I HOW CAN WE TEACH Moral and Spiritual Values

Abstract

Johnny dug from his pocket a shiny new dime, his weekly allowance. Now he stood before the candy counter trying to decide between 10 peppermints at one cent each and the chocolate bar for six cents. The chocolate bar won. After the clerk gave him four coins in change, Johnny scooped up coins and candy and ran on to school. As he hung up his jacket, he removed his precious change and counted it ‐‐ one penny, two pennies, three pennies, four ‐‐ no, that's not a penny! That's a dime ‐‐ not bright like the one he gave to the candy store clerk, but dull and worn, so that at first glance it looked like one of the wartime pennies. Overjoyed at his unexpected wealth, he ran to his teacher, who was correcting arithmetic papers before class. “Look,” he cried, “the man at the store gave me a dime instead of a penny. Now I can have two more candy bars and one peppermint this week! Isn't that wonderful?” 1 Moral and Spiritual Values in the Public Schools, published on February 19, 1951, is the latest statement of the ...