What is happening to moral character and values

Erosion is defined in the dictionary as a process of deterioration as if by eating into or wearing away. The moral character and values of our society has deteriorated tremendously in the last forty years. I am a School Resource Officer. Everday I witness students disrespecting teachers and administrators. I see teachers disrespecting one another and administrators. I see parents disrespecting  teachers and adminstrators. I see children disrespecting their parents.
Children from grades 3 and up have a mentality that they deserve special treatment. They think that they should be given grades, passed without trying, and be allowed to do whatever they choose without consequences. Now before I go any further, let us look at the teachers. Many teachers work minimal hours, get several breaks throughout the school year including snow days that they are still paid for and yet complain if they have to cover classes due to one of their own being out. They demand raises every year in spite of the fact that their efforts do not reflect a raise. They have some of the worst attendance records seen and yet criticize students for their high rate of abscences.
They refuse to enforce school board policies that they do not agree with and yet complain if they feel that the principals do not punish a student to their satisfaction.

Let us examine our parents. Studentsd are given a student handbook every year. Parents are asked to look over the handbook with their children and sign a paper stating that theyu have done so. In signing the paper, the parent is saying I have read and understand the policies set forth. When their child gets in trouble at school they come down and berate the principals for "picking on their poor child." they believe rules should apply to every child but theirs. They threaten to go to the school board or threaten lawsuits if something does'nt go their way.

On to the students. Many students are lazy, disrespectful to everyone around them and have no regard for truth. They do not think that the rules should be followed and blatantly disregard many of them. They are arrogant, rude and completelky unappreciative of anything. They belive that they should be spoon fed in their classes. When they ultimately fail, they blame everyone but themselves.

Why is this happening?  I believe that much of the problems with children can be directly attributed to the lack of parenting. Many parents want to be their children's friends and not their parent. They want their children to have things without working for them. They do not want their children to have to take responsibility for their actions or their speech.
The church also holds a great deal of responsibility as well. Quite a few of the students who blatanly disregard rules go to a church somewhere in the county. While I do not know what they are being taught in their youth groups, I don not believe that it is biblical teaching. If it were we would not see the disrespect that we witness now.
Society also plays a role in that the entertainment world and the sports world  encourage rebellious and disrespectful behavior. They make fun of the traditional family and make derogatory remarks concerning the Christian faith and encourage a promiscuous lifestyle.

What needs to be done is that the church get back to teaching God's Holy Word and parents get back to raising children in the nuture and instruction of the Lord. Society as a whole needs to put out some positive roile models rather lifitng up the drug users, wife abusers and overall malcontents as examples.

A courageous stand

On Friday January 21, 20011, the Roanoke Times had an article regarding the Giles County School Board voting unanimously voting to return the prints of the Ten Commandments to the walls of their county schools. These 3x4 framed prints  hung on the walls of the county schools for more than ten years without any protest. One  parent notified the Freedom From Religion Foundation and an attorney contaceted the Superintendent of Giles County schools and He had the prints removed because of the usual legal misinterpretaion of the consitution regarding freedom of Religion.

The school to a courageous stand and voted to have the prints placed back in the schools. The attacks by the liberal newspaper  began almost immediately. They have been described as intolerant and prejudiced. Anne Laurie Gaylor, the co- president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, described the school board members as individuals with a "mob mentality."
The term "mob memtality" is used to descrbe a large group of  disorganized, aggressive, panicked group of people who resort to violence to attain their goals.
This description does not fit the members of the Giles County Schhool Board members who, in an organized, peaceful meeting, voted to take a staand against the irrational actions of an obvious liberal organization who are clearly trying to use a mob mentality to harass the school board members to remove the prints of the Ten Commandments.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation stated in the article that they were seeking parents of children who attended any of the schools to encourage them to act as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Schools system.By the way, more than two hundred parents in the small county of Giles showed up in support of the Ten Commandments being placed in the schools.
Why are atheist, agnostics and other individuals who claim no religious affliation so terrified of quotations from God's Holy Word. Are they afraid that their convictions are not strong enough to withstand logical, reasonable examination of an historical document without turning from their beliefs that there is no God. That is what this ridiculous threat of a lawsuit is all about.
Now let us examine what the constitution states concernig freedom form religion. The first Amendment reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. What this is saying to me is that posting a copy of the Ten Commandments on the wall of any public building is not forcing anyone to convert to any particular religion.
I work in a school. I have palced posters and flyers around the school, announcing upcoming events. There are many students who never read these announcements. The Giles County School Board is not telling the students that they have to read the Ten Commandments or any other historical document placed ont the walls of the schools. They are there for those who do want to read them.
I know that there will be those who read this blog who will violently argue with me concerning my logic but you need to understand YOU are violating the rights of those who do wish to view the Ten Commandments. YOU  are the intolerant, prejudiced. individuals.l