Manners......I am hard pressed to see anyone use good manners in schools anymore. Heck, for that matter, almost anywhere.
Students pop in the clinic and shout "bandaids". I say, yes, would you like some bandaids for your classroom ? They say yeah...... No please......?? I give them a handful and they walk out of the clinic without any THANK YOU. I have to say..."what do we say" and they look at me like I have three eyes ????
WHISKEY, TANGO, FOXTROT !!
It's not just the students. I have teachers that won't say please or thank you either.
I want to very sarcastically say: "YOUR WELCOME" when they leave here without so much as a thank you.
I mean, who is teaching kids manners these days ? Certainly not parents, and apparently teachers either !
I am doing a show with two home schooled siblings and let me tell you something. The kids at my school are much more well behaved and well mannered than these two kids. Mom will be at rehearsal and she doesn't say anything to them. School nurse zombieghoast sometimes comes out in public.
Manners......I am hard pressed to see anyone use good manners in schools anymore. Heck, for that matter, almost anywhere.
Students pop in the clinic and shout "bandaids". I say, yes, would you like some bandaids for your classroom ? They say yeah...... No please......?? I give them a handful and they walk out of the clinic without any THANK YOU. I have to say..."what do we say" and they look at me like I have three eyes ????
WHISKEY, TANGO, FOXTROT !!
It's not just the students. I have teachers that won't say please or thank you either.
I want to very sarcastically say: "YOUR WELCOME" when they leave here without so much as a thank you.
I mean, who is teaching kids manners these days ? Certainly not parents, and apparently teachers either !
that irks me too. I Can't stand the one word demands and lately i've been getting more kids that will just walk out of my office as i'm talking to them. That one astounds me. I really can't imagine that they just walk away from their parents mid sentence as they are talking to them.
When kids walk in and immediately launch into their complaint/request, I let them finish, then I say, "First, HELLO." Most of the time they smile sheepishly and say hello back, so I think they know ... and just forget.
I'm originally from TX, living in the northeast now. Parents here hate that I address them as Mr./Ms./sir/ma'am (makes 'em feel old, they say), but that's just how I was raised!
I'm not a fan of it, except when OldDude "yes ma'ams" me.
I think the kids are in a hurry, and a lot of times it is forgetfulness. But at the HS level, I can remind them. And do.
Hi all, I'm new to school nursing this year and have been lurking forever. I started working in an elementary school this year in what you would call a semi-urban area, just miles outside of NYC.
I was actually surprised at the manners these kids have! Most are very polite, they say "Thank you, have a good day!" when leaving! There are a few rude ones, don't get me wrong. But all in all, I've been pleasantly surprised. :)
I am a big stickler when it comes to manners and the kids in my school know it. If they come in and bark out ice pack, I might bark back, cell phone when they look confused I just ask "Were you looking to ask me for something? I thought we were just yelling the names of items to one another". I get very cranky when kids aren't taught manners. It's not too much to ask for a please and thank you!
Well, if the parents aren't teaching them I feel like someone has to, so, yep, - I'd make them say "please/thank you/you're welcome" as needed. If parents get mad that their kids are being taught manners they'll just have to be mad, I guess.
My mom would whack me one to this day If she heard me answer someone with a "Yeah". LOL
This shocks me. As a "kid" I would never DREAM of being even remotely rude to anyone, especially when I'm brand new to such a vast and respected profession. Blows my mind. Glad I haven't run into any fellow students like that at my school yet.
I am doing a show with two home schooled siblings and let me tell you something. The kids at my school are much more well behaved and well mannered than these two kids. Mom will be at rehearsal and she doesn't say anything to them. School nurse zombieghoast sometimes comes out in public.
"ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING ON THE STAIRS"
Errrr . . . As a former homeschooling mom who simply cringes at homeschooling stereotypes about how unsocialized homeschooled kids are . . . forgive me for wincing at your post.
I realize you didn't mean ALL homeschool kids are savages . . . just sayin'
It really has to do with what happens in the home and kids not being taught manners nowadays probably has more to do with everyone being isolated in their home on their own tech device and not eating dinner together and not playing Scrabble and not playing catch in the yard with the dog . . . seems like "families" are just not connecting anymore.
As a former homeschooling mom who simply cringes at homeschooling stereotypes about how unsocialized homeschooled kids are . . . forgive me for wincing at your post. 
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I am doing a show with two home schooled siblings and let me tell you something. The kids at my school are much more well behaved and well mannered than these two kids. Mom will be at rehearsal and she doesn't say anything to them. School nurse zombieghoast sometimes comes out in public.
"ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING ON THE STAIRS"