To Copy or Not
I agree that honesty is the best policy. It’s the way we raised our daughters and it’s the way I teach the children in my class to be contributing citizens to our classroom community. Parents, of course, also play a huge role at home in the way the children come to us at school. I do feel that many of us, however, compete with the way society portrays heroes to the kids in movies, songs, and videos. Honesty and respect are the same things, whether we are talking about copyrights, relationships, or responsibilities to each other. In some communities, role models are scarce. I do realize that we, as teachers, have a bigger job than just teaching the basics. Making sure children understand consequences needs to come from everyone in their lives.
