theBlackman on 9/7/2007 at 03:02
Rude is the tenor of society today. Respect can't be taught in the first place, and particularly not in school.
Respect is given when earned by the object thereof. Convoluted, but true. No one can teach you to respect yourself, or others per-se.
The schools can attempt to teach the social graces, but that's as far as it goes. The operative here is "attempt".
If the parents and the home doesn't provide discipline and courtesy and teach it early on, and re-inforce it through out the childhood period, the schools system can't. It is the resposiblity of the parent to instill it, and the school system merely bolsters it.
Without the first schools can't even maintain a weak discipline and control in most cases.
AxTng1 on 18/7/2007 at 04:24
Quote Posted by quinch
I think one of the reasons may be that with the Internet and the general liberalization of other media sources kids are able to see right through the kind of bullshit that kept me in line at school.
I'm wondering exactly why they should have respect for anyone in a country who's adults would sell their own grandmothers for a profit.
Win.
