Friday, August 08, 2008

Basic Courtesy... Basic Manners... Have we forgotten?

Sometimes, because of our enthusiasm, we forget about the space around us... because of excitement, we own the whole world... we forget that sound travels!!!

Since young, we have been taught, it's important to observe basic manners - how to present ourselves. In fact, as we grow older, we learnt that we are the ambassadors of our schools, people associate us with whatever they know of (be it the school we come from, the individual who lives there, etc...)

Oh yes, we display good mannerism not because we wanted to impress people with a clean and good image. But it's because we know it is rude to behave in a certain manner, and we should not practice that!

For example, not to leave halfway in a presentation or a meeting... it's rude! Not to allow the ringtones to disrupt a presentation! and of course, not to talk loudly while the presenter is presenting... hey, don't these sound like the 'rules' that we told our pupils to follow? So, let's practise that!

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