Etiquette and character management should be encouraged in schools... (Feedback Request).

With the disintegration of the family system and other effect of postmodernism, most children today do not have the opportunity that children had some decades ago.

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You know, back then, children learned or imbibed from their homes, schools, youth camps, and neighborhood, social skills, civil, etiquette, and values. Also, the boy scouts and girl guides was prominent social clubs in school and civics was a subject taught in classrooms. Unfortunately, nowadays, even the atmosphere in some homes is negative and detrimental to a child's growth and character development. As nature abhors a vacuum, today, children pick the negative values from sources outside their homes, especially their peers, video games, and the media.

The only subjects taught in school nowadays are the subject that as least impact in Life, in schools today, children are taught Mathematics, English language, Arts, Social studies and science, why can't we be intentional in teaching them, civility, self-motivated and character?

It's very glaring that character is best caught than taught but the boy scout is a testimony that good character traits such as *honesty, responsibility, helpfulness, self-esteem, self-discipline and organisation are skills that can be taught and learned.

It's high time teachers start teaching students from compiled and inclusive, non-religious curriculum for character education and inner motivation, accompanying workbooks for grades school - middle and high school students.

I think schools should be encouraged to begin to devote at least one class period a week to intentionally focus on character education. The idea of character education itself sends a positive message to our kids.

Various topics that should be treated includes;

Dreams, Name-calling, Competition, Comparison, Networking, Intuition, Win-win situations, Goals, Teamwork, Motivation, Sexuality, Focus, Self-esteem, Anger management, Assertiveness, Failure, Hope, Decisions, Peer pressure, Time management, Relationships, Civility, Adventure, and Image etc.

Topics like this should be recommended for middle school and high school students.

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The teachers should make students engage in journal activities, discussion questions, virtue, and role-play activities. If this course is taken seriously, and they work on one chapter per week in a highly recommended motivational book, the teacher and the students will cover a whole range of themes that are important in a child's or teen's life. This offers a great opportunity to see a transformation in the lives of kids as well as their classroom interactions.

Fact:

An educational system that focuses only on the "Three Rs" - reading, riting, and rithmetic - commendable as it may be, will fail to educate vthe whole person.

That's why all teachers should be committed to promoting character education in schools. This is greater than it seems, and if this goal is accomplished I believe life will become a better place for the new generation coming.