Originally posted by whodey
I realize that it is not the job of our schools to teach morality. What I am saying is that it should be the job of schools. Before the modern era, children were educated at home. Therefore, they automatically were exposed to the morality of their parents as they grew up. However, in todays culture, children are sent to school for the day and never see th ...[text shortened]... nce nothing more than a greater liability to society when in the hands of those who are immoral?
Kids spend maybe 6 hours a day at school for 5 days each week.
That's 30 hours a week.
Assuming they sleep for 8 or 9 hours a day (unlikely for teenagers, but let's be generous) that's another 63 hours a week.
All up each week has 168 hours.
30 in school.
63 sleeping.
That still leaves 75 hours.
School time is less than 18% of their week.
I'm tipping there are gtoing to be a few other areas that rate more importantly - family, firends, etc.
Educating devoid of morals?
I'm not sure how any person - at least any living person - could actually do that. Our morality is part of who we are and how we define ourselves.
How could we not include this morality when we teach?
I can't turn off my morality when I enter a class to teach my students.
The content of what I'm teaching might not be morality but the way I teach it, the person I am, these are affected by my morals.
And we don't need to play off morality against knowledge.
They are both equally important ...