MY QUESTION:
When living values are sinking all around, don't you think that compulsory moral teachings a must in schools?
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When living values are sinking all around, don't you think that compulsory moral teachings a must in schools?
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Governments should make moral studies mandatory with a defined curriculum like any other subjects? The enlightened teachings of all religions and the life of great souls should be included in the syllabi. Let our country be enriched with citizens of character and morals! Now, fact! No Government will ever step in, because it will hurt not one but their entire vote banks. An objection galore will rise up from opportunist political and communal elements. What a tragedy!
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I don’t feel that our kids’ moral judgment should be the responsibility of our schools. Moral education should begin even before school age and should be done in the home. Too. Many bad parents nowadays blame the governments, social services and schools for the kids’ seemingly total lack of respect and discipline. Its time some that the parents were sent on a course on how to instill moral ethics into their kids, and even learn something themselves at the same time
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1. Parents should be the teachers of moral values. Students follow the morals of their parents
Okay, schools have a hard enough time teaching kids the basics (reading, writing, science, math, sociology, etc.); there is no way on God's green earth that they'd be able to fit in morals and ethics. (I've seen individual teachers try; it brought them to tears, each and every time.) Besides, it's the responsibility of parents (yes, you read that correctly) to teach their children what teachers can't. Before a child goes out into the world, he/she has to know what is considered proper behavior, and what isn't; I have yet to see a parent enroll their child into a class that'll teach them such lessons. I learned those lessons from my parents, as did most of the kids I went to school with; this saved our teachers hours upon hours of time to put towards our regularly scheduled curricula. So, all that being considered, I think I'll raise my kids as responsibly possible, and let the teachers worry about math and reading.
2. Yes, it would be great if that was something you could send a child to school to be taught, however, if they're not being taught at home, then what's the purpose? There are just too many children that come from too many different backgrounds to even begin to start teaching what is morally "right and wrong". It's sad, but true.
3. Whose morals are you planning to teach? Cerrtainly not one religion over another, right?
I would prefer an ethics-based curriculum, as long as it provides information about all types of people and cultures, and does not discriminate based on gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, eye color, hair color, or any other prejudice
4.Morality was addressed in this movie
See this write up about the movie "Time Changer":
"Time travel is possible! An adventure the whole family will enjoy! A time-travel adventure for the whole family! The year is 1890, Bible Professor Russell Carlisle (D.David Morin) has written a new manuscript, "The Changing Times". His book is about to receive a unanimous endorsement from the board members of the Grace Bible Seminary... until Dr. Norris Anderson (Gavin MacLeod) raises an issue over a "difficulty" he has with something Carlisle has written.
"Dr. Anderson believes what Carlisle has written could seriously affect the future of coming generations. Using a secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle more than 100 years into the future; offering him a glimpse of where his writing will lead. "
Carlisle believed that we could have morals WITHOUT God/Jesus attached. He saw just how important our morality is tied in to God's Word and Law.
5. Yes it is mandatory but before that the parents / guardians must make sure to begin this process and cease to comercialise the teaching from the stage of in-laps itself. To bring up the moral of a kid it is essential for the first institute "the family" to start in-rooting moral value, by means of various methods inherited in each family, in him before he goes to pre KG or KG. What is taught in KGs were the responsibility of "the family" in our old days and the children were first admitted to primary as KGs were not available at most places.
Today it has become fashon to send children to pre KG / KG
and in cities, where parents goes out to work, is a compulsion. But worst is this that all educational institutes, including KGs are more commercial than educational, however the parents are meeting this commercial requirement of the institutes. Now it is institutes who must be strictly regulated by Govt. to adopt compulsory moral teachings and importantly within the KGs it must be taught under an family envoirnement.
And you know this has to be brought only by electorates by forcing firstly each-self becoming literate "not educated" and then secondly Legislatures, Executives & Judiciaries. And this is not so easy because "the people are divided in two parst viz one 'mass' and other 'a very few' and the mass (who are main electorate) is living under fear of a very few (who are the part 'with more numbers' in Legislatures, Executives & Judiciaries)".
However, though I am the smallest particle of one small unit of Society, I wish and act the way that someday the morality must establish its' position in each human being on our Planet Earth
5. In my opinion, moral values should be taught at home. If you practise good values at home, it will be automatically picked up by the children. When I was in school, religion was a subject but since there were students from different religious backgrounds, the subject was titled 'Moral Science'. Every religion teaches moral values and this was covered in this subject. Ultimately it is up to each individual to do his part. If every one of us realise our role in practising good values, it wouldn't have to be taught.
6. Good idea. I wish to join the school. But teaching is effective in certain / short area. When we are out of range, we forget all things good. In temple, with kirtan we are happy and all are good. When we are out of range, all are bad, selfish.
