Argumentative essay 1- First Draft

02.05.2014

Feyzanur Öztürk

Argumentative Essay 1

Should school provide moral education for youth, or should instruction in values be left to parents?

        Morals consist of the good and the right things to be done. Children are not born with the awareness of ethical behaviours. They should learn how they have to treat from parents. While people say that school provide moral education for youth , instruction in values should be left to parents because the basis of moral education begins in family, children learn easier and faster  during the period between 0 – 6 years, if instruction in value be left to school, moral education can’t provide exactly for youth.

       First of all, the basis of moral education begins in family because a child first sees the light of day near his family. They learn most of bad or good things from their parents so family structure is significant for youth’s moral education. Children draw a moral map by encoding information took from their family singly on their brain and they apply the map in brain when they face an event. Children act upon moral principles that are learnt by family in school age and school also keep on providing moral education. The youth realize whether something is right or wrong thanks to new information which they learnt. Although much more thighs are taught in school, that children have the basis of moral education from their parents is a crystal-clear fact.  

      Children learn easier and faster during the period between 0 – 6 years. This period fall on time which is spent with family before school. Children learn ethical rulers as well as basis behaviours such as talking, walking and feeding. It is accepted that 0-6 age range is a period which learning abilities are maximum by experts. According to Jean Piaget’s moral development theory, moral values develop being parallel to cognitive enhancement and occur in successive periods. In other words, if a child doesn’t learn something at his mother's knee, in the future, that the child accepts moral rulers and carries out is not be easy.  Therefore, in this development process, definite matters certainly have to be taught in definite period.  

      If instruction in value is left to school, moral education can’t provide exactly for youth. There are people who have different cultures but moral values are not different from each other in a society. The youth can affect each other in a good or bad way.  They can change their moral values learnt from parents by behaviours which they observe from others. Consequently, there is not a possibility that teachers concern every student one by one. Therefore, moral education should provide in family. The youth should integrate these information in school.

       In summary, instruction in values should be left to parents. If moral education is provided by parents, that school is provided is quite difficult. You imagine that you try to build a structure without basis. Both situations resemble each other. Instruction in value should be left to parents. Otherwise, teachers can’t provide influentially moral education as well school lessons because there are a lot of students who are had to be interested. Even if teachers try to teach ethical behaviours, the youth’s effective learning period is past. Family is building block of society. Therefore, moral education should be provided by parents.