Comments for maruwa http://maruwa.wordpress.com mission to begin a peace school Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:05:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Education of Young People by ~W~ http://maruwa.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/the-peace-project/#comment-15 ~W~ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:05:28 +0000 http://maruwa.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-15 I have found your blog through your insightful and wise comments on Organica's blog. I think you are addressing a very important issue here. I am going to follow your posts. I have found your blog through your insightful and wise comments on Organica’s blog. I think you are addressing a very important issue here. I am going to follow your posts.

]]> Comment on Do We Need Role Models? Your Thoughts by Aasha http://maruwa.wordpress.com/do-we-need-role-models-your-thoughts/#comment-12 Aasha Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:08:59 +0000 http://maruwa.wordpress.com/?page_id=51#comment-12 I am not a teacher. But through the course of my work as a Youth Project Manager, I do play the role of an 'informal educator'. I am a firm believer that there is a major shortage of positive role models for our young people to look upto and emulate. It is a natural human need that we look to those around us and imitate/emulate their behaviour. We do this from the time we are babies without even realising. The problem today is that we not only have a lack of positive role models who exemplify the right values and ideals, but instead we have plenty of negative role models who live and promote the wrong messages eg. violence, drugs, greed, selfishness, anarchy etc I am not a teacher. But through the course of my work as a Youth Project Manager, I do play the role of an ‘informal educator’.

I am a firm believer that there is a major shortage of positive role models for our young people to look upto and emulate. It is a natural human need that we look to those around us and imitate/emulate their behaviour. We do this from the time we are babies without even realising. The problem today is that we not only have a lack of positive role models who exemplify the right values and ideals, but instead we have plenty of negative role models who live and promote the wrong messages eg. violence, drugs, greed, selfishness, anarchy etc

]]> Comment on Do We Need Role Models? Your Thoughts by oldandrew http://maruwa.wordpress.com/do-we-need-role-models-your-thoughts/#comment-5 oldandrew Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:17:46 +0000 http://maruwa.wordpress.com/?page_id=51#comment-5 I am a teacher. Schools can't provide role models. Life does. In particular, schools can't pick out figures who embody certain virtues unrelated to the life of the students and suggest students admire them. Respect for others begins at home, not by being presented with distant figures to respect. I am a teacher.

Schools can’t provide role models. Life does.

In particular, schools can’t pick out figures who embody certain virtues unrelated to the life of the students and suggest students admire them. Respect for others begins at home, not by being presented with distant figures to respect.

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