Only teachers cannot change all. Only Supreme Court canot change all Delhi walas. Self discipline is a must! When children watch TV, cable, they will surely not remember the good taught in school. Fast food is not good. What will you say / do if my wife provide fast food to children at all times. She: East all junk. She joins all bevkoof children. Mother is best teacher of children but she should also give 50% right to father to teach children. She to me: I will teach children. You keep your teachings with you. Keep shut. Ladies are really bad.
7. I learnt my morals from my parents and my school. We had an illustrative subject 'Moral Science' teaching about morals. Apart from that we had a section 'Civics' for study of our rights and duties as citizens. So I don't think government is responsible for lack of morals. We ourselves are. We realize our rights but forget our duties. That's something that no school or government can help you out with. Most of the people out here are aware of the morals. They just don't choose to follow them. I believe that parents play vital part here.
8. Yes,its high time the authorities took this issue seriously. 1. Young minds need to be taught to be contented with what their parents were, 2.Confident that they will achieve the best possible with the ratio of efforts put in 3. No easy money & no shortcuts 4. Dating and sex is not Indian culture till 18yrs
9. I was having moral education as a subject which most of the teachers used to take lightly.. mostly we use to feel that lecture is free for us. But I feel that moral teaching should be made compulsory as a subject but also some measures should be taken so that the teachers should not avoid it.
10. Yes very much! In all schools and colleges the students should know what is right and what is wrong in the society around them .
11. There is moral teaching (subject) at least in all English schools. I don't know about others but I think it is in many schools at present.
12. You know it is required for parents to teach their children basic moral values and they do. It is a great job that they do. I agree with you. You're right, really. If moral values are taught at the school, children adopt them quickly (if taught from an early age). Otherwise, children take the moral teachings lightly. I know some schools where they teach the subject from Class 1 to Class 6 and give grades according to the student's performance. It surely brings about a change.
13. The problem is: who's morals should they be teaching? Who's values? Different families have different ideas about what is moral and right.
We can all agree on things like not killing another person (although that is, admittedly, a criminal act, not a moral one). I've known people who claim it is immoral for a female to wear pants-they should only wear dresses.
If you can come up with a fair way that all families would agree on as the basic "moral code," you might be onto something. But you'll never be able to accomplish that. The idea of the government forcing a moral code down the throats of the citizenry smacks of Socialism at best.
It's the job of the family to decide their own personal moral values to their children.
14. Living values? Which one? Whose morals? Moral values and religion don't have to walk together. Values are depending on culture. So seems that you got a problem with schools and money? Education is preparing children for the future, so they are able individuals that can criticize and opt for the best solutions when facing a problem. There is enough of religion at schools, children can choose whether or not to participate. Moral development comes from home not from schools and definitely money will not better this development. What do you mean by the term communal elements? Do you mean everybody else? Good luck. Relax. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
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I don’t feel that our kids’ moral judgment should be the responsibility of our schools. Moral education should begin even before school age and should be done in the home. Too. Many bad parents nowadays blame the governments, social services and schools for the kids’ seemingly total lack of respect and discipline. Its time some that the parents were sent on a course on how to instill moral ethics into their kids, and even learn something themselves at the same time
OTHER ANSWERS: -
1. Parents should be the teachers of moral values. Students follow the morals of their parents
Okay, schools have a hard enough time teaching kids the basics (reading, writing, science, math, sociology, etc.); there is no way on God's green earth that they'd be able to fit in morals and ethics. (I've seen individual teachers try; it brought them to tears, each and every time.) Besides, it's the responsibility of parents (yes, you read that correctly) to teach their children what teachers can't. Before a child goes out into the world, he/she has to know what is considered proper behavior, and what isn't; I have yet to see a parent enroll their child into a class that'll teach them such lessons. I learned those lessons from my parents, as did most of the kids I went to school with; this saved our teachers hours upon hours of time to put towards our regularly scheduled curricula. So, all that being considered, I think I'll raise my kids as responsibly possible, and let the teachers worry about math and reading.
2. Yes, it would be great if that was something you could send a child to school to be taught, however, if they're not being taught at home, then what's the purpose? There are just too many children that come from too many different backgrounds to even begin to start teaching what is morally "right and wrong". It's sad, but true.
3. Whose morals are you planning to teach? Cerrtainly not one religion over another, right?
I would prefer an ethics-based curriculum, as long as it provides information about all types of people and cultures, and does not discriminate based on gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, eye color, hair color, or any other prejudice
4.Morality was addressed in this movie
See this write up about the movie "Time Changer":
"Time travel is possible! An adventure the whole family will enjoy! A time-travel adventure for the whole family! The year is 1890, Bible Professor Russell Carlisle (D.David Morin) has written a new manuscript, "The Changing Times". His book is about to receive a unanimous endorsement from the board members of the Grace Bible Seminary... until Dr. Norris Anderson (Gavin MacLeod) raises an issue over a "difficulty" he has with something Carlisle has written.
