Should schools be responsible for solving or handling social issues as those presented in the videos?
I would say yes as it pertains to school. Conflict that arises during school hours is the school's responsibility to assist in resolving the matter through peer mediation or some type of other counseling method. It is unfortunate that some conflict occurs while students are at home through face book or some other social network. When the conflict is carried over to the school environment and impedes the process of learning it takes a combination of parents and school administration to resolve those issues. School administrators have no control over what takes place in the home, therefore they must rely on the parents to monitor their children and resolve issues with their children so that is does not carry over into the school atmosphere. Unfortunately, that does not always happen.
What other social issues you believe schools should be responsible for addressing in some form.
One of the issues that I think schools should address is self-esteem. If students feel good about themselves and believe in themselves it will enhance their student performance. So often students compare themselves to others and create a self image that causes them to believe that they are inferior in some way. If all schools would implement some type of Character Education these students may come to realize that being different is not a bad thing and celebrate the diversity that exist in our schools.
I agree that schools should implement Character Education, but I was really struck by focusing on self-esteem. Our school touches on how that ties in, but it is not a huge focus. I completely believe that self-esteem plays a tremendous factor in so many areas of a student's life and successes! If we start teaching them how to "bring about what they talk about" with the "power of positive thinking and talking" in the elementary grades, I wonder what kinds of changes we'd see in our youth. Great point!
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