Tuesday, 21 January 2014

CHANGING VALUES--TODAY'S VALUES

 Change is inevitable. Whether we like it or not, it is going to be there. We have had enough of the "me" generation and situational ethics which have led to the loss of strong communities. There is sadness for getting caught rather than remorse for having done wrong.* 

A survey of high school principals in 1958 asked this question: What are the main problems among your students? The answer was:

 1. Not doing homework.
 2. Not respecting property--for example, throwing books. 
3. Leaving lights on and doors and windows open.
 4. Throwing spitballs in class.
 5. Running through the halls. 

The same survey question was asked 30 years (one generation) later, in 1988. The answers were startlingly different. Here are the main problems of today's high school students: 

1. Abortion 
2. AIDS 
3. Rape 
4. Drugs 
5. Fear of violent death, murder, guns, and knives in school 

Try not to be a man of success but rather try to be a man of value.
--Albert Einstein 

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