Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten By Robert Fulghum

My grandmother taught me that “there is no excuse for bad manners,” and I have taken this little piece of wisdom with me throughout life. People in today's world seem to have thrown away manners and have forgotten that common decency, basic kindness, concern, respect and courtesy can not only open doors of opportunity, it literally defines their

A consistent approach to behaviour helps pupils learn right from wrong and to appreciate that rules exist for the good of everyone.

My grandmother taught me that “there is no excuse for bad manners,” and I have taken this little piece of wisdom with me throughout life. People in today's world seem to have thrown away manners and have forgotten that common decency, basic kindness, concern, respect and courtesy can not only open doors of opportunity, it literally defines their character. Ethics and morality is not just about big things – it's about the small things: the details of life. Morris calls this the “conditions under which people can be their best and do their best” (Morris p. 122). Treating people with

Politeness is able to show a person’s feelings towards others and awareness of a social custom. There are many purposes of politeness including: creating a public self image, creating solidarity, threatening people to send a negative message, not threatening people or upsetting them, indicating social relationship, showing awareness of social context, and power dynamics. The value of polite speech in a culture has the purpose of creating solidarity. Polite speech in a specific culture is very important and should be practiced as much as possible.

Good manners can and will make you more successful in life. Many people don’t consider others and only care about themselves. This can not only be harmful to your well-being, but being rude can affect more people than just you. As Lauren Tarshis wrote in “Is Anything Wrong With this Picture,” “Manners serve to make the world a happier and more pleasant place to live.” The reason that manners exist is to keep us civil. Without them, everyone would be extremely rude and not much would be achieved. Classes would constantly be interrupted, people’s feelings would be hurt, and no one would have any respect for others. Thus, we all must try to use good manners and be

Violence will occur occasionally due to the fact that people will try to help others and would end many things (racism, human assault, etc.). Meaning the world would be safer and create a better society for the future inhabitants of the Earth. Parents would have to worry less about kids and people would not have to worry about wars or genocide happening in other parts of the world due to people's indifferent attitudes toward other races. People/races would go through less suffering for the reason being everyone feels they should help others even if they do not know them. Which means if a random girl/boy is drowning, a person walking by on the sidewalk will rush over immediately to save the child they do not

How often do you find yourself being spoken to in an unkind manner or talked down to? Everyone at some point is guilty of this at one point or another in their life. Rule six is essentially addressing this issue, speak kindly. Most people do not realize the significance of verbal communication and if practiced incorrectly how detrimental it can be to others. Breaking rule six is a drastic setback in improving your civility skills and can handicap you when it comes to many things. Forni immediately begins to state, “speaking with consideration and kindness is at the heart of civil behavior” (M., 2002, p.65). Without following this key rule

Encourage correct manners to be used by ‘treating others in a way that you expect to be treated’. Always allow the children to hear “please” and “thank you” being used which will show continued respect between all children and other adults.

The following paper is an analysis of different societal conditions that impact the individual’s manners and the civility of the interaction between members of the society. The studies that were reviewed in the following paper cover many variables and scenarios that may affect the way a person interacts with another member of society.

Conversation is a ritual every person must encounter throughout their lives in order to function properly with one another in today’s society. However, every individual has a “different idea about what’s appropriate” when approaching someone in any sort of conversation; that is why we are referred to as individuals (Tannen 327). There are thousands of diverse languages to speak to one another with, in fact that means there are thousands of different ways to offend each other with our words. Within those languages there are several contrasting gestures that can offend any single person, such as the amount of times individuals apologize in one meeting, giving criticism too harshly, or thanking someone so often it does not seem genuine. In the article “What Do You Mean,” Deborah Tannen touches upon apologies, criticism, and thank yous in further detail to explain where individuals go wrong within conversation and how they can fix their actions. Individuals find it satisfying to please others by being polite because it is the ‘right’ thing to do, however like myself others need to stand up for themselves and get directly to the point now in order to avoid conflict later in life.

Kindergarten is a fun time for most students. Although it is mostly fun, much can be learned during this year of youngsters life. In the Robert Fulghum’s book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten he list some simple lessons that everyone should follow. He says to put things back where you found them, work and play some every day and hold hands and stick together. The world would be a better place if we could follow these rules.

People will bump you without saying excuse me. You can hold the door for someone and they will look at you without saying thank you. I know there are some people that do not say thank you just because people are not saying thank you to them. That is not a reason to be rude to others just because someone was rude to you. 2 wrongs don’t make a right.

How do you feel when you hold the door for a wave of people coming into the school and not a single one of them say thank you? When you are in a great mood and say good morning to someone passing and instead of saying it back they say something snarky. Not good, right? You would be annoyed and snap at somebody else. And the cycle continues. This is how the world is now! For as long as I can remember we have been taught things like “treat people how you want to be treated” ,“ respect your elders”, “ be nice to people”. But when you think about it, are really kids like this nowadays? The world is full of rude people everywhere, who have no deference. How did this come about let's find out.

Recognizing the personal benefits of being nice might motivate us to do it a little more often like when an opponent gives you a harsh tackle in a soccer game.

cuts down on the misbehavior that you would have to deal with if you did not have rules