Character or Tolerance – Choose!
The air waves are filled these days with talk of tolerance. We are urged to tolerate this lifestyle or that religion, or this or that idea. In the rampant cultural Marxism that is political correctness, we are being told that everything and everyone must be tolerated. Correction. We are being
Teaching Tolerance
As we began the new year last week, I had occasion to read several things on the Internet about teaching tolerance to children and teenagers. Most educators and those teaching character lean toward teaching tolerance as acceptance – of nearly everything. The exercise of tolerance, educators and coaches tell us,
Character-in-Action Wears Shoes of Tolerance
It also cries out against intolerance practiced in the name of tolerance. The University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire needs to put the shoes of proper tolerance on a certain policy that led to gross intolerance this past summer. The November 4, 2005 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports
No Name-Calling When You Focus on Character
Your local schools may be close to perfect, but name-calling is one area in which they probably fight an ongoing battle. Name-calling is verbal abuse, and can have both immediate and lasting effects. I’m not talking only about the gross names that today’s young people dare to fling at one
“Book of Daniel” TV Show Scorns Character
The new NBC show entitled “Book of Daniel” gives one more reason to make character education a top priority: the war against immorality just encountered another foe. This show counteracts your efforts to build character in yourself or in those for whom you have responsibility. It is contemptuous of character
Tolerance – Trait of Controversy
Tolerance has become a character trait of controversy. Most, if not all, of us have encountered the word tolerance – and many have realized that this character trait generates controversy. Why is that? Why do arguments erupt over a character trait? Controversy is generated due to the tension that exists
Faulty Tolerance
The down elevator. Picture a small boy visiting for the first time a huge, brightly-lighted toy store. With shining eyes, he explores every inch of every aisle until, quite suddenly, he discovers a glass-walled elevator. The little boy knows nothing about elevators, and steps in to look through the glass
Modern Tolerance
Modern tolerance affects young people negatively! You read that correctly. When children and teenagers learn and act upon modern tolerance, their behavior is negatively impacted. Young people who buy into modern tolerance lose their objective standard of truth when they accept the teaching that it is intolerant to label anything
Addicted to Tolerance
In a medical setting, tolerance occurs when the repeated use of a chemical substance, taken to improve mood, has a diminished effect, and more is needed to create the same mood improvement. The substance is meant to be beneficial, and is so at first, but if tolerance develops, the person
Tolerance Top Ten
What are the top ten ways for teens to build tolerance? Here’s an amusing tongue-in-cheek “top ten” count-down for your teenagers. Launch a discussion or lesson on real tolerance with these. 10. Tolerate a puppy’s choice of your new shoe over a chew toy. 9. Tolerate your Mom’s pizza. 8.
