NEWS: Somebody (preferably not the parents) needs to teach those kids some manners

CULTURE: Somebody (preferably not the parents) needs to teach those kids some manners

Tired of kids with no manners? Can't be bothered to teach them yourself? Why not hire somebody else to do it for you:

The courses are proving very popular, due to the limited time parents have to teach their children basic manners:

Now if they'd only teach them that the 'Crazy Frog' ringtone is socially maladroit, I'd be happy...

The most amusing thing.

Schools in the south perform the worst.

BUT, you can get paddled, suspended, or expelled for so much as not saying ma'am/sir.

Yup. They drill it into you.
True story. I went to a doctor's office once, and he is from new york, kept wondering why I was calling him sir and looked oddly at me.

I'm like oh yeah. We have that beaten into us here.
Go figure. Looks like it is the new trend. Hah.

Also I really hate that crazy frog bs.
Carry on.

I am so sick of hearing about how parents are too busy to be parents.
My folks were plenty busy when I was growing up, but they could spare the seconds here and there to make sure I said please and thank you, and that the napkin goes on my lap.

For real. Maybe these 'too busy' parents shouldn't be having kids in the first place.

[Edited on May 31, 2005 9:19PM]

Makes me wana cry bullshit.
Nowadays you have moms and dads who don’t know how to be moms and dads. Some parents have little time for their kids so they send them to babysitters or wherever will keep them out of the way. My mom and dad were very busy but they had time for me and my siblings. It all comes down to the parent and the reasonability they take on when they have a kid. It shouldn’t be the schools job to instill values onto the children ( I do believe kids do get values from school, don’t get me wrong) but when are parents going to step in and take over where they slacked off?

Ok, that was a ramble, sorry if it makes little sense, I haven’t slept for a while

my mom used to threaten to send me to one of those in our town if i didn't get my elbows off the table/clean my room/quit ripping holes the the knees of my pants/etc...

Well now at least I know its not just sex that parents arent expected to teach their own kids about these days.

Well, these days do parents even know what constitutes proper etiquette?

When I was a kid manners = common fucking sense. That was it. No strict upbringing just simple do as you would be done by. That's what I carry with me. Respect and be respected. If not, raise hell (okay bit drunk now) but that's my way of doing things.

I won't go into a 'kids today' ramble but i'm confused... but hey, i'm Irish

[Edited on Jun 01, 2005 5:23AM]

Well what I mean is, even if they do spend time with their kids, do the parents know proper manners? I know that many of my peers who are now parents just don't.

gee thats odd, I live in the buckle of the bible belt and I have never heard of anyone so much as getting their name written on the board for not saying, sir or ma'am (I don't remember elementary school or middle school much, perhaps traumatic vernacular training has led to repressed memories of beatings and torture like reprogramming.)

Now my dad on the other hand, was more than ready to lay down the whomping if I didn't show him respect, and honestly... I agree.

I wish there had been etiquette classes when i was in school. I am so sick of how terrible something like bad posture makes people look. Let us bring an end to the era of teenage humpbacks.

hey, just because you're an orphan doesn't mean you have to take it out on us.

There's nothing I love more than dealing with people who spit garbage out of their mouths while wearing a false smile!

And who doesn't respect their own personal space? I liked my personal space, and stabbing another kid with my pencil taught them to respect my personal space, too.

[Edited on May 31, 2005 by emperorreagan]

damned second class citizens...

"Our kids are underperforming in math and science compared to the rest of the world. What are we going to do?" "I know, let's teach them table manners!"

My mom wanted to send me to charm school. Hah! I'm charming enough on my own. I don't need no stinkin' charm school. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to pick my teeth and nose at the same time. *snort*

Personally I see nothing wrong with schools teaching etiquette. It's a subject that I'm noticing moreand more kids really need to learn, and school is the place to, you know, learn stuff. For a long time, schools taught etiquette to kids too (that "by-gone era" the article talks about), not parents. All this "parents are too busy" crap is just that: crap.

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains.

Somebody needs an etiquette lesson!

This is exactly what I was thinking.
Most of the people I observe are quite rude. So, even though I think the parents should be the ones teaching their kids, I'm kind of glad they're not. Because they apparently don't know anything themselves.

"class based judgements"? You're trying to say that poor people are rude or, well, I dunno, what are you trying to say?

I remember we had an "etiquette" class during my vocational tech class in high school once.