My Hope for Tomorrow's Schools I believe that schools should help students develop their value systems, if those values truly come from God. I am a Christian born again, believer of the gospel of Jesus Christ; therefore, my values are based on the good, the true, and the beautiful that comes from the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our society is based on a set of core values; values derived from biblical truths. These truths are our highest model of virtue. I believe that we, as teachers, have some power to stop the moral disintegration of our society by helping students develop biblical and godly values. Teachers have the opportunity to instill a desire for these values in our students, but still keep in mind that these students have a choice whether they want to accept these values as their own. Perhaps if Christian values had remained within our school systems, the Columbine shooting, as well as other school shootings, would never have occurred. Children today face an extremely difficult social environment. Therefore, I believe that adults must demonstrate to young people that it is possible to live their values and support a more just and responsible society. It is of the utmost importance that teachers are positive moral role models and that they administer character education to our children, so that we can help them understand, through experience, that what they value is important and that living one's virtue gives meaning and wealth to your life. .I also believe that students need to learn about their social, political and economic world and that character education will motivate them to participate in social change to create a more just society. Social change needs to happen in certain areas. Issues such as discrimination and bigotry can strangle an otherwise functioning society. If each of us would strive to live our lives as God commanded, not suggested, then there would be no place for discrimination and bigotry in our society. The world literally stands or falls due to the actions of humanity – each of us holds the potential for strategic significance to maximize the impact of good. Humanity holds a high position, but no one should consider themselves more worthy or more important than anyone else. One of the tragedies of prejudice is that it can separate us from a potential source of help.
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