Knowledge is dead; the school, however, serves the living.
Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.
Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children.
To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life.
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.
If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in -- parents, schools, and yes even Congress.
But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!
That's why school was invented - to give your parents some peace and quiet during the day.
It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also.
Schools should take part in the great work of construction and organization that will have to be done.
The fundamental purpose of schools is to grow adults.
As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.
Also, schools share some responsibility and should offer helpful orientations that include general information about such recruitment efforts on their campuses.
