Youngsters are leaving school believing that matters of right and wrong are always merely subjective.
Character education provides a much more realistic approach to moral formation.
It is built on an understanding that we learn morality not by debating it but by practicing it. That they need to get back in the habit of encouraging good habits of behavior. Schools also need to relearn the importance of example and imitation in forming character. Teaching right from wrong has as much bearing on a culture's survival as teaching reading, writing or science, and there exists a great wealth of knowledge about how to do it. If they can find the courage to again shoulder the responsibility, teenage boys would soon come to realize that rape is wrong under any circumstance, and a misguided young woman might begin to understand why the murder of a young man is indeed a big deal.