The Right Thing to Do? - Page 2

Free2be · ‎03-10-2010

Not being in the classroom to learn yet expecting to pass as if they know the subject isn't much different than a few of the posters who watch a little news then come here and spout off like they know what they're talking about, the march in Paris as only one example but it happens all the time especially if they can use the topic against the president and/or administration.

One has to value knowledge for it's own sake to appreciate the value of ethics which is so strongly intertwined with honesty and what is real and right vs what is emotional or tweaks the ego.

madzonie · ‎03-10-2010

Ethics are MIA in so many areas of our society:

Sports

Politics

News

Big business/corporate world

College

Finance/banking

Very very sad state of affairs...

Pippy_1 · ‎12-31-2014

On 1/11/2015 madzonie said:
Ethics are MIA in so many areas of our society:

Sports

Politics

News

Big business/corporate world

College

Finance/banking

Very very sad state of affairs...

I agree. To read this article comes as no surprise to me, taking into account the miserable society we ourselves have developed to live in.

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

'Goofing off' seems to be 'the way of the world' right now. The pendulum (hopefully) swings.

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

Pippy_1 · ‎12-31-2014

On 1/11/2015 ROMARY 1 said:
'Goofing off' seems to be 'the way of the world' right now. The pendulum (hopefully) swings.

Hmmmm I don't know since you can't unring a bell. How can goof offs teach their children to be anything but goof offs?

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

Maybe a couple of generations later they'll figure out that being conscientious is the better, more prosperous way of life.

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

lulu2 · ‎03-09-2010

On 1/11/2015 RainCityGirl said:
This is a society who forgives ethics violations all the time. Just look at our politicians. It's not surprising that it would be part of our classrooms. A friend of mine saw one of his students cheating on a test when the kid walked up to the stack of tests turned in, looked at another's student's answers and had the audacity to change his own answer right then and there. My teacher friend took the test from the cheater and tore it up right in front of the student, meaning he earned 0% on the test. The student's mother was a teacher, and you can bet she was at the school the very next day demanding that he let the student take the test again. He told her that as a teacher and a parent, she has missed her chance to reinforce a very important learning experience for her son by letting him know he had consequences to his actions, but instead she chose to cover for him. She then ran to the principal to complain, but THIS time there was a principal who backed the teacher. Life lessons in consequences can teach invaluable things that ensure mistakes made will not be repeated.. Unfortunately, there's always those who want no consequences for very bad decisions, just a little slap on the wrist. Is that really how life works? Apparently.

I caught a student cheating. The parent was not upset about the cheating rather the fact his daughter was caught. In his eyes she failed at cheating.