Kids, morals, and the Gooden Rule

[Guest guest]

OK, blast me for this not having to do with RLS, but I feel very strongly about

the following.

So, hit the DELETE key if you don't want to read on.

Count me in the pitifully small 10% who believe in the Ten Commandments. Gosh,

and my bed

doesn't get made very often, either--mainly when the maid does it every other

week! I also

teach my children the Golden Rule. I even preach the Golden Rule in my

classroom and I expect

my students to follow it. I expect them to look for the good in people and to

look for positive

happenings instead of dwelling on the negative. Positive attitudes are

catching, and it shows

with my students.

Sorry, Ninette, I'll have to disagree with you about the country not having

morals or values.

Contrary, though, to what folks think about the moral decay of our children in

this country,

there are some very good kids in our society. As a high school teacher, I see a

few that make

things bad for the majority of good kids. We still have a large number of high

school kids

going to church at my school of 2000 in an urban school in the suburbs north of

Houston. Every

Wednesday the prayer group gathers around the flag pole for their Bible club.

And, then there

are those that don't go to church, but still have high morals and are really

very good kids.

Not to worry folks, there are lots of good kids that will take us into the next

century and run

our country and businesses well. Sure some of them like music and fashion that

we, as parents,

don't particularly care for, but our parents didn't like a lot of the things we

did either back

in the sixties. Nor, probably did my grand parents sometimes like what my

parents did when they

were teen agers. Each generation makes its own mark. I think I turned out

pretty good, if I

don't say so myself. Sometimes my mother might not have thought so, with some

of the things I

did. Too bad my parents didn't live to see me have children, get a Master's

degree and earn two

national teacher awards for technology and one Texas teacher award for

technology.

And then there are the students that are the ones that make negative news and

give the

impression to the general public that ALL teenagers are bad. It just is not

so. THERE ARE

GOOD KIDS IN OUR SOCIETY WHO ARE CARING, MORAL, LAW ABIDING, GOD FEARING PEOPLE,

WHO COME FROM

GOOD FAMILIES THAT CARE ABOUT THEM. Most of the kids DO know right from wrong

and live by that.

Yes, there are SOME folks that have no morals, etc. But like my mother used to

tell me about

people having sex back when she was a teenager (she would have been 84). She

said, back then,

people still had sex, they just didn't talk about it! So, were people of the

30's and 40's any

more moral than people are today?

Lindy B. in Southeast Texas

Ninette wrote:

> From: ninettecampbell@... (Ninette )

>

> Only 10% believe in the Ten Commandments?

> That's a VERY SAD statement. No wonder we

> have no morals or values left in this country. No wonder we do not value

> human life. Are we raising children in a country where there is no right

> or wrong ?

>

> Count me in on not making the bed. I have better things to do. Let's see

> now -- more people make their bed than believe in The Ten

> commandments. WOW !!!

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Looking for a new hobby? Want to make a new friend?

> http://www.ONElist.com

> Come join one of the 130,000 e-mail communities at ONElist!

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> This forum is for support only. The information posted to this List is for

support purposes

> and is not intended to replace the examination, diagnosis and treatment of a

licensed

> physician and no such claims are inferred.

[Guest guest]

Should have phrased that differently. did not

mean to say that no kids have morals or values. Our students at our high

school pray around our flag pole every day, and this is started by my

own church. I too have students who are fine, upstanding citizens of our

community, and are excellent role models for others, but I find that

everday more and more of them are becomung so desensetized to things

like violence, bad language, and sex. I agree these things have been

happening a long tme, but NOT to the extent they are now. My students

are shocked when I tell them that certain " words " they use are

inappropriate and that they won't use them around me. They talk openly

about having sex. It's become an extracirricular activity, and even if

it's just talk, they're always ready to " take someone out " . I think

there are a lot of kids today who just don't know right from wrong, BTW,

lest any of you misunderstand, this a

discussion, not an argument, and sorry for those of you who may not be

interested, but a subject like this is worthy enough to stray from the

topic of RLS a bit. I think in light of the things going on right now,

we would be hard pressed not to worry about what is going on in the

minds of our teenagers. I applaud you

and thank you Lindy for helping to teach these things in your classes.

[Guest guest]

Yes, Ninette, it is worrisome. And, I, too, have seen this decline come

about gradually for many years. I also hear the same comments you mentioned,

but only from selected students. I don't have all the answers. I'm not

saying everyone is perfect, either, but we are survivors, and by changing

what we can and leaving alone what we can't change, we will at least have

our wits about us. Thanks for your input on this, too. I guess we are

teachers because we do care and want the best for not only our own children,

but our students as well. 'nuff said.

Lindy B. in Southeast Texas

Ninette wrote:

> Should have phrased that differently. did not

> mean to say that no kids have morals or values. Our students at our high

> school pray around our flag pole every day, and this is started by my

> own church. I too have students who are fine, upstanding citizens of our

> community, and are excellent role models for others, but I find that

> everday more and more of them are becomung so desensetized to things

> like violence, bad language, and sex. I agree these things have been

> happening a long tme, but NOT to the extent they are now. My students

> are shocked when I tell them that certain " words " they use are

> inappropriate and that they won't use them around me. They talk openly

> about having sex. It's become an extracirricular activity, and even if

> it's just talk, they're always ready to " take someone out " . I think

> there are a lot of kids today who just don't know right from wrong, BTW,

> lest any of you misunderstand, this a

> discussion, not an argument, and sorry for those of you who may not be

> interested, but a subject like this is worthy enough to stray from the

> topic of RLS a bit. I think in light of the things going on right now,

> we would be hard pressed not to worry about what is going on in the

> minds of our teenagers. I applaud you

> and thank you Lindy for helping to teach these things in your classes.