected from the Booth Western Art Museum’s collection.
We believe that art can inspire, inform and influence what we think of
people and events, past and present. We think this piece of art
provides a good example of respect. As you look at the artwork and
read the text, think about the ideas presented and how you can put
them to work in your life.
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Imagine for a moment
the difficulties you would face if you had to organize ten to
fifteen people from different backgrounds, with varying skill
levels and perhaps not all speaking the same language into a
working unit. That would be a big enough job by itself but add
to the mix several thousand head of cattle that must be driven
several hundred miles to market and it becomes an awesome job.
It was a challenge few men could handle, but those that did
earned the title “Trail Boss.”
These cowboys, usually
in their late teens to mid-twenties, plus a herd of
several thousand cows would be a handful for anybody. In
addition the “trail boss” also had to deal with the
uncertainty of the weather and the difficulty of the terrain.
The experienced “trail boss” made it work, but it required all
the cowhands to respect his authority. If the cattle
drive was going to be successful there could be only one
person in charge.
The cowhands had to
respect each other too. Many times on the cattle trail
their very lives depended on each other. If someone failed to
do their job, others might be hurt or killed. Living and
working together in the confined space of a traveling cattle
drive, required the cowhands live by the golden rule –
treating others as they wanted to be treated. Moving a herd of
cattle was a team effort – from the “trail boss” out front to
the cowboy riding “drag” behind the herd, every role was
important.
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©
Duane Bryers, A Day’s Work Done,
1992, oil on canvas,
30 x 40” |
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There is a life
lesson that you can learn from cowboys and cattle drives, and
it is that many things in life require a team effort for
success to be achieved. In this painting, Starting the Big
Circle, by artist Charlie Dye the need for mutual
respect between the cowboys is evident as they begin
riding in bigger and bigger circles from the chuck wagon
rounding up the cattle to drive to market. Are you a team
player? Do you show respect for the other members of
your group? For sports teams, school bands, school clubs and
classroom projects, success can only be achieved if everybody
does their part and has respect for the role played by
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