Private School in Nepal Focuses on Teaching Strong Values, Not Just Teaching Textbooks
Now, more so than ever before, it's becoming important for young students to attend schools that reinforce positive values, such as high self-worth and a sense of community responsibility. Why do these programs matter? Not because students are unable to learn about self-worth and community value on their own. In fact, many students do. But when these lessons aren't monitored, they often encourage negative values. They encourage young girls to be critical of their bodies, and they reinforce the idea in young men that masculinity is easily defined and is more important than anything else. This learning trend doesn't just occur in the U.S.; a recent online article published by Worldcrunch.com makes it clear that a strong education, which specifically reinforces positive values, is proven to m...
