Moral Life in High Schools

In every high school, the term “moral life” means something different. In the study, The World We Created at Hamilton High, by Gerald Grant, Grant states that “moral life” means “the personal and public values the community, both local and national, wishes the school to instill in the students.” Throughout the book he tells how the Board of Education makes changes in the school and community to give it better values, even if the students …

…on Hamilton High today it would probably be a lot similar to Largo High or my high school. In the 1960’s the only thing they were worried about was desegregation, even if it put a lot of stress on the teachers and students to work in an environment with all different levels of kids. A “portrait of moral life” is different for every school because what might work for one school, might not for another.