Guidance and virtue begins in the home. Many scholars and academics agree that kids learn from their parents more than any other they may encounter in their lives. Social skills, morals, and political beliefs all have one thing in common: they are directly related to home life. To try and teach key skills in school, like honesty or good virtues is really fanciful at the least. At most the idea is a concoction of lazy-parenting hoping to push it off on another source. So then, as some push for these skills to be taught in school, where does the home life come into play? Life skills cannot be taught in a school environment because textbooks cannot teach character, schools should not have to expand curriculum, and mainly because it should not fall on any other besides the parents to
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They interact with peers, they are mindful keepers of their own future and work diligently to digest the information they are given. Imagine though, a book thrown at you about manners and politeness, one might think it was the 19th century and they were preparing for some kind of feudal meeting. If a girl was told she had to curtsey, it would be scandalous, if not at the least sexist. So, when placed into a situation, why would you force something as silly as manners in a school environment.
Furthermore, to add these topics would extending the already bulging curriculum. If you wanted to fit in all of your maths and sciences, and your honesty course, how much time would that take? Keeping children away from home for even longer would have profound negative effects on the children’s ability to connect and love. And, if one did not extend the day, classes would have to be cut. The arts program would more than likely be taken away to make room for a daily session of “You must always care and be kind.” The burden should not have to be a give or take situation, it should not have to be an argument at
They interact with peers, they are mindful keepers of their own future and work diligently to digest the information they are given. Imagine though, a book thrown at you about manners and politeness, one might think it was the 19th century and they were preparing for some kind of feudal meeting. If a girl was told she had to curtsey, it would be scandalous, if not at the least sexist. So, when placed into a situation, why would you force something as silly as manners in a school environment.
Furthermore, to add these topics would extending the already bulging curriculum. If you wanted to fit in all of your maths and sciences, and your honesty course, how much time would that take? Keeping children away from home for even longer would have profound negative effects on the children’s ability to connect and love. And, if one did not extend the day, classes would have to be cut. The arts program would more than likely be taken away to make room for a daily session of “You must always care and be kind.” The burden should not have to be a give or take situation, it should not have to be an argument at