The skills that schools began to teach beyond the academics are social and emotional learning, which help in the student's cognitive development to have a better quality of life.
Social and emotional learning is related to managing emotions and behaviors that will help an individual to be more successful in achieving their personal and professional goals.
Some examples of skills taught through social and emotional learning are:
Empathy
Ethic
Critical thinking
Cooperation
Responsibility
Therefore, the social and emotional skills that schools are beginning to teach in addition to academic ones will aid in student development and interpersonal relationships, which are essential in today's multicultural environment.
"George Childress, the committee chairman, is generally accepted as the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence, with little help from the other committee members."
The Declaration of Independence contains many examples of enlightenment philosophy. The most notable is the idea that Government is derived from the people and that citizens band together for mutual protection. Jefferson drew this from John Locke, in particular.
