Word: morale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that "human beings are incomplete unless they can stare out windows, seeing a world beyond what the eye can behold." Speeding along the highway between downtown offices and suburban homes, living in rooms with incredible views, we will be sheltered from America's latent racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty and moral uncertainty. It's really there. And unless we remember that many among us live sad lives of quiet desperation--and that we are who we are because someone loved us, cared for us and lent us a guiding hand--then our entire education will have been for naught...
...will step forward bravely and confess that his or her life hasn't turned out at all like expected. Our hearts will skip a beat as we wonder how our former classmate failed. The truth, of course, is that the only failure is the person who loses their inner moral compass, who gives up hope, who becomes part of the system instead of a voice urging--sometimes in the face of public opinion--to change it. It is of no use to profit in the world if we lose our soul...
...newly-introduced Core divided a liberal education into ten areas, with a strong tinge of cultural relativism. Areas like Social Analysis, Literature and Arts, Moral Reasoning, Historical Studies and Foreign Cultures grounded a liberal education in a global culture...
...current student who has taken Social Analysis 10 (972 students registered), Moral Reasoning 22 (732), Historical Studies B-61 (561) or Science B-29 (488) during the '96-'97 school year will testify that in some ways the system hasn't changed...
...most obvious thing wrong with the current system is a lack of selection in some Core areas. This spring, seniors needing to fulfill their Moral Reasoning requirement in their last semester had to take the only course offered in the area...