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MIND YOUR MANNERS
Do you ever speak with your mouth full of food? Do you forget to cover your mouth
with your hand when you sneeze? If you are guilty of these 'crimes', then perhaps you
should enrol on an Etiquette and Social Skills course. This is not just an ordinary course, it's
a course in manners. You will have lessons in good manners and how to behave in social
situations.
The person who teaches these lessons is Maggie O'Farrill at the Petite Protocol
School, and her students are aged between six and twelve years old. She thinks this is the
best time to teach kids. "At this age they are very easy," O'Farrill says.
"When they get older, it's harder for them to break bad habits. Children at this age
want to be polite. You can see that they're trying."
Maggie instructs the children to speak properly on the phone and walk correctly.
These classes have become popular because parents want well-behaved children but they
are too busy to teach manners at home.
So, what do the children actually think of this course? The classes have proved to be
popular with most of the children, and their teachers at school have noticed that the
youngsters are treating each other with more respect. They also feel the skills they have
learnt will be useful to them in the future. Danny, aged nine, commented, "If I get invited to
the White House, I know I won't spill anything on the President."
Maggie O'Farrill herself believes that such skills can be life-changing. "We'll have
children growing up who value manners. Maybe we'll see a change in direction for the
better in society." That, however, remains to be seen. Only time will tell.