![]() ![]() Paterno? What do you think of their response? And does the depiction Penn State students jibe with other depictions of young people in current news stories like Occupy Wall Street? How did some Penn State students react after officials announced they had fired Coach Who are some famous figures who did not? What lessons can you draw from reading about several such people? Reacting to the Reactions ![]() In your own life? Who are some famous fictional characters, historical leaders or current figures who have faced hard decisions and done what they considered the “right” thing, even if it was difficult? One case, but also on how these questions about morality, decision-making and leadership can apply to a variety of stories in the news, works of literature, and events in history. Using our Student Opinion question or the SAT essay prompt reprinted above, reflect not just on this Your reading, studies, experience, or observations.” The test-takers were then asked to answer a question - “Is it often difficult for people to determine what is the right thing to do?” - and directed to use “examples taken from People often find themselves in complex situations for which no rule provides adequate guidance and the right course of action is unclear.” “It is therefore generally assumed that most people know the difference between right and wrong and that they usually know the right thing toĭo. “All communities and groups have reliable rules of right and wrong in the form of laws, values, and social standards,” the essay prompt began, according to a transcript later made available to TheĬhoice blog by the College Board, which oversees the SAT. The head football coach, Joe Paterno) to report to the authorities suspicions of abuse raised years earlier. That followed: the arrest on Saturday of a former assistant football coach at Pennsylvania State University on charges of sexually abusing young boys on campus, and the apparent failure of administrators (including ![]() In “SAT Essay Question Proves Prescient,” Jacques SteinbergĮvery so often, the essay questions on the SAT exam have the ripped-from-the-headlines feel of an episode of “Law and Order,” as when the test-makers asked students in the spring if they considered reality television to be “authentic.”īut to some students who took the exam last Saturday morning, it seemed as if those who devise the essay prompts for the SAT were almost anticipating what would later become the big news of the day, and the days To find out exactly what the essay question asked. When we read this, we alerted our colleagues at The Choice, a Times blog about demystifying the college process. Question coincidentally echoed one he had just answered for the essay part of the SAT last Saturday. To raise the question of Coach Joe Paterno’s role, and the moral role of any leader, we published a Student Opinion question this week: “Do Leaders Have Moral Obligations?” As of now 166 students have written in, including one who noted that our Essential Questions about Leadership, Decision-Making and Morality No one at the university alerted the police or pursued the matter to determine theĪlso useful: the interactive timeline about the scandal. Law enforcement officials have said that Paterno had met his legal obligation in alerting his superiors at the university when he learned of the allegation against Sandusky, but they suggested he might well haveįailed a moral test for what to do when confronted with such a disturbing allegation involving a child not even in his teens. ![]() The overview, as currently posted (it may change as events develop) ends with this paragraph: Which features a short overview of the events, along with links to all articles, opinion pieces and multimedia on the topic. Here are some ideas for discussion, writing or further research.Ī good place to start to quickly understand the story and its implications is the Times Topics page, Penn State (Sex Abuse Scandal 2011), Go to related article »Īre you talking about the Penn State news this week in your classroom or at home with your children? Let us know how you’re handling it. Both men’s tenure at Penn State came to an end Wednesday night. Puskar/Associated Press The university president, Graham B. ![]()
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