lumworkshop, her conversations with a principal she knows, and how GeorgeBush dodged discussing the teaching of values at Thomas Jeffersons ownschool, the University of Virginia, to back this point. So it seems, without adoubt, that those who are there in the schools and have experience, theteachers and administrators, do not believe the teaching of morals is a goodidea nor do they feel it is their place. And there doesnt appear to be a betterperson to ask about that subject than actual administrators and teacherswhom are the experts in that field and should know what was best for theirstudents and themselves. The school administrators and teachers are right, the implementationof Townsends values inculcation would be ineffective and perhaps disastrous. There is simply no way to efficiently teach morals and values. Who wouldactually take in and learn the ideas taught in a morals class? It would bethose who already share the same morals as those being taught. No studentis going to change the way they look at things, and what they value, basedupon what some person they do not know is telling them. Furthermore, theonly parents that would allow their children to take such a class would bethose parents who have the same values as those being taught. No parentwill sit back and let public education undermine the values and morals theirchildren have learned from them, because in their eyes, the public schoolswould be the immoral ones who have improper values.These parents would be outraged that a politician is going to decidewhat their kids should value, and what morals they should follow. Somepoliticians would respond ot this by saying that the people elected them andit is their job to do such things as implement values and morals they believeare acceptable. In todays American society, politicians are among the mostimmoral, underhanded, and corrupt people in the nation. Nearly everyday wecan read in the newspaper about a scandal surr...
