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Re:Should children be taught manners at school? - 01/05/08 09:39
Unfortunately, rough behaviour, rudeness and bullying are now fashionable among the young in the street and playground, and any attempt to teach 'manners' - gentleness, quietness, chivalry, sportsmanship - would be greeted with loud derision. 'Wotcha fink I am, a poofta? You gotta give me respec', or I'll give you a smack round the 'ead.' We are a long way from the days when adults thought it right to teach their juniors good behaviour, and so there are two or three gene-rations that have no idea of how to pass it on. The recovery of manners within a short time, however we set out to teach them, is not to be hoped for. The little thug, moreover, knows that the authorities are on his side, against adults that want to keep him in check.
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