""It takes a village to raise a child." The education of our children is the task of the community as a whole, not merely the province of teachers and local school administrators." - Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or d

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""It takes a village to raise a child." The education of our children is the task of the community as a whole, not merely the province of teachers and local school administrators." -

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

In today's world, where questions over the definition of a proper education are increasingly being raised, the argument presented here is highly relevant. Some define education as only the imparting of technical knowledge while others include less empirically measurable qualities such as values, ethics and human morals into what should constitute a proper education. As such, I'd like to begin by agreeing with the given argument. In order for a child to have a complete education - not only to learn the things needed to define and establish his career, but also to grow into a decent human being ...

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Sentence: Granted, sometimes adopting such a methodology may have undesirable consequences - such as if a person the child regularrly interacts with has a faulty sense of morals or ethics and hence imparts wrong lessons to the child.
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