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| Lying and Cheating and Stealing; Oh my! | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 30 2008, 09:47 PM (143 Views) | |
| Post #1 Nov 30 2008, 09:47 PM |
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The author of this article doesn't come close to expressing the dire situation we are in. Instead, he seems to go out of his way to excuse the up and coming generation and to inappropriately place blame. Oh, the target of the blame is correct (parents and teachers); the indictment is inappropriate. Check out this ridiculous quote the author chose to include:
This is how the quote should read:
But, then, that would require parents to actually raise their children, something that is, for the most part, no longer being done, and for teachers to teach morality (in addition to content), something that teachers are routinely being stopped from doing. "It may not be your fault, but it is your responsibility" is a refrain I share repeatedly with my students. Yes, today's teens are horribly under-served by parents and teachers in the passing on of morality, and that is clearly the fault of parents and teachers, not of teens. However, almost all teens (especially those in high school) have reached the point in life where their morality is setting up like concrete. They should be held completely and totally responsible for lying, cheating, and stealing. Totally. I will continue to preach to them that, regardless of upbringing to this point, now they, and only they, are responsible to be honest. I will continue to hold them to the standard that dishonesty is not to be tolerated--at all. |
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