[PW] Re: "Getting to Know You" types of activities

[Michael J. Lowrey]

On 12/1/06, MDamon at bentley.edu <MDamon at bentley.edu> wrote:
> > handed out on sheets of paper copied from a book.  One exercise I
> > remember went something like this:  The BigCity Airport is soon to be
> > blocked in by massive snowstorm and only one more plane will be allowed
> > to leave tonight.
>
> I participated in these types of activities in school. They were presented
> as "values clarification" exercises.

Some conservatives oppose the use of such exercises in schools, as
they feel it can lead to the questioning of parentally-inculcated
moral positions. This website, for example, associates values
clarification with socialist economics, radical environmentalism, and
Bill Clinton:
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/littleton5-99.html

-- 
Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey

"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food
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