Should I Send My Child to a Confucianism School?

Rachel Tarbox, Staff Writer

 Many people have been asking the question, "Should I enroll my child into a Confucianism school?" The answer to that question is yes. Confucius bases his teachings on emphasizing moral cultivation of individuals, service to the state, and leadership by ethical, educated men. (afe.easia.columbia.edu) His schools are following out these beliefs. During school time this knowledge will be passed down from the teacher to the student.
The parent-child relationship is very important and basic. Confucius himself stresses the values of respect of children for their parents.One thing your child will learn once they begin their studies is how to treat you with respect. In other words they will learn how "Individuals should seek to recapture the patterns of Ritual in their own conduct." (www.indiana.edu/) This will teach your child how to behave properly around yourself and other adults. As the parent of your child, you should be treated with respect from your children. By sending your child to a Confucianism school, it will teach them to do that. One of the first steps that will be followed out is teaching your child how to behave in a perfect obedient manner.
 After your child learns how to treat you correctly, they will discover the key to humanity. This key is very simple, "the mastery of all social roles that the human community needed him or her to play in a lifetime." (www.indiana.edu/) The basic forms of these roles are split into 5 relationships; parent/child, elder/younger, ruler/subordinate, husband/wife, and lastly friend/friend. The patterns of all these relationships can be adapted to all of them. By learning the way to become humane by learning the roles, your child will be helping the world too. They themselves would make the world become one step closer to returning back to order. Once everyone, all together, can comprehend and act out the proper ritual forms for each social role they occupy, the world will return back to order. If you decide not to send your child to a Confucianism school, this will never happen.