Youth / OPINION : Morals, Values and Ethics: What Is the Role of Our Schools?
Compiled by Erik Hamilton for The Times
BRIAN S. ARRINGTON
Senior 17, Downey High School
A teacher is supposed to be like a parent to you when you are away from home. So, yes, I do think this would be a very good idea, seeing that the rate of violent crimes, teen pregnancy, divorce and everything else plaguing our society is on a rampage.
In school, we learn so many things that I feel are useless in everyday life. School teaches us about things that happened millions of years ago when we should be learning what’s happening now and how to get ahead.
But I do not believe that the teaching of ethics should be left only to the schools. It is up to parents to teach their kids what they should not do.
