Ch.9 #3

The one concept that I wanted to talk about was apologies. The thought behind the term itself I feel is really thrown around without worth. I feel that people make apologies to maybe get over the hump of one thing or another. But after reading this chapter it allowed me to understand the importance of the term and how it can and should be used. The one thing that really gravitated towards me, was in the book where it states, "....as the actor's responsibility for the offense increases." And what this does is basically tells me how the person that causes the this problem, really realizes that they are in the wrong and need to take steps to fix that problem. In one instance I remember at time where I made my mother really upset and I didnt really realize the severity of what I was causing. After evaluating what was happening and seeing what I was causing and being that offender I took the time to actually propose a sincere apology to my mother, and I think that the importance or that apology was me being able to tell my mother exactly what I did wrong, so that she knew I was serious.