Word: moral
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Most of the interaction that occurs between students of different races is in the classroom. Only rarely do all the black, Asian-American, white and Latino students sit together in a Moral Reasoning section or a history tutorial. Sometimes this is due to a lack of minorities in a particular class. But the issue of race also seems to be erased at the classroom door. When I am sitting in class with others and we're both reading the sourcebook, trying to understand the material, these connections overwhelm racial differences. The shared academic experience, in the pursuit of common knowledge...
Given the fact that the education President has helped spark a national debate on whether oral sex constitutes cheating on your spouse, parents may feel the need to turn the discussion to simpler moral questions. "We focus not on what's legal or illegal about his actions but on the fact that if he did it, it was wrong," says Chicagoan Ginnie Rugis, whose daughters are 13 and 7. Even the seven-year-old was brought in on that discussion. "We talk about impulse control. She compared it to when she is in the library at school but she really...
...Exactly. Pardon my bluntness, Mr. President, but you were never elected to set the moral tone of the country. Just like you said back in '92, you asked the public to hire you to work hard--and most of them still like what's happened on your watch. It's gas lines and bread lines that you have to worry about, sir--not punch lines...
INDIA "We reserve our moral opprobrium for money-related scandals [instead of sex]. As our vast numbers indicate, sex isn't in short supply; cash is..." --Editorial, Times of India...
ISRAEL "Perhaps personal moral traits, such as honesty and credibility, matter more than we thought, and we ought to return to expecting them from our elected leaders." --Editorial, Jerusalem Post...