Lie, Cheat, Steal: High School ethics surveyed

Shrinkrap
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:52:37 +0000

I’m still on page 5, so it may be premature, but that kid who implies it makes sense for someone who wants to be a doctor to cheat and only learn Bio… wow. There are WAY to many ways for physicians to behave immorally, especially if they don’t learn anything but “Biology” during all that training. And there are increasing consequences that will be far more devastating than a bad grade or even In expulsion. 0TOH, the rewards of a successful practice go far beyond external reinforces.

I still remember taking a crayon in pre-school and my mom making me take it back. I THINK I remember it because that was an important lesson about paying attention to the feeling your doing something wrong, rather than learning to ignore it.

Interestingly, my academically challenged son told me yesterday that be was the only one among leis friends that doesn’t cheat. This specifically included sharing homework. This is a sophomore that is probably one of the smartest kids, but had a GPA of less than 2.0 a few mos ago because he’s always “missing” assignments. I was SO impressed when he volunteered that he “helped” friend by “holding him accountable”. This is a friend I have always worried about because of his desirable “popularity” but socially “fickle” behavior.

Some of you may know my kids sort of "accidentally "ended up at a pretty conservative “Christiian” school, whose values I don’t always share, but there have been several times when I have been impressed by my kids character, and suspect some of it might have come from the schools ability to make that apriority in their curriculum.

BTW; the assignments are missing because he can’t find them! A few damage he made 4 copies of something to put in different places and STILL couldn’t find one when it was time to turn it in! Ends up doing well on class and standardized tests though, so teachers tend to believe him…