I was there in Germany before the war, and I tell you, the same thing could happen here in America if the subject of morality is not allowed to enter the public schools.
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe said it all! He was right then and is right now.
He taught and spoke of wonderful things but the Question is do we accept or do we reject? You decide. Your decision makes all the difference in the world.
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Warning:"Don't Drill A Hole In The Boat!"
Now that the global connection between all of us is revealed from the Upper Force, we should teach our children that we are all responsible for each other.
The sage Baal HaSulam (Rabbi Jehuda Ashlag, wrote the commentary on the Zohar), gave the example using the analogy that if one person drills a hole in the boat everybody will drown.
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Psychiatry, Psychology & Mental Health Fraud Hitler followed anti-religious freudian thought, it is there that the evil is brought into the world. I have seen their training videos and classes, they teach anti-religious sentiment and train their students to use mind control and barbaric methods to oppress their victims - who are their victims? According to their training videos, anyone who believes in God! or is different to their train of thought - you must ban your people from associating with Psychiatry, Psychology and Mental Health - even the word 'mental' is lashon hara - the whole psychiatric, psychological and mental health profession is based on lashon hara and is so damaging to a person, their family and communities that it is spreading like a disease and the drugs and torture they use is so dangerous, that is causes people to become homicidal and suicidal. Even the president of the united states would become homicidal and suicidal on the dangerous psychiatric drugs. It is the theory Hitler used, it is the source evil Reply
Morality in Schools I strongly support the teachings of Good Citizenship and Ethics in our public schools. I also strongly oppose the teaching of religion or religious studies in our public schools. It is the duty of the parents to teach the child about G-d. Our founding fathers knew this. That is why we have separation of Church and State. Reply
Conscious thinking needs to be allow in the classroom by instructor example; backed by its faculty
Are teachers properly supported? Are principals leading? Do principals have a solid team of fire fighting teachers? Do instructors know their students from season to season and the families of their class?
I remember many instructors who used to have a quiet time & pause. The students were not understanding this but were later appreciative of the recharging. It was a rest from the pressure of time crunched teaching. To think on another level or even remap the accessing system of the brain means breaking ground in a different method. Allowing anyone a hands on chance to personally test skills & measure those skills with their peers in a neutral domain. Instruction is individual & flexible. There are certain degrees of pliability when observing anything unknown even in communicating our needs to others. The Ethics question needs to uphold Constitutional values & international laws even in what is spoken, or mentioned w/o prudence. Boundaries of safety need to be shown at home & school.
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If you think it is important to introduce character building books into the school classroom, & meditation techniques (like yoga, tai chi, & qigong) which help kids control their behavior & be peaceable then I ask you to call or write letters to your local, state (province) & national school administrators, requesting that students study books which teach kids how to live & interact with each other in a compassionate, sensitive & responsible manner, & meditation techniques (such as yoga, tai chi or qigong) which teach children how to control themselves & interact with each other in a productive manner. Ask them to instate a curriculum which teaches social consciousness & compassion. Reply
MUCH CAN BE DONE TO TEACH MORALITY IN CLASSROOMS ... without resorting to the destruction of the Separation of Church and State. Three ideas: (1) Junior and Senior High Schools should be sexually segregated in order that school not be the locus of pre-mature or even mature sexual activity; (2) American Government and Legal Principles should be an integrated part of the Social Studies curricula; (3) Morality and Ethics and related Law and Religious Law should be taught on a comparative basis inclusive of major religions and major legal traditions. Reply

Warning I'm curious; when did the Rebbe originally write these words?
They fit in the 60's when I was in high school & college, in the 80's when my daughters were in high school, and from what friends who teach in high school and college tell me, it is far worse now.
It seems to me that since parents are the first teachers, morality has to start in the home ... children will practice what they see and not necessarily what they are told. IF parents took responsibility for starting to teach moral and ethical behavior, children would start school with a basis of morality that could be reinforced, not necessarily taught.