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I don't think it is the place of an educational system to generate opinions for students. I think that if the students want to have an opinion on something or care enough about it they will find out on their own.
My high school, fortunatley didn't have any of this diversity crap. We never had any school programs to teach us about moral values. However, I along with many of the people I know developed our moral values and opinions the old fashioned way. Ilistened to other people, including friends, teachers, parents, relatives, neighbors, the news. Whever something caught my interest I reasearched it by reading about it or going on the internet. Because everyone developed opinions of his or her own we actually had a larger diversity of opinions. Diversity is not having a class that everyone has to take to teach you about moral values. That makes everyone think the same.
The more I learn and grow the more my political views and opinions change. There was once a time when I supported the death penalty. After reading some articles and watching some shows and just growing as a person I realized how ridiculous it is. There was once a time when I thought homosexuals were wrong. But then I went to college and met some and I realzied that they aren't bad people.
I know that my system of developing opinions might be a little idealistic but that is the way it used to be and still should be. If people want to continue to be ignorant on certain issues they have the right to be. No one should force them to attend classes or workshops on diversity awareness. Ultimatley you can't change people's opinions and a lot of times these workshops and classes create a bigger gap in diversity by creating animosity.
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