Public transport will, by definition, always have the public on board. Having met and observed many of them, I say no thank you.
It means indoctrination
Nothing less
Schools ... public schools ... government schools ... are in the business to turn out mindless drones
We're about to graduate about 125 kids ... almost all of voting age, and as far as I know ... none have been registered to vote and none have a clue as to whether they are democrat or republican ...
but
They DO know they're socialist ... not by name, nor terminology or even as a political stance ... but by their inability to know and understand America and our purpose in this world and THEIR nonchalant attitude regarding the socio/political structure of what will govern their lives
In essence ... be in complete agreement to slavery
Are parents not even expected to teach manners anymore? Teachers have to do that too? Public schools already provide all books and supplies, free breakfast and lunch, after school baby-sitting, clinics and psychologists, in addition to what we try to teach them in math, science, language, etc. ... and of course, we are expected to “make it fun” all the time. A party every day. Learning so fun it’s better than the iPhones they all have under their desks... now we’re suppose to teach them manners too? Well, I have tried, but if their mom’s stream of boyfriends is only teaching them where to find the nastiest rap and hip-hop songs and how to download porn, wish me luck.
The only properly behaved and respectful people on our campus are the ROTC kids.
Mature decorum, tidy appearance, cordial and quiet behavior.... those are not impossible things to learn or demonstrate.
Manners are the bourgeoisie’s way of oppressing the proletariat. If anything, all that money is spent to make certain the youts have no manners. Anyway. With 12,000 or more spent per child, they should be the smartest people to ever walk the planet. Yet, they’re the dumbest. If my wife and I had 12,000 to spend on each kid, we’d figure out a way to teach them something.
Whatever happened to Minnesota Nice?
Manners means conforming to a standard.
That standard in our culture is based on Western Civilization and European Christianity.
The left hates this and seeks its destruction.
Then why on earth would they teach “manners” in school?
Because manners are primarily taught at home, supplemented by school.
Manners were developed for your own protection. You were safer if you didn’t annoy others. Lack of manners once got you a punch in the nose. That’s been ruled out of bounds now, so why have manners?
Manners do not fit into the Saul Alinsky paradigm now embraced by our educators.
Back in the 50s our 9th grade teacher, Ms. Seaks, now in Heaven, taught us manners, etiquette, how to dress for a date, table manners, chew with your mouth closed, etc. Guys, always wear dark socks. That has been an almost subconscious guide to me all these many years
Conservative formula: Mediocrity + money = more expensive mediocre education
Manners start at home. I for one do not think it is up to the public education system to teach my kids proper daily manners. It might have been their place to execute discipline for inappropriate behavior, but the kids knew better to begin with.
Not paying for the train is not about manners, that is theft.
High etiquette is often not learned until they are old enough to sit around the big dining table with the adults on Holidays. That level of etiquette wins them the opportunity to the ‘better things’ in life.
This I can so for sure though, I recently ventured into a Chik-fil-a for lunch. Manners? Wow!! I was impressed with the staff. They even seemed genuinely happy in their work too. But it was the level of politeness that blew me away!
Society is returning to a group of animals. The zenith of decorum has been reached and it is all downward from here. People with a modicum of respect are working hard to insulate themselves from the animals. Unfortunately government is working hard to prevent and reverse the insulation. The only thing that helps is vast amounts of money. Which goes to the old saying, “Life is a poop sandwich. The more ‘bread’ you have the less you taste the poop.”
“Green Line”?
I thought this was about Boston, as the “Green Line” services several famous colleges!
BU, BC, Simmons, and a few others.
But the story applies to Boston as well, as i used to ride the green Line all the time and encounter the same thing over twenty years ago! :-(
School didn't teach me manners. My parents did.
Manners?
Wouldn’t that presuppose an understanding of “right” and “wrong”.
Doesn’t that require both self-respect and respect for others?
Do manners require humility?
There being no evidence that money spent equals academic achievement.
The last twenty years has proved that it’s like living around chimps.
They know the right thing to do.
They just refuse to do it.