We also have to make sure that our schools are reinforcing what we have taught our children . It has forced teachers to abandon the kind of old-fashioned moral instruction that once served so well. Parents, teachers, and students who complain are treated as troublemakers. A student who excels in virtue will also excel in academics. Strong character actually makes it easier for children to learn .
Students also gain a better sense of the intrinsic value of education .
There can be no doubt that Americans possess brace, caring hearts. But when it comes time for us to act virtuously and to insist that others do the same, we find our cowardly legs running away with our brace, caring hearts. By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities. That is why most men dread it. Noetic Sciences Review Summer 1997 Not to have known either the mountain or the desert is not to have known one's self.