should we have a class in school just on values or morals or manners?
2006-07-24 18:14:56 · 11 answers · asked by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Values and morals should be taught at home, but many parents are falling down on the job. A class in school would have to be very carefully run in order to keep from stepping on the parents toes or outright contradicting them. It would probably have to be too general to be useful. Manners could be taught at school, it wouldn't be a bad idea. There are social guidelines that most people know, but many, especially in lower socioeconomic levels/areas, don't have the opportunity to learn proper manners.
2006-07-24 18:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by mommy333 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree with many who have answered. It is the job of the parents. Unfortunately, the cost of living forces most families to require that both parents work outside the home. Many kids are running rampant. They have no respect for their parents, their teachers, anyone in authority, or themselves.
We are a generation who are letting the television and gaming systems raise our children. It is no wonder they have no manners or values or morals. Things that we would have gotten our bottoms majorly tanned for are now ignored. And I am not saying that all children are raised this way, but with every decade more and more are. It is as though they think that if they kill someone that they can hit the reset button and the game of life will re-start!
Their educations are becoming a joke at best. Most cannot read or write by the time they graduate the 12th grade. When I was a kid, you didn't just get passed to the next grade because they were tired of you... You got left behind as many times as it took for you to get the basics down!
There are a lot of things that I DO think should be taught in school though. Some reality training would be good. Like how to open a checking account. What the word "over-draft" means. How easy it is to get caught in the "credit card" debt net. What kinds of insurances there are and when and why they are needed. What ways will their life change if they suddenly become a young parent. Early education on how to apply for loans and grants to go to college, rather than waiting until they are a senior. How to plan a realistic budget. I think responsibility education would be excellent.
2006-07-25 01:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by diane_b_33594 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I think there should be a class in school on values, morals, manners, etc. The textbook should be the Bible. It's constitutionally protected.
2006-07-25 01:18:29 · answer #3 · answered by Hyzakyt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there should be a class on values. It would be called CITIZENSHIP. In it would be taught how to be kind to others, responsible for your actions, involved in your government, and thoughtful with regard to your impact on the environment.
The BIBLE would NOT be the textbook, any more than Homer's Odessy. Mythology of any kind isn't really helpful in teaching values.
P.S. My daughter loves zombie movies, and wants to be a horror movie director--and yet she is still capable of learning to be a good citizen. I am completely opposed though to any ONE religious group hijacking this idea to get their numbers up. That is fascist and scary (more scary than zombies).
2006-07-25 01:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Carrie S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, after 44 years of officially atheistic education, where crime, teen pregnancy, social diseases, and self-centeredness on steroids abounds, my guess is that "values-free" education has failed miserably.
You can look at statistics for those ares I mentioned above, and see that they were fairly steady leading up to 1962, when the Supreme Court ruled that prayer in schools was unconstitutional.
And what was that prayer that so violated the Constitution? Just this: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country."
Since we quit asking that very generic prayer, we have reaped what we have sown.
2006-07-25 01:25:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think parents should teach their children right from wrong. Let the schools educate.
Tammi Dee
2006-07-25 01:19:34 · answer #6 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i think morals should be instilled by the parents. anything else would take the parenting out of being a parent.
2006-07-25 01:17:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whos morals and values????????
if u mean christian morals and values then thats just christian education and reserved for christian schools.
2006-07-25 01:18:30 · answer #8 · answered by Aussieblonde -bundy'd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes good and evil.
good and bad manners
Return the bible and prayer to the Christian God.
respect
truth
2006-07-25 01:19:19 · answer #9 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! But it's usually the parents that need it more than the children....
2006-07-25 01:17:54 · answer #10 · answered by funigyrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