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graphic2PictureRollover6A8495 = new Image() graphic2PictureRollover6A8495.src = './recognizing_button-2.jpg'; function onPictureRollover6A8495Over() { document.PictureRollover6A8495.src=graphic2PictureRollover6A8495.src; } function onPictureRollover6A8495Out() { document.PictureRollover6A8495.src=graphic1PictureRollover6A8495.src; } //--></script> <a href="./recognizing_character.html" onMouseOver="onPictureRollover6A8495Over(this)" onMouseOut="onPictureRollover6A8495Out(this)"><img ID="PictureRollover6" Height=30 Width=108 Src="./recognizing_button-1.jpg" Border=0 name=PictureRollover6A8495></a></td><td Colspan=2></td></tr></table></td><td><table Border=0 Cellspacing=0 Cellpadding=0 Width=485 Nof=LY><tr Valign=Top Align=Left><td Width=7><img Src="./clearpixel.gif" Width=7 Height=1 Border=0></td><td Width=478><!-- Start of Text (Text93) --><p><font COLOR="#000066"></font><font COLOR="#990099" Size="+2"><b>Goals And Objectives</b></font><b></b></p><ul><li Style="color: #000066"><font COLOR="#000066">Develop character in individual citizens for successful lives.</font></li><li Style="color: #000066"><font COLOR="#000066">Strengthen marriages and families, including relationships between parents and children, creating loving homes, secure and well-behaved children, and lower divorce rates.</font></li><li Style="color: #000066"><font COLOR="#000066">Increase productivity, reduce accidents, and lower absenteeism in businesses.</font></li><li Style="color: #000066"><font COLOR="#000066">Reduce crime and poverty.</font></li></ul><p><font COLOR="#000066">Why do we ask, "does character really count?" - Because it is becoming more and more apparent in this nation of ours, that it does <i>not</i> count. Some constantly argue that there is no connection between one's personal life and one's business or political activities. In a newspaper article, a sociologist made this observation: "Character has been bred out of many Americans, especially baby boomers and their children." He stated that years of pampering and organized activities and "feel-good" approaches in which participants do not have to take personal responsibility have made character almost passé. Is character becoming passé? If so, we as a nation are in deep trouble.</font> </p><p Align=Center><i><font COLOR="#990000" Face="Comic Sans MS,Tekton,Blueprint,Dom Casual,Dom Casual BT,cursive"></font><font COLOR="#990099">"An individual step in character training <br>is to put responsibility on the individual."</font></i></p><p Align=Center><font COLOR="#000066" Size="-1" Face="Comic Sans MS,Tekton,Blueprint,Dom Casual,Dom Casual BT,cursive"></font><font COLOR="#000066">Sir Robert Baden-Powell</font></p><p Align=Center><i><font COLOR="#990000" Face="Comic Sans MS,Tekton,Blueprint,Dom Casual,Dom Casual BT,cursive"></font><font COLOR="#990099">"To educate a person in mind and not in morals <br>is to educate a menace to society."</font></i></p><p Align=Center><font COLOR="#000066" Size="-1" Face="Comic Sans MS,Tekton,Blueprint,Dom Casual,Dom Casual BT,cursive"></font><font COLOR="#000066">Theodore Roosevelt</font></p><p><font COLOR="#000066">We are educating more and more "menaces to society" every day. 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