Posted on 02/15/2005 7:27:34 AM PST by Ellesu
This is pathetic.
Why aren't the parents teaching thir kids to hold a spoon properly, or not pick their noses at the table.
We learned respect not only at home, but also it was taught by example by teachers when they didn't put up with classroom disorder or student disrespect. It was part of the school culture, not a curriculum.
This stuff should not be a curriculum - kids need to live it, not learn about it.
By all means learn to be polite so you can work in a fast food restaurant because you cannot add or substract or conjugate a sentence.
PC BS.
Humph! I learned how to be proper and polite at an early age by getting a quick kick from Grandmother under the table.
I am sickened by the lack of respect from children these days. But on the other hand it bothers me when some conservatives teach their child to be so submissive to adults that they are afraid to stand up for conservative principals. Our kids are being completely brainwashed in these public schools, and most kids are to polite to question anything.
It does show how far we have fallen. I believe manners should be applicable in the schools, and teachers should demand respect and enforce it. But anything more than making a handbood available (in case some parents have forgotton) is beyond the school's call.
Now classes could hint at manners while studying other things. (And Miss Manners column could be an assignment in the right class -- social studies) But what a school needs is basic discipline and this ought to already be there.
HOW about some editorial "etiquette?" Where the Heck is Zachary? As for THIS.....sheesh.....we've sunk so low that we soon will have teachers responsible for
potty training kids at school in Kindergarten.....
Zachary is a suburb of Baton Rouge.
Here's their Web site:
http://www.mannersoftheheart.com/default.asp?id=1
Thanks.
Her family moved to Baton Rouge in August of 1989 just as the boys entered first grade. When the teachers and parents voiced concerns about the unruliness in the school cafeteria, Jill, being an eager volunteer, offered to visit the cafeteria one-day a week to talk to the children about the importance of manners. Both the students, as well as the teachers, enjoyed the creativity Jill used to convey these important lessons. For example, remembering to put a "napkin in your lap" was easy when Jill gave the students bright red napkins, and when Jill brought puppets whose mouths were filled with spaghetti noodles, it was easy for the students to realize why they shouldn't talk with their mouths full.
I think it's a great idea. When I attended Boston Public Schools 50 years ago, good manners were taught in every grade. When I started teaching 37 years ago, we graded kids on "Citizenship" for every report card. However, that was phased out over the years.
There was an article posted on FR a week or two ago, about how New York area employers are demanding that high school grads be certified in work skills - and they don't mean typing.
So does that mean they will learn how to suck crawdaddy heads the right way?? I grew up in Baton Rouge, Zachary is a nice place.
-PJ
Crawfish etiquette: Suck the head!
This stuff should not be a curriculum - kids need to live it, not learn about it.
Nowadays it's often not taught at home either.
we've sunk so low that we soon will have teachers responsible for
potty training kids at school in Kindergarten.....
We won't sink so low if we remember to leave the toilet seat down:).
But anything more than making a handbood
At least you didn't put the last d the wrong way:).
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