Citizen Class

I found out today that everyone attending public school in Spain takes a class that's essentially "How to be a good citizen" It's usually 2hours a week, and the students learn things like how they should behave. I was talking to one of the teachers about it and he told me that the class is "shit." He said it's something the politicians recently implemented because they noticed children weren't disciplined and didn't know how to behave properly once they entered the world after high school- well yes that's very obvious; I noticed that after being here for only a few months. He went on to say that it's something parents/family/friends should teach children growing up, it's not values you can learn in a classroom. Basically the class tries to tell students what's appropriate behavior and actions and what isn't. Clearly the majority of the kids have yet to learn anything- not from the class nor from their parents. To me, this whole idea of lack of discipline and how to teach a child what's right and wrong is very different from what I'm used to. Obviously there's no one correct or magic way, but the Spanish way has some major flaws- and even my friends from the UK, Italy, and elsewhere have noticed. So this post is really just a shout out and wishful thinking that things in Spain will change; if not the country is going to have some serious problems in the not to far future.