Should schools teach morals and life skills?

Question

Such as communicating with people, manners, dealing with emotions and general wellbeing.

Answer 1

Your first teacher/s in lfe is your Mom and Dad, but we live in a complicated society these days where that first teacher may just be Mom..or just Dad...Mom n Mom and Dad n Dad to put it but mildly not forgetting other kinds of relationships too...also your immediate surrounding, the people you interact with on a daily basis. I dont think its fair to put this pressure on just schools alone, as this day of age we're having to deal with emotions and well-being of everykind. Again also...todays life-style has a huge impact too with families spending less and less time with each other due to all kind of modern day pressure. But...generally I think this should mainy be down to parents at the starting point.

Answer 2

WHOSE morals? The teachers? The establishments? The PC politicians?

WHOSE life skills? The gamblers? The 100+ mph drivers? The drug-takers? The libertines? The liars?

WHOSE emotions? The single parents? The adopted childs? The falsely imprisoned? The voiceless? The impoverished?

WHOSE wellbeing? The private-practice dentists? The private-practice doctors? The cosmetic surgeons? The taxman? The pharmaceutical companies?

Answer 3

The greatest influence on children are their parents. If parents feel down then this is passed on to their children. If parents don't support the work schools do then the result is watered down even further.

Also, until you have politicians with morals and life skills then it's a no go. How many times are we hit with laws and policies that just don't hold any common sense?

Also, the curriculum in schools brainwashes kids. It's sets what the Government wants and that's why morals and well being is deteriating. Although not really connected with the topic, I want my kids to understand imperial as well as metric but imperial is not taught. I would rather like my kids to do extra work on English history and our values, where the Government want the kids to do Chinese New Year and Muslim things.

Answer 4

My school does do this- through health. i think that this is a good class to have once, but only in junior high or elementary when grades and such don't matter. I've had it 4 times and now its just a waste of time. I would rather be taking something that will give me an idea of what i want to do with my life.

Answer 5

They should definitely teach life skills. Morals you have to be careful with. Maybe classes in social interaction and ethics would be appropriate. No religion. But, I'm more concerned about all these kids that graduate without being able to read and write. What is our problem??? How about other languages? We are falling so far behind the rest of the world.

Answer 6

The parents should be teaching their children morals and life skills. We taught our children. But judging by the way the little dears are turning out nowadays, it's obvious the parents don't know morals and life-skills themselves, so someone has to teach the kids, and it falls to the poor teachers yet again.
Beats me why some parents don't just hand over their babies for someone else to bring them up and teach them EVERYTHING, and give them back when they're ready to earn.

Answer 7

I think its ok if these are schools that parents "choose" for their children to attend. If that is what parents want their children to know then go for it. I think the public school system could teach basics, without adding "personal opinions" and religious concepts! Such as no hitting, cussing,etc...things that society as a whole knows as inappropriate.

Answer 8

Ideally, children should learn these skills from their parents, but it's not a bad idea for them to be taught in school. Depending on how you see our school system, it's set up to be either a vocational training school or a training to make people good citizens. Workers and citizens need skills about getting along with others, etc. So I think it's okay to teach them in school.

Answer 9

By the time kids reach school age they should be able to use basic manners. It should the job of the parents to teach manners but unfortuantly many don't.

in an ideal world schools would teach manners but the school day wouldn't be long enough to teach the core subjects and this as well

Answer 10

schools can show good manners and good communication skills, but morals are best taught by the parents and it is up to the individual to interpret those and relate them to everday life.