Education not only enriches us with knowledge, abilities and skills, it also teaches us values. Values can be individual, interpersonal, organizational or societal. Thus, students receiving good education develop self-respect but also learn to respect others; they know the importance of honesty and learn to trust others; they develop compassion and fellow feeling and become aware of the need to protect the environment. If students combine the values they learn at home with those that the school gives them, they will not deviate from the right path unless they fall into bad company. The famous French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1895) once said, "He who opens a school door, closes a prison." Below are a couple of stories about values that we must cherish. Read the stories and find out why these values are important 'in our lives. Do you think you also possess these values? If so, where did you learn them? Story 1: The Starfish Story: An old man walked along the beach until he came across a young boy throwing something into the breakin wavese Upon Undy beach back inspection, into th the the old old man could see that the boy was tossing stranded "What are you doing, young man?" He asked. "If the starfish are still on the beach when the sun rises, they will die, so I am throwing them into the water," the boy answered. "This is ridiculous. There are a hundred miles of beach and thousands and thousands of starfish. It doesn't matter how many you throw in; you can't make a difference." "It matters to this one," the boy said. As he threw another starfish into the waves he told the old man, "and it matters to this one too."" Story 2: Finding Happiness: Once a group of 50 people were attending a seminar. At one stage, the speaker decided to do a group activity to illustrate a point he was making. He gave a balloon to each attendee. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a another room. marker pen. He then collected all the balloons and put them in He then took all the attendees to the room and asked them to find the balloon with their name within five minutes. Everyone frantically searched for the balloon with their name, colliding with each other. pushing around others and there was utter chaos. At the end of five minutes, no one could find their own balloon. Now, the speaker asked each one to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes, everyone had their own balloon. The speaker then began, "This is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness, not knowing where it is. Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness, you will get your own happiness. And this is the purpose of human life the pursuit of happiness."