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economist suntribune education saturday april 28 2001 i justin challenges york teachers from page 1 cation like honesty respect empathy perseverance and opti mism have to be taught by example trudeau said i dont know that you can teach character he said you have to teach with character you have to model character demonstrate character thats how we learn its not something you can test on and no one ever achieves perfect character we all struggle with character every day and its up to us to pass along that struggle with courage integrity and the idea of fairness with responsibility he said integrity was more than just being honest or know ing the diffeience between good and evil integrity is the balance of conflicting goods he said we must be open to other opin ions and otlier perspectives and balance everything we do he challenged teachers to be brave enough not only to answer questions but to teach students how to ask openended probing questions of their own he said something is missing from soci ety today when the goals of good grades a good education and a good job even when achieved often leave people unhappy and unfulfilled the world is full of miserable millionaires he said what are we missing einstein said the problems we have created can not be- solved at the level of thinking that created them teachers can bring about that staff photosjoerd witteveen quest for character conference attendees at the york region pub lic school board applaud a speech by justin trudeau on friday change in thinking he prompted laughs and cheers when he said curriculum is incidental to that goal and it doesnt matter nearly as much students have to learn read ing and writing and some stuff with numbers he said to more chuckles they leam that any way we have to teach them to think to be brave to take risks to question and to challenge and then sounding eerily like his dad he continued lets give them the tools lets give our selves the tools trudeau took several ques tions after his 40minute speech including one from teacher gillian lambie who wondered how to counteract the negative influences of mass media its overwhelming to kids minds your mind my mind i missed survivor last night because of this tiling trudeau responded amid laughs you can help by encouraging critical thinking and asking tough ques tions if you look up a question on the internet youll get eight different answers if you dont know critical thinking youll never find the answer two aurora high school stu dents 16yearold sarah jackson and 14yearold sarah martin wondered how as student lead ers they can promote character education when students dont really care and just give up trudeau replied when stu dents find ways to express them selves and validate their opin ions then it will matter to them maybe were not treating our students with the respect they deserve or the respect they need if we dont respect them how can they respect us the girls thought his answer was amazing every year kids are 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