5th grade students are learning the difference between freedom and debauchery in religion class, they´ve focused on this during the quarter working on different projects.

It is very important to teach kids the difference between freedom and debauchery because they are concepts that with good understanding can define one’s character throughout life. Kids need to understand from a young age that freedom is not doing whatever they want, and whenever they want. Instead, they need to understand freedom is knowing one’s rights and using them, not abusing them.

“Freedom is having rights, and debauchery is abusing that liberty” Daniel Villa, 5th grade student, said.

Students worked on a variety of projects, including some posters they did recently, this projects helped them understand the topic. The posters are important so that kids are able to express what they have learned and for the teacher to see how the kids have taken in the ideas. Also aside from learning the main topic students can express themselves in an area they excel, like drawing, speaking, and more. But all of it revolves around the idea of learning about freedom making the class fun and interactive for the students.

“If a student has verbal strength he can work on speeches, if he or she has an aesthetic strength he can make posters, magazines and more, if he has a strength in writing he can work on writing essays.” Said Carlos Osorio the, 5th grade Religion,ethics, and values teacher.

Learning about freedom is really important as it will help the children through their life. It is crucial for them to understand freedom is not being completely free because one can’t do whatever one wants, but one can do what one wants with moderation and responsibility. That´s why it is important for children to understand that freedom isn’t debauchery and they can do what they want but it needs to be in the limits of what´s correct.
“No form of freedom is good because it makes us free; it is good because having it lets us do what we want.” Matthew masters in philosophy in the University of Western Michigan.