The
1960s were a time of great turmoil in the U. S., especially on college
campuses. William Manchester, in his book THE GLORY AND THE DREAM, described
the students coming out of America’s universities in the sixties in this way,
"The upshot was that millions of pupils approached the age of awareness
equipped with marvelous radar but no gyroscopes." They were receiving many
college degrees; however, Manchester wondered if, without being taught values,
these students were receiving an education.
I
appreciate Manchester’s imagery—students of any age, who are not taught values,
are receiving radar but no gyroscopes.
How
are we doing these days?
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