In a time when many children are from families with working parents, it is crucial that we incorporate these essential values into our educational system. We can no longer depend only on parents to develop children's character. We must all take responsibility to teach the next generation the fundamentals of successful living. In a fragmented high school, I CARE provides a unifying theme. It gives students a broader perspective to hear math and values taught in the same classroom.
Integrity is essential to the scientific method.
Society will forgive a wrong interpretation, but not false information. It was thrilling to see bus loads of students going up City Creek Canyon for the clean-up. Character education can build responsible values in students. The things in civilization we most prize are not of ourselves. They exist by grace of the doings and sufferings of the continuous human community in which we are a link.