Name: Dulaugon, Edward Andrew M.
Course & Year: BSA - First Year (1B)
List down rules at home and in your community. Evaluate the rules by responding to the
following questions: (Direction: You may use 1 or two pages to answer the questions, 12 font size
TNR, 1.5 spacing)
HOUSEHOLD RULES
- Wash the dishes you use
- Don’t go out without telling anyone where you’re going
- No leaving the house after 7 pm especially if it’s not important
- clean your room every weekend
- Help clean the house every weekend
- Use “po” and “opo” everytime
COMMUNITY RULES
- 12 am curfew for 18 years old and below
- No smoking in specific areas of the barangay
- No drinking in public spaces
a. Which of the rules do you find constricting? Why?
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I don’t find any of the rules listed above particularly constricting. More often than not, I
view these rules as guidelines to having an orderly home and community. Although
sometimes, these rules that are set in place for my family and my community to be less
chaotic and more well organized come across as an inconvenience, especially when I'm in
certain predicaments. A primary example of this instance is when I’m swamped with
books to read and school work to comply. Usually when this happens, I find it hard to
keep up with my house chores as I try to cram and finish my academic backlogs. The
house rules my family have set in place seem constricting during these moments but I
oftentimes manage.
b. Why are rules important to social beings?
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Rules have existed for as long as we humans have. Throughout the past civilizations of
antiquity to the modern world we currently live in, rules are always present. These
regulations or principles of governance not only can be mandated by higher authorities
but it can also be set in place by us to restrict and control ourselves over certain matters.
These guidelines are essential for us humans, social beings, due to a number of reasons.
Firstly, rules establish order and stability amongst social groups. This is to prevent people
with opposing interests, views, and stances from bickering and getting into an altercation
with each other. Following this, rules also aid in resolution of conflict and promotion of
cooperation. Rules also set a function for certain individuals and what their
responsibilities are in society. Lastly, when rules are promulgated, justice and fairness
often prevails. Although in some cases, disparity between social classes among other
issues prohibit justice from being exacted, rules exist to uplift righteousness within
human society.