Responsibility

This month we'll be learning about the value of responsibility. This value is considered to be the outmost objective of education because when someone acts responsibly, he is also telling others and himself about his level of maturity, and acquisition of character. Knowing how to make good desicions and facing the consequences of those desicions is a core life skill. Liberty and responsibility form a binomial concept; they go together, hand in hand. No wonder it has been said that beside the statue of liberty there should be a statue of responsibility.

Middle School students, need solid anchors or limits and the security that they will grow into wonderful, talented,independent adults. this is the time to think about values and observe those of parents, or people they admire. Mistakes are natural, mostly in this phase of life; just think that every day is brand new start!

Life is full of choices and young adolescents have to learn how to be in control of their choices. this is a big challenge, but it can be achieved by setting specific and reasonable goals and persist until they are attained.

Here are two questions for students:

Do you apologize when wrong?
Do you keep your commitments?