You are about to embark on a journey, a journey that will take you from childhood to adulthood. Are you ready? Do you have everything you will need to carry you through the most important years of your life? In fact, have you even considered what you will need? Certainly an education will benefit you in the years to come. If that were not the case you would not have been in school since the age of five. For many people a high school diploma is only the tip of the iceberg. College, graduate school and for some a Ph. D , constitute a well-rounded education that prepares you for a career in the future. In addition to the education that prepares you for a career in the future. In addition to the math, English, science, social studies and writing courses, have you ever considered what else you will need to be successful Here at The Peaceful Solution Character Education Incorporated, we prove that no education is complete if it does not include instruction on how to develop a positive character. Let’s face it. In your many years of schooling there will be subjects that you will take that you will not use every day. Character, on the other hand, is one subject you will use every day for the rest of your life and will aid your success in any field.
The information contained in the chapters ahead will help you to gain greater insight into who you are on the inside, how to evaluate what is important to you and how to improve yourself and your interactions with others In other words, you will learn about your character and the important role it plays in your journey to adulthood and your success as an adult.
A Few Sad Facts OF Life
In a way, it is sad that we live in a society that puts so much emphasis on what people are like on the OUTSIDE, whether they are popular, pretty, cute, athletic tall, short or fat, as if those are the oly things that matter. It is even sadder that we sometimes feel forced to spend so much time trying to change to fit the latest trends that, while popular, may not be beneficial for us. And here is the saddest fact of all, in the long run, changing the outside just to fit in, without improving who we are on the inside, has caused many disappointments, lost friendships and bad scenes. Just in case you’re wondering what a “bad scene” is, it is the thousands of pre-adolescents and adolescent males and females who become involved with drugs every year, the 1,000,000 teen pregnancies a year, the 25,000 teens who are diagnoses HIV positive every year in the United States alone, not to mention the thousands more who die in drunk driving accidents.
The Road Less Traveled
Here’s what it all boils down to. You, yes you, do not have to go this route. You can take the road less traveled. Now it may not be the most popular road, or the road that your friends are taking, but let’s face the challenges. All of us do not what to risk contracting HIV or any of the other 125 STDs out there. All of us do not desire to use drugs or abuse alcohol by getting drunk. Life is about making choices. The choices you make, the ones that could save your life, will be based on your development of a positive character and the only way to develop a positive character, is to start paying attention to what is taking place on the inside. Stop feeling like you have to join the sick, dying or dead. Along with all of your other preparations for adulthood, you mist also prepare to develop and maintain a positive character. in order to void those “bad scenes” we talked about, you must start making choices that show a positive character, such as being consistent, responsible respectful, and honest, just to name a few. So really pay attention in this class. What you will learn in the next several weeks you can use for the rest of your life. Just remember your character is what makes you who you are. It will determine what you will stand for and what you will or will not yield to.
REF: Building Moral Excellence, Unit One, page 01-02
