tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post5273524754855125264..comments2023-05-07T08:42:29.365-04:00Comments on The Inappropriate Homeschooler: Just Be PoliteThe Inappropriate Homeschoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751471342989677287noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-51794716329987320642012-09-25T01:50:27.417-04:002012-09-25T01:50:27.417-04:00You know, I've lived all over the country and ...You know, I've lived all over the country and some places are worse than others. I think the most rude people in general have been when I lived near Seattle...oy vey. We had tons of problems there in general with rude kids AND moms and just generally things out in public. Worse than Los Angeles, I swear. Anyway, we live in a small town now in eastern WA and these are the most polite people of anywhere I've lived including the midwest prairie towns. I'm always astonished at the young men who hold doors for me and say please and thank you, etc. It's so refreshing. In fact, for the year and a half we've been here I've never had a single rudeness incident with any kid, or even adult. Maybe I've just been lucky, who knows! But it's refreshing for sure.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006206885251607018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-55630968665199470372012-09-23T19:23:47.543-04:002012-09-23T19:23:47.543-04:00Kitty - I think you hit the nail on the head, for ...Kitty - I think you hit the nail on the head, for the most part, about how kids think they are equal to adults. I, too, believe that kids deserve a voice and respect - but you aren't my peer! I've run into the situation here in the Deep South where children do not call you by your last name. So I am not Mrs. So and So here. No, I'm Miss Mari. I hate that. I know it's a custom, but too many times kids drop the 'Miss' and just call me by my first name. I ask them once, nicely, to please not do that. If it happens again I politely tell them, "You are not my peer nor my equal. Do not call me by my first name." People think I'm a (bleep)itch for doing so.....but I think it feeds into what you were saying.The Inappropriate Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751471342989677287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-20466880726726978412012-09-23T19:21:59.330-04:002012-09-23T19:21:59.330-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Inappropriate Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751471342989677287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-54695479581505865842012-09-22T13:03:00.482-04:002012-09-22T13:03:00.482-04:00I can understand completely where you are coming f...I can understand completely where you are coming from! You should see the shocked faces when my boys INSIST on holding a door open for someone, and they do not even say thank you...or I will get a comment like "Wow!". They have been taught manners and etiquette...they will open my car door for me, and close it (even when I am driving) They learned that from their Dad...<br />There are too many kids to count who talk to adults as if they are equals..now, I agree that kids are people too, and they have a right to voice their opinions, but most of these kids have yet to learn the polite way of saying things, or have not developed a filter yet. If I wouldn't allow an adult to talk to me that way, why would I let a child do it? <br />My real question is: What happened to the stereotype of southern people being the most polite Americans? I have yet to see it. Kittyhttp://www.jaxhomeschoolkids.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-26752219141303289912012-09-21T16:11:20.310-04:002012-09-21T16:11:20.310-04:00I cannot - or don't want to - believe a 6th gr...I cannot - or don't want to - believe a 6th grade would be capable of this level of rude. <br /><br />- JessicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-41395589592641241992012-09-19T05:18:02.488-04:002012-09-19T05:18:02.488-04:00Ye gods... I would like to hope his mother would b...Ye gods... I would like to hope his mother would be mortified at his behaviour. But somehow, I rather doubt it. Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101654851982990627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-30737665865061570112012-09-19T00:03:23.777-04:002012-09-19T00:03:23.777-04:00No, Sherrie, it was a stranger with whom I had thi...No, Sherrie, it was a stranger with whom I had this encounter!The Inappropriate Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751471342989677287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1507183495939960017.post-52967100376827899972012-09-18T18:25:05.266-04:002012-09-18T18:25:05.266-04:00Will you give me three guesses on who? Or -- do I...Will you give me three guesses on who? Or -- do I need three? ;) Sherriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011062178824560962noreply@blogger.com