t time. They are away from Mom and Dad for 6 or so hours a day, introducing the concept of thinking for themselves, something which will no doubt become a more important part of their lives as they move into adulthood. Schools should develop the students' ability to recognize the teacher as an authority figure who is there for the benefit of students, not to abuse their power. This concept ties in with the ideas of learning to carry out orders and the development of communication skills. The schools should also strive to teach kids, from the very beginning, the general "rights and wrongs," or morality if you will. For some reason or another kids, especially those in middle school, believe that everyone has their own set of moral principles and that there are not universally accepted rules that apply to everyone. There are, in fact, moral concepts that apply to everyone and by teaching these truths early, when the children are placed in a community environment for the first time, schools will be providing invaluable information that will hopefully stick with the students for the rest of their lives. Clarifications which dismiss the ideas of moral relativism should be carried out because such behavior throws away the possibility for individual growth, something that all schools should strive to promote.
             The student includes all children who wish to develop certain life skills that promote self-growth and allow for the flexibility of one's skills, not the limitation of one's purpose in life to a single, specific task. This isn't a colony of honeybees where everyone has a single job and there is no room for promotion, this is a society where people are permitted to grow at their own will and experience various situations that will make them multi-dimensional. Everyone has the potential to help someone in some way, so I see no reason to place restrictions on who can receive education. I mea
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