Erie students receive lesson in ethics at annual symposium
Students were challenged to apply their critical thinking skills to difficult decisions Tuesday.
The Rotary Club of Erie held their 14th annual Ethics Symposium at Mercyhurst University.
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Over 200 high school juniors, along with teachers, from all over the region learned about ethical decision-making.
Students were able to absorb the Four Way Test which is a Rotary guide to why morality matters.
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'These youngsters are getting ready to kind of head off soon. next year they'll be seniors, they'll be choosing colleges, professions, they'll be launching their adult life and that adult life involves a lot of decisions that they will have to make and we want to just give them a framework for that,' said Dr. Karen Staab, president of the Erie Rotary Club and co-chair of the symposium.
Teachers were able to earn Act 48 credits with talks from the district attorney and her detective.
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