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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Where did you learn that training in a foreign languages is important, and that the inculcation of morality is relatively unimportant? (Yes, that’s what you said, in so many words.)

Morality is by far the most important lesson. I simply believe that kids will be exposed to good and bad morals no matter what. It is comparatively easy for involved parents to correct moral lessons that the schools get wrong - if parents try - but impossible for most of us to teach languages (and many other subjects) well.

58 posted on 03/29/2012 7:08:03 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
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To: Pollster1
I simply believe that kids will be exposed to good and bad morals no matter what.

I agree with you, but it's a question of degree. Fourth graders being instructed to put condoms on bananas, a father being arrested and handcuffed for objecting to his kindergartner receiving homosexual indoctrination, revisionist history, opposition research projects for Obama...

Where do you draw the line before the immorality and social engineering becomes unacceptable?

It is comparatively easy for involved parents to correct moral lessons that the schools get wrong - if parents try

Not saying it can't be accomplished, but it's certainly difficult for parents to undo the damage from daily indoctrination, peer pressure and societal brainwashing with a few conversations over dinner.

but impossible for most of us to teach languages (and many other subjects) well.

There's no magical teaching process taking place in schools. Information is presented, and the student is responsible for learning it.

73 posted on 03/29/2012 8:31:38 AM PDT by BlatherNaut
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