Youth / OPINION : Morals, Values and Ethics: What Is the Role of Our Schools?
Compiled by Erik Hamilton for The Times
HOLLY ASUNCION
Freshman, 14, Downey High School
As teen-agers, we are easily influenced by our friends and people we see on an elevated level. We are taught constantly, sometimes profoundly. We do not need ethics to be taught as a subject; it is already required in life. We do not need to answer questions 1-5 at the end of each chapter. Ethics are learned individually. As individuals, we have individualized morals. Ethics are taught to us knowingly and unknowingly. Who’s responsibility is it to teach it? It’s everyone’s. Everyone who comes in contact with questioning eyes and a curious mind. It is also everyone’s responsibility to learn.
