Forming a righteous conscienceThere are two main environments in which a righteous conscience is formed. The primary environment is the home, where the family begins to form the child's conscience and his ability to choose right from wrong; and the second environment, just as crucial as the first, is the school. From the age of five until the age of eighteen, school is a central part of a child's life. These years are the most impressionable and most easily influenced. The education system and the teachers within it become important agents in assisting children in developing a morally and socially sensitive conscience, which then facilitates them in becoming upstanding adults, able to function successfully in society and interact with others. Various institutional programs and classroom frameworks build on the foundation of values ​​taught and reinforced at home. In the early years of education, teachers help children form a correct conscience by relying on their own frame of reference in the classroom and their own approach to problems. For example, every day in a kindergarten classroom, students nap for an hour and are given a snack after the nap. However, one day, one of the kindergartners decides that he doesn't want to take a nap, but wants a snack instead. While all the other children are sleeping, he gets up and eats all the snacks, so that there is none left for anyone else. The teacher builds on this incident by taking away his snack privilege and showing him how stealing from others hurts not only his classmates, but also himself. By emphasizing that stealing is bad and that following rules is good, the teacher helps establish the basis for deciding right and wrong. Teachers have a great responsibility especially when children are younger and more impressionable. They often view the teacher as a role model and an authority figure, and for this reason they often assume that the teacher's actions are correct and acceptable. Therefore, teachers try to promote right conscience in their students by being a good example themselves. When teaching staff show mutual respect, or when teachers respect each of their students as individuals, they are able to instill mutual respect in students. For example, during recess, third grader Susie pulls her friend's hair because she doesn't want to share her toy...