"Imagine what would happen if families,
and places of worship and schools - joined
by television writers and radio talk show
hosts, recording artists, athletes, movie
stars, business executives and politicians -
all would agree to teach children,
by both word and example, honesty,
respect, responsibility, compassion,
self-discipline, perseverance and giving.
What if all the adults, who seem so upset
about the troubled lives of children,
would indeed create a climate in which
these core virtues would become,
for all of us, a way of life?"
Ernest Boyer, The Basic School
