Quote Originally Posted by DuncanONeil View Post
It is not the job of the "education system" to impart morale and self esteem. It is the job of the education system to educate. Further you assume that this person made it through the education system. There is a good chance that what made him that way occurred to him outside of the education system.
Except that morale and self esteem are huge factors in being successful in education and doing the best one can to insure students have them result in better education. So if they are more successful educators by imparting morale and self esteem then they should do so.

As for people being lazy and staying at home on welfare, the statistics repeatedly show this is a very small percentage of welfare users. The majority of welfare users are single mothers making difficult transitions. The ones who aren't are often there temporarily. Less than 5% of welfare users are abusing the system.

Most people who are on welfare are there because the country has fewer jobs than people who want to work, particularly in a recession. And much of the unfilled jobs require more education and experience than they have.