It is a total community commitment. Teachers, families, businesses, and community members are working together to teach our children to be responsible adults. Most educators believe that our nation is in deep moral decay. Our students are continually bombarded with conflicting messages about how they should live their lives and what they should believe. Moral deficiencies are regularly reflected in their behavior.
Schools can no longer be ethical bystanders.
It is imperative that teachers weave these principles into their daily lesson plans. If we believe these principles to be true, we should be committed to teach them. The schools must lead the charge to restore common decency if democracy is to prevail. A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important.