Philosophy Statement
The following is the philosophy statement of the Upper Dublin High School:
Today's high school graduate must live in a rapidly-changing milieu of high technology, the social ramifications of which are yet to be discovered. There is a consistent bombardment of information which does not always lead to knowledge. There is a continual emergence of diverse patterns of family/community living which can further disrupt value structures.
We believe that in order for our students to become contributing citizens in a democratic society and in the world community in such times, they must develop the skills to listen with an open mind, to think critically, and to express themselves effectively. It is important that they do so from a humane, knowledgeable, and responsible perspective.
Such attributes are firmly centered in self-knowledge and self-discipline. They are most favorably enhanced within a context of a rich learning environment, staff collaboration, and shared responsibility with parents and community.
Read more about this topic: Upper Dublin High School
Famous quotes containing the words philosophy and/or statement:
“Even healthy families need outside sources of moral guidance to keep those tensions from imploding—and this means, among other things, a public philosophy of gender equality and concern for child welfare. When instead the larger culture aggrandizes wife beaters, degrades women or nods approvingly at child slappers, the family gets a little more dangerous for everyone, and so, inevitably, does the larger world.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (20th century)
“The new statement will comprise the skepticisms, as well as the faiths of society, and out of unbeliefs a creed shall be formed. For, skepticisms are not gratuitous or lawless, but are limitations of the affirmative statement, and the new philosophy must take them in, and make affirmations outside of them, just as much as must include the oldest beliefs.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)