"Dr. Anderson believes what Carlisle has written could seriously affect the future of coming generations. Using a secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle more than 100 years into the future; offering him a glimpse of where his writing will lead. "
Carlisle believed that we could have morals WITHOUT God/Jesus attached. He saw just how important our morality is tied in to God's Word and Law.
5. Yes it is mandatory but before that the parents / guardians must make sure to begin this process and cease to comercialise the teaching from the stage of in-laps itself. To bring up the moral of a kid it is essential for the first institute "the family" to start in-rooting moral value, by means of various methods inherited in each family, in him before he goes to pre KG or KG. What is taught in KGs were the responsibility of "the family" in our old days and the children were first admitted to primary as KGs were not available at most places.
Today it has become fashon to send children to pre KG / KG
and in cities, where parents goes out to work, is a compulsion. But worst is this that all educational institutes, including KGs are more commercial than educational, however the parents are meeting this commercial requirement of the institutes. Now it is institutes who must be strictly regulated by Govt. to adopt compulsory moral teachings and importantly within the KGs it must be taught under an family envoirnement.
And you know this has to be brought only by electorates by forcing firstly each-self becoming literate "not educated" and then secondly Legislatures, Executives & Judiciaries. And this is not so easy because "the people are divided in two parst viz one 'mass' and other 'a very few' and the mass (who are main electorate) is living under fear of a very few (who are the part 'with more numbers' in Legislatures, Executives & Judiciaries)".
However, though I am the smallest particle of one small unit of Society, I wish and act the way that someday the morality must establish its' position in each human being on our Planet Earth
5. In my opinion, moral values should be taught at home. If you practise good values at home, it will be automatically picked up by the children. When I was in school, religion was a subject but since there were students from different religious backgrounds, the subject was titled 'Moral Science'. Every religion teaches moral values and this was covered in this subject. Ultimately it is up to each individual to do his part. If every one of us realise our role in practising good values, it wouldn't have to be taught.
6. Good idea. I wish to join the school. But teaching is effective in certain / short area. When we are out of range, we forget all things good. In temple, with kirtan we are happy and all are good. When we are out of range, all are bad, selfish.
Only teachers cannot change all. Only Supreme Court canot change all Delhi walas. Self discipline is a must! When children watch TV, cable, they will surely not remember the good taught in school. Fast food is not good. What will you say / do if my wife provide fast food to children at all times. She: East all junk. She joins all bevkoof children. Mother is best teacher of children but she should also give 50% right to father to teach children. She to me: I will teach children. You keep your teachings with you. Keep shut. Ladies are really bad.
7. I learnt my morals from my parents and my school. We had an illustrative subject 'Moral Science' teaching about morals. Apart from that we had a section 'Civics' for study of our rights and duties as citizens. So I don't think government is responsible for lack of morals. We ourselves are. We realize our rights but forget our duties. That's something that no school or government can help you out with. Most of the people out here are aware of the morals. They just don't choose to follow them. I believe that parents play vital part here.
8. Yes,its high time the authorities took this issue seriously. 1. Young minds need to be taught to be contented with what their parents were, 2.Confident that they will achieve the best possible with the ratio of efforts put in 3. No easy money & no shortcuts 4. Dating and sex is not Indian culture till 18yrs
9. I was having moral education as a subject which most of the teachers used to take lightly.. mostly we use to feel that lecture is free for us. But I feel that moral teaching should be made compulsory as a subject but also some measures should be taken so that the teachers should not avoid it.
10. Yes very much! In all schools and colleges the students should know what is right and what is wrong in the society around them .
11. There is moral teaching (subject) at least in all English schools. I don't know about others but I think it is in many schools at present.
12. You know it is required for parents to teach their children basic moral values and they do. It is a great job that they do. I agree with you. You're right, really. If moral values are taught at the school, children adopt them quickly (if taught from an early age). Otherwise, children take the moral teachings lightly. I know some schools where they teach the subject from Class 1 to Class 6 and give grades according to the student's performance. It surely brings about a change.
13. The problem is: who's morals should they be teaching? Who's values? Different families have different ideas about what is moral and right.
We can all agree on things like not killing another person (although that is, admittedly, a criminal act, not a moral one). I've known people who claim it is immoral for a female to wear pants-they should only wear dresses.
If you can come up with a fair way that all families would agree on as the basic "moral code," you might be onto something. But you'll never be able to accomplish that. The idea of the government forcing a moral code down the throats of the citizenry smacks of Socialism at best.
It's the job of the family to decide their own personal moral values to their children.
14. Living values? Which one? Whose morals? Moral values and religion don't have to walk together. Values are depending on culture. So seems that you got a problem with schools and money? Education is preparing children for the future, so they are able individuals that can criticize and opt for the best solutions when facing a problem. There is enough of religion at schools, children can choose whether or not to participate. Moral development comes from home not from schools and definitely money will not better this development. What do you mean by the term communal elements? Do you mean everybody else? Good luck. Relax. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
15. Morality is not taught, in schools but learnt at home
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