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The question is...
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Where do you take your
Etiquette?
The answer is...
• Everywhere!
• Home
• School
• Public
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Having Good Manners
What’s the Payoff?
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Your parents will be impressed
Your friends will be surprised
Your teachers will notice
Life will
be easier
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Personal Manners
Manners – Up Close
and Personal
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Know common courtesies
Use words that work
Prepare to meet and greet
Learn table tips
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Personal Manners
Rate Your Smile
A. I don’t smile. I’m mysterious.
B. I smile while laughing like a
hyena.
C. My smile is a smirk. I’m cool.
D. I smile to say I’m friendly.
Answer
You guessed it - D is the best
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Personal Manners
Respect Others’ Space:
What’s a Good Comfort Zone?
A. A foot if I like them. Four feet if I don’t.
B. Create an 18-inch personal zone.
C. Move closer until they
feel nervous.
D. Space is an abstract
concept.
Answer
B. 18 inches
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Personal Manners
High Five Hygiene
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Wash and wear your manners
Privatize your grooming
Ban body noises
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Personal Manners
Words Are the Currency of Etiquette
Spend Them Wisely
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“Please” and “thank you” not only golden oldies
“No problem” is a problem
Code words exclude others
Slang confuses others
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Personal Manners
How to Stop Swearing in 21 Days!
Which techniques could work for you?
A. Fine for each swear word
B. Friends catch your slips
C. Replace good word for
swear word
D. Imagine Grandma listening in
Answer
All of them if you do them
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Personal Manners
I’d Like You to Meet…
Introduce People According to Custom
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Younger person to older person
Male to female
New friend to old friend
Employee to boss
Student to teacher
Friends to parents
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Personal Manners
Introduction - Stick with a Plan
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Mention each name twice
Tell something about each person
You: Emma, meet Mrs. Sampson, my basketball
coach. She helped me improve my free throw
percentage.
You: Mrs. Sampson, I’d like you to meet