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Do you think that in our society rules of public behavior or manners should be taught in school? I thought it should be the responsibility of the parents, but now days it seems that system is failing. People are becoming more rude and obnoxious. Would you encourage the school your child goes to, to open such a class (teaches the manners behind the table, how to be polite etc etc)

2007-11-12 07:41:55 · 16 answers · asked by jpcjulia 4 in Society & Culture Etiquette

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Absolutely. I think it would help with classroom behavior issues tremendously. Not all parents are failing to teach their children manners, but I am surprised at how many adults do not know proper etiquette. If the adults don't know what is correct, then how are they to teach their children? The parents just don't know any better than the kids, and to offer a class might have some good results where the new knowledge the kids gain could rub off on the parents.

2007-11-12 07:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by detailgirl 4 · 2 0

Ideally, it should be taught at home and reinforced at school by making it required for students to adhere to it. Starting with "please" and "thank you" for the very youngest, and building on that foundation until nice manners and proper social behavior are second-nature to every child.

However, most parents of school-age children were, themselves, never taught proper manners and etiquette. So it's no wonder their children are rude and obnoxious ... and get away with it!

So, yes. I would love to see such classes not just offered, but REQUIRED in schools. What a great idea! And how much better for the school atmosphere, if kids were taught to respect each other, their teachers, and the social niceties that make dealing with others pleasant rather than confrontational.

2007-11-12 08:25:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Caylinn1996 is absolutely right. Children should already be properly socialized when they get to school. Manners should be taught at home. What teachers could do, if they were permitted to, would be to enforce rules of behavior by sending miscreants home or otherwise disciplining them. Of course, as soon as a teacher tried to do this in today's school system they would be confronted by a screaming parent, livid with rage, and demanding to know why the teacher thought they had the right to do such a thing. Expressions of racism, social bias, or religious discrimination would immediately follow with a law suit not far behind.

2016-05-29 09:16:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Unfortunately, you cant make anyone have good manners if they don't want to. And there may be alot of young people that think they already have good manners and they would feel offended by a 'manner's class'. It certainly is the parent's responsibility to teach manners to their children while they are still very young. But I know plenty of parents who have not done so. It is sad and a bit pathetic because the children (for the most part) will grow up believing that's OK.
I think theoretically it is a good idea, but I don't think it will ever happen because parents and students will probably get offended and complain. I mean, nobody wants to hear that your child has awful manners but then again, it all stems from the parents, and other peers to a degree. Plus, I truly don't think the children will take that class seriously if they ever had to take it.

2007-11-12 07:50:50 · answer #4 · answered by Val 3 · 2 1

In many schools in the Southern US, etiquette is part of the curriculum. I had etiquette classes along with Home-EC in both Junior High and High School.

I now live in the Midwestern US and have raised my family here, and have never heard of an area school offering manners or etiquette classes.

I think it would be a great idea! Our society is becoming so lax and lazy and self-centered. We have forgotten that the reason we use manners is to be respectful of others.

2007-11-12 09:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 0 0

When I went to school (I graduated from high school in 1968), teachers taught manners and etiquette by correcting any student that was being rude or obnoxious. It wasn't an actual class, but we all got the lesson. I would love to see that today.

2007-11-13 15:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by NanaJ 3 · 0 0

Yes.

It would do more than anything else to curb horrible behavior. If theyre taught young enough then when the kids are older theyll still know how to treat their instructors. A little bit of time in grade school could save us millions or dollars and lots of time in middle and high school!

As an awesome side effect, it would increase social mobility. Manners rank up there with proper grammar in determing what circles you can move in and how far you can go in life.

2007-11-12 07:51:30 · answer #7 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 4 0

It is up to the parents, but I think that it should be taught in schools as well...I know when you become a military officer you are taught manners and etiquette all over again.

2007-11-12 08:47:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Although I think it's definitely needed, there's absolutely no time for teachers to teach a child what should be taught in the home in the first place. Teachers have enough on their plate as it is. They spend more time baby sitting and disciplining these brats then they have time to teach. I think these parents need to take full responsibility, do their job, and raise their damn kids!

2007-11-12 08:25:56 · answer #9 · answered by honeyb 4 · 0 0

A big YES it not only teaches u dissapline but also the proper respect and curtacy towards the ppl above and below u on the social scale and also selfrespect and pride in yourself and in others and respect and tolarince towards the diffarences in other people and there cultures

2007-11-12 08:06:10 · answer #10 · answered by wulf b 1 · 0 0

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