Schools in UK are to have a lesson in manners. Is this on the curriculum in other countries ?

Public schools in the US do not have this as part of their curriculum. However, Montessori schools worldwide have what are called "Grace and Courtesy" lessons that are part of our Practical Life lessons. These lessons begin with the two year olds and continue all throughout the grades.

We address things like how to greet visitors, how to ask for things, how to speak indoors, how to walk in the class, how to open and close doors (no slamming), how to knock on bathroom doors before going in, and how to politely get a person's attention without interrupting a private conversation or activity. We also address things such as saying: "yes, please" or "no, thank you".

We do not order children about and expect them to obey, but we teach them polite manners.

I live in Canada and have worked with children for over 20 years and have seen a marked increase in unruly behavior in children over that time. This year has seen a marked increase in the following: pushing, kicking, mouthing off, swearing,and total disregard for other people.

. The staff at the school have had alot of discussion about the reasons why and they are. as long a list as the behaviors that have been seen this school year. Some of the reason that the staff came up with are: Musical Influences, Electronic Media(unsupervised used of videos,video games,the internet), Socio-Economics, Kids having Kids, Parents not having the skills to be effective parents,and Stress to name a few.

The schools here in London, Ontario Canada do not have any lessons in manners, but schools do have codes of conduct that students have to follow. I think that teaching classes in manners could help re-enforce the manners that children should be being taught at home.

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I'm not sure about other parts of the country, but in NYC, teaching manners is not on any school curriculum. The Board of Education probably feels that manners should be taught at home (and rightfully so).

The problem is, that most children nowadays aren't being taught manners @ home. I think it would serve a very good purpose to teach either manners and/or an ethics class to young people these days. Our society surely needs it as there is no consideration for other people (just down right selfish behavior abounds).

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We (American, Dutch and Dutch-American) live in Belgium where, as far as I know there is no such specific class offered.

Our daughter went to an alternative school (Rudolf Steiner, also known as Waldorf) where students were expected to be respectful, polite, courteous and help one another. There was zero tolerance for teasing (bullying).

Part of the Steiner philosophy is to raise socially responsible and aware students who will care about and contribute to society at large. So, perhaps we were living in a rarefied atmosphere.

I strongly believe that much "ethical" education (religion, sexuality, manners) should begin at home and should be based on respect and tolerance.

It's far too easy to pass on personal prejudices under the guise of "formal education".

While I want our daughter to have respect, for herself as well as others, I also want her to "question authority". Just because someone is older or in a senior position does not mean that they're correct.

So, in short, I would be very dubious of a required "manners" class.

I'm in the US, Texas, in particular. While I don't have children, I can speak to personal experience. When I was in school, we had a conduct, or citizenship grade, which addressed behavioral issues. I have no reason to assume this has changed. Just as a FYI, this was only in grade school, and by the time I was in junior high, say 11-12 years old, this was no longer graded.

Sandy

In Korea they have 'Good Citizenship' classes which kind of serve the same purpose.

I am an Indian and did not hear it here yet.

No it's not, but it should be!