National service also has the potential to create a common experience of service that unites Americans from different geographic, socioeconomic and political backgrounds, downplaying our differences and bringing to the fore the values, responsibilities and obligations we share as citizens of the oldest constitutional democracy in the world.
But also, the value of responsibility.
The principal, Clifford Chua, said that it was to "ensure that our children learn the value of responsibility and not take this rare opportunity for granted, by wasting the ticket and depriving others of the chance".
As a nation, we value responsibility and cooperation.
Today, the Labour leader's New Year's message speaks of One Nation, the Big Society, hope, values, responsibility, good people, the Olympics, and how to "harness the good of each and the good of all".
In conveying the values of responsibility, cooperation, kindness, acceptance, honesty, heroism, fairness, perseverance, and building self-esteem, the teachers employ a variety of methods.
But he brushes aside this reputation and points out he could not have taken the position he does if the values of responsibility were not already embedded in the company's culture.
"The conduct of Mr. Raines, chief financial officer J. Timothy Howard, and other members of the inner circle of senior executives at Fannie Mae was inconsistent with the values of responsibility, accountability, and integrity," it said.
No, my schools were not perfect but, when you say our schools do not teach the values of responsibility...accountability...and so forth, are you suggesting that those teachers and administrators in Newtown are different from the majority of teachers and administrators across the landscape of our educational system?
Moreover, the set of key values (responsibility towards people, the environment and the society) and external factors affecting the cultural and touristic sector the company belongs to, favour the development of educational projects addressed to stakeholders (customers, suppliers, scientific community, research centres) aimed at building up innovative paths of sustainability.
