FROM INSTITUTIONAL IMMUNITY TO MORAL CITIZENSHIP
FROM INSTITUTIONAL IMMUNITY TO MORAL CITIZENSHIP A Message to Parents, Graduates, and Society PART I: A MESSAGE TO PARENTS Raising Citizens, Not Just Children In today’s world, there is a growing temptation for parents to hand over the full responsibility of raising children to schools, teachers, and the education system. While formal education plays a significant role, it cannot replace the foundation built at home. A home is the first classroom. A parent is the first teacher. And values are the first syllabus. Within the school compound, students live under a form of institutional immunity. They are protected from the full consequences of society. Their mistakes are corrected, not criminalized. Their indiscipline is disciplined internally, not prosecuted. They are given room to learn, fail, try again, and mature. This immunity, however, is temporary. Once a child completes basic education — especially at the end of Form 4 — that protective bubble bursts. The world does not ...
