The Problem In Schools
"...blessed are they who keep my ways. Heed instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it." - Proverbs 8:32-33
Public schools, private schools, inner city schools - all schools have gone through and continue to go through a huge paradigm shift. The twentieth century was a time of radical change in our education system. A study done of the Fullerton, California, School System compared the problems in the 1940's to the 1980's and the differences were astounding. In the forties, the major problems with students were truancy, running in the halls, talking in class, and chewing gum. In the eighties and nineties, the major problems included teenage pregnancy, violence, stealing, rape, bringing knives and guns to school, drug abuse and vandalism.
The new millennium was ushered in by a dramatic technological revolution. We now live in an increasingly diverse, globalized, and complex, media-saturated society. Couple that with all of the school shootings, cheating by both students and teachers, it seems evident that today's problems are even worse and growing.
When we hear results like this, we realize the tremendous decline of values in our overall society. I encourage you to look to the Ten Commandments. The fact is, you can't find better guidance for teaching our children how to live a successful life and how to care for their fellow man than God's Big Ten. And why not begin by teaching them to your own children? You can find them in the second book of the Old Testament, Exodus 20. Society will be a better place if we stick with those guidelines... Right From The Heart.
Public schools, private schools, inner city schools - all schools have gone through and continue to go through a huge paradigm shift. The twentieth century was a time of radical change in our education system. A study done of the Fullerton, California, School System compared the problems in the 1940's to the 1980's and the differences were astounding. In the forties, the major problems with students were truancy, running in the halls, talking in class, and chewing gum. In the eighties and nineties, the major problems included teenage pregnancy, violence, stealing, rape, bringing knives and guns to school, drug abuse and vandalism.
The new millennium was ushered in by a dramatic technological revolution. We now live in an increasingly diverse, globalized, and complex, media-saturated society. Couple that with all of the school shootings, cheating by both students and teachers, it seems evident that today's problems are even worse and growing.
When we hear results like this, we realize the tremendous decline of values in our overall society. I encourage you to look to the Ten Commandments. The fact is, you can't find better guidance for teaching our children how to live a successful life and how to care for their fellow man than God's Big Ten. And why not begin by teaching them to your own children? You can find them in the second book of the Old Testament, Exodus 20. Society will be a better place if we stick with those guidelines... Right From The Heart.
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