Should we encourage schools to teach Values, like integrity, responsibility, accountability, morals, courage?

Question

It's occurred to me that our children are not receiving a fair shake with the war in Afghanistan, Iraq, unpopular leadership, money grubbing companies looking to make a buck ant any cost!

What happen to integrity friendship, responsibility, understanding, morales, values, an ethics?

Have we gone past good scenes to well it's okey because it all about the $ signs, sex, and what we are not responsible for, and fast pace marriages that end in divorce or worst, became a casualty of a lifestyle that has no value in person, only sex.

I'll ask again should we not encourage our schools to start teaching these things now!

I understand the sacrifices, but what are we over there for?
A lie, money,false scenes of security, and no leadership at all to get people to understand that there is a "FUEL WAR" going on and control is still up in the air,

Parent's really don't have time to teach them about value because so many homes only have one parent and no scenes of communication.

Answer 1

I believe it starts very young and at home. It certainly would help if schools could back parents up. There are so many good kids but unfortunately there are alot of spoiled brats who are never taught to say please & thank you much less chores to teach them a little responciblity. Seems there are alot of wimps and babies being raised these days...Parents need to be parents and not freinds to their children. Starting with love and understanding as well as the things you listed above...

Answer 2

What you should be asking is should we encourage PARENTS to teach these things. Unfortunately, there are parents that don’t teach them.

EDITED TO ADD THIS AFTER YOU ADDED ‘ADDITIONAL DETAILS’:

Parents don’t have the time? Bull. That’s a cop-out. A good parent (even a single parent) finds the time. How much time does it take to do something as simple as explain to your child why stealing is wrong (just an example)? Not a whole lot.

AND who’s to say that someone else’s interpretation of ‘values’ would be MY (a parent’s) interpretation? If anyone (be it a school or anyone else) tried to teach my child that the war is all about lies (just an example, but that’s basically what you’re saying, right?) I’d be pissed as h*ll. I don’t necessarily agree with the war, but that’s beside the point. The point is that is just someone’s OPINION, and I don’t want that opinion *drilled* into my child’s head. Another example--if someone tried to teach my child that divorce is NEVER an option, I would, again, be pissed, because SOMETIMES it is an option (I’d seen women stay in abusive marriages because their religious leaders taught them that divorce is unacceptable…and I saw a woman die as a result of that). The point is, when anyone other than a parent tries to teach ‘values’ there will be issues because their values may not be same as your values.

Of course, there are basic values that are pretty generic, but again, PARENTS need to be teaching their kids these things. It's the parent's responsibility, not the school's.

Answer 3

Our value system has gone global! And also has became more materialistic. With so much exposure to everything on the net and television, children get unbalanced diets of greed and casual sexual exposure. While some schools....mostly private have the resources and more of the intelligent children who are not living in poverty, public schools suffer from underfunding and unqualified teachers who spend most of their day performing crowd control. So much has got to change way up the ladder before we can start to encourage teachers to do anything. And quite frankly if you have qualified teachers that are paid well, you won't have to ask them to teach such things. The "No child left behind" program has been one of the most destructive programs in the history of public schools. I know this first hand...believe me.
We need programs that address the needs of all the students. Not every student is at the same level of opportunity or talent.
If you just focus on test scores and no real substance...people like you end up asking these kind of questions. Keep it up! Its the beginning of change!

Answer 4

America's Schools have had a moral breakdown in their teachings for years,and for the one's that are paying attention. We see the problems. Check out how many parents are now home-schooling their children to make sure their children ARE being taught Values, Morals, and Integrity. Of course we need to change our Format-- In the Meantime?.

Answer 5

I don't think one is related to the other. I favour the elective of a religious education course. This would not just be for Christians. If there are significant minorities, enough to form at least two classes, then those kids should be accommodated as well. Nothing wrong with classes for Muslims, Hindus, Jews and others. It would also be elective, so nobody would be forced take it. Try getting that idea past the leftist teacher's unions.

Answer 6

Values need to be taught by the parents in the home and reinforced in the schools. It's the parents responsibility to teach their children.

And, I have to disagree with you about what you said about only negative things being shown to kids with the war. The kids are also seeing men and women sacrificing for their country. If that doesn't speak volumes about the values shown in the faces of our armed forces, I don't know what does.

Answer 7

Uh, maybe families should be teaching integrity, responsibility, accountability, morals and courage. Religious institutions can help with that and positive activities.
Schools have enough trouble just trying to teach kids how to read, write and do math.
I expect a school to help my kid get into a good college. I'll handle how they'll act when they get there.

Answer 8

ummmm yea, thats a great idea, let the schools teach your kids values because obviously you can't do it since you don't have any right?

whats wrong with you teaching your offspring your values?

i think that is the reason that people don't have values anymore its because the parents started relying on others to teach their kids the important things in life

Answer 9

"Should we encourage schools to teach Values, like integrity, responsibility, accountability, morals, courage?" Nope, PARENTS should be teaching them from day one.

Answer 10

Many school have already started teaching those things.
We have lost the route of human society. everything is so material nowadays.