Michael Atherton wrote:
I started a discussion about values in a
homeschooler list and then realized that
I would be very interested in knowing
what values are important to my fellow
Minneapolitans, especially in an election
year.
My values are below. I made the choice to work with others in
I'd agree with those folks who believe values are a personal sort of thing; I
remember the Scout Law and various other litanies connected with scouting,
but I also remember what a bunch of little hoodlums my troop was composed of
way
back when. Learning the words is fine, but until a human bein
Michael Atherton published a list of "what values are important to my
fellow Minneapolitans." His list was:
1. Kind
2. Honorable
3. Happy
4. Intellectual
5. Successful
6. Disciplined
7. Brave
8. Polite
9. Generous
10. Respectful
11. Law abiding
I'd suggest this list:
TRUSTWORTHY
LOYAL
HELPF
> Values as such are unneeded promises if the
practitioner of such values only follows the "Golden
Rule". Almost all cultures espouse some form of this
rule though obviously none actually practice it. Still
a perfect measuring stick of human values.
Jon Gorder
Not true. The Whittier neighborhood contributed $120
NRP dollars toward the purchase and build of the
bookmobile in 1994 I believe. I was the lone volunteer
that helped to implement that strategy in the Whittier
NRP Plan. Prospect Park contributed NRP funds towards
books for the bookmobile. The Lib
I just want to call attention to the fact that St. Paul was able to raise
$143,000 for a brand new bookmobile, larger than the old one and able to carry
at least 5000 books, tapes, cd's etc. Minneapolis, however, has not yet been
able to do the same. I believe that a new Bookmobile is a high p
"intellectual" with "artistic". In fact, I would put
"balanced" as number 1. High on my list would be "nonviolent, just, honest,
helpful, patient" - making a list of 16 personal values.
Lenief Heimstead
Stevens Square
From: "Michael Atherton&q
I started a discussion about values in a
homeschooler list and then realized that
I would be very interested in knowing
what values are important to my fellow
Minneapolitans, especially in an election
year. It would also be interesting to
see the responses of the candidates. So,
below are the va
