the 4ds vs. the 6bs: setting expectations and inspiring students

The 4 Ds vs. The 6 BsThe 4 Ds vs. The 6 BsSetting Expectations and Inspiring Students

Ekkehard Musick, RC Gifhorn-Wolfsburg, District 1800

Preconvention Sao Paulo 2015

Young people should go their own way,

but a few signposts can´t hurt

(Pearl S. Buck)


4 Ds on the Internet

• If you google 4 Ds, your computer comes up with 700,000,000 entries

• For example: from the business world: delete tasks – diminish tasks – delegate tasks – delay tasks not quite helpful, when you work within the Rotary network

• So what about from the world of psychopathology: Distressed – Disturbed Disruptive – Dangerous again not quite helpful

• So what about: Define it – Design it – Do it – Deliver it

• But then you might hit on this link to You Tube:• „Rotary – The 4 Ds“ (A guide from former exchange student)

• This short video clip of an ex-Rotary exchangee makes fun of the 4 Rotary Ds and ends with the so-called „moral“: Do it – Do it again – Don´t get caught – Deny everything

• Let us take a closer look at our four Ds


The original 4 Ds, amendments and enlargements

No Drugs No Driving No Drinking No Dating

No illegal drugs No unauthorized drinking No drinking that leads to loss of control No dating in the sense of intensive contact with a partner that shuts

out the group experience

No Illegal DownloadingNo Private TravelNo Piercing, Tatoos


• The 6 D’s(Violations will result in student’s immediate return home)

• No drinking• No driving• No serious dating• No drugs• No disfiguring of the body (Tattoos, Piercings etc.)• No downloading (illegal or pirated music, and movies or pornographic

material of any form)• Strict Rules and Conditions of Exchange

(Violations will result in student’s immediate return home)• Obey the Laws of the Host Country.• The student is not allowed to possess or use illegal drugs. Medicine

prescribed by a physician is allowed.• The student is not authorized to operate a motorized vehicle of any kind…

ctd


The 4 Ds displayed by some exchangees

Can you see the 4 Ds???


… and on the Back of the T-Shirt

On the backside even more explicit


4 Ds - still a signpost (Pearl S. Buck) ?

Situation today:

The 4 Ds no longer reach the youngsters of today as something they accept as set expectations nor does it inspire them.

For many it seems to be a challenge: How many Ds can I ignore without being caught or without serious consequences ( cf. social networks)

4 Ds after 30 … 40 years outdated??

Especially D1: no drinking: the rule most broken, which regularly leads to uncomfortable situations for all involved

D2: no dating: is „dating“ today still the same as 30 years ago? Do we all understand the same thing when we talk about dating??


Are the 4 Ds dead?

My answer would be: Yes and No

Yes, because we no longer reach our young people with a blank NO thisNO and thisNO this as wellNO and of course also in this case… to be ctd with Nos number 5,6, 7,

…

But I also vote „No – the 4Ds are NOT dead“, because we need the signposts. So the 4 Ds should live on, but in a totally different way. We should still have a clear guideline of what we expect, but there should not be any „ You must not do this or that“

A modern approach has to reach out to the young people involved and get them on board.


Thoughts of a former Rotex Exchangee

• How can we succeed in improving the quality of our outbounds?• Every district worldwide seems to interpret the 4Ds slightly different• Instead of fixed rules with 4 or 5 or 6 Ds: development of different

understanding of one´s role as ambassador of one´s culture• New understanding of one´s own role as a student of host country´s

culture• To understand one´s own position much better can be reached by

improved briefing and after the exchange year with proper de-briefing• I accept that it is difficult for 16 – 18 year-old youngsters to see their

own place in the world, but I think we should help them understand their own privileged situation and even more important, to understand the cultural, political or economical situation of their host country.

• I love the Canadian 6 Bs, they are excellent, but the beliefs should be relevant also after the exchange year.

• In our world wide organization, I would love to see a code of honour as a guide line instead of strict rules for all involved like for example the one by the International Rugby Board with demands for Solidarity, Passion, Integrity, Respect & Discipline.

High!!!

Rotary’s Expectations(PPP kindly supplied by Rick Istead D 5360)


Rotary’s Expectations

Throughout your year, strive to be a “BE” person:

Be First• I am a person of action!

Be Curious• I seek to understand!

Be on Purpose• I am certain of my outcome and move

steadily toward it!




Be Grateful• I focus on things for which I can be

thankful!

Be of Service• I give of myself!

Be Here Now• I live in the present moment!




Be Flexible• I am able to adapt to change!

Be Friendly• I accept people for who they are

and seek to build relationships!

Be Adventurous• I seek to experience new things!




Be Courteous• I am polite with whomever I meet!

Be Watchful• I am always aware of my surroundings!

Be Positive• I believe all things happen for a good

reason!


Participation (Steps to selfdetermination and even better: to selfcontrol)

Rotary decidesRotary decides

Alibi ParticipationAlibi Participation

Youth involvementYouth involvement

Co-determination Co-determination selfdeterminationselfdetermination

selfaffirmationselfaffirmationselfcontrolselfcontrol


First steps:

• If we want the young people at our side, we must involve them!

• Invitation of former exchange students to regional conferences

• Situation report: challenges, problems & expectations

• Workshops with YEO,Counsellors, Host Families and Exchange students

• Development of RYE Code of Honour


Code of Honour of Rotary Exchange Students

My Sponsor Rotary Club has chosen me to represent my family, my Rotary Club, District and my home country in my host country, host family and Host Club.

The world wide Rotary family has accepted and invited me to take part in the exchange program, which offers the younger generation a chance to win another understanding of other cultures and to gain a new view of the world.

I see myself as an ambassador of my country and culture. I respect differences in family life, school life, in

traditional values. I will avoid any kind of behaviour that is not acceptable

in my host country. Instead I try to be attentive, active, grateful … cf. 6 BsMore ideas to be added


and once again Pearl S. Buck „An Apple for the Teacher“ (1939)

„I believe that the normal human heart is born good.

That is, it´s born sensitive and feeling, eager to be approved and to approve, hungry for simple happiness and the chance to live“


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