Topic 1: Does increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to

Topic 87: Some people think that teachers should be responsible for teaching students to 
judge right and wrong and to behave well. Some say that teachers should fully teach 
students about academic subjects. Discuss both views and give your opinion. 
( aware of social evils), (reduce hazards of school violence), (misuse of drugs) , (alcohol-related 
problems ) , (sabotage) (anti-social behaviour) ; 
(spend most of the time at school), (monitor the behaviour of youths at school) 
(increase their awareness of moral standards) 
 
Traditionally, the task of teachers was to use a variety of methods and materials to 
impart the knowledge of a given field to students. However, this notion has been refuted by 
many people, who consider it important to integrate other elements in education, such as 
morality. In my opinion, moral education will become a central part of modern education 
and teachers should be responsible for correcting students' behaviour and improving their 
moral values.
Ethics in plain words means studying and analyzing right from wrong, which is identical 
with the objective of education, telling the young generation what is the right thing to do. 
Without being aware of the distinction between acceptable and accusable behaviors, young 
people become delinquents and criminals, rather than qualified workers and successful 
individuals. It is particularly true as people are living in a society where violent juvenile 
crime, teen pregnancy and suicide are becoming worrying problems. There is thus a strong 
call for linking the modification of young people's behaviour to the teaching of moral and 
social values in schools. Teachers are expected to take preventive measures to address 
misbehaviors, such as substance abuse, focus on the root causes of the problems, such as 
family violence, and help those who appear troubled. It stops a problem among young 
people from occurring or reoccurrence.
Ethical principles and moral values have relevance to the order of a society and individual 
citizens' quality of life. The young people who are unaware of standards of morality will end 
up with breaching their duties as law-abiding citizens and ruining the moral values of the 
society. Nor can they become happy, successful and productive. A good example to support 
this is that many recent business-frauds, bribery, embezzlement and other illegitimate 
activities have been found related to some well-educated but unethical people. Despite their 
strong educational background and high intelligence, they cause damage to enterprises and 
communities.
Ethical education can also build shape the behaviour pattern of individual citizens. 
Morality is neither a vain promise nor a collection of ideals that appear in writing only. It is 
reflected in how people respond and act in different social situations, such as whether they 
habitually or instinctively reserve seats for the elderly and disabled at a bus. When children 
and young people construct most of their knowledge of the world through social interactions, 
teachers are in a very good position to impart such knowledge to them. Young people are 
hence well informed of moral principles, code of conduct and motivated to speak and act in a 
manner as intended.
As suggested above, teachers should play a more active role in the moral development of 
young people, instead of simply translating knowledge of a subject into course materials and 
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imparting it to students. They should pass Oil good judgment, moral principles and wisdom 
to students, all contributing to students' individual life fulfillment and well-being. 
1. Refute=disprove=contest
2. Morality=ethic=moral
3. In plain words=in simple terms
4. Accusable=detestable
5. Delinquent=criminal=wrongdoer=law-breaker
6. Reoccurrence=occurring again
7. Unaware of=ignorant of=uninformed about
8. Unethical=immoral=dishol1ourable
9. Ideal=principle=standard=belief=moral value 
10. Instinctively=intuitively=impulsively
11. Pass on=impart=convey
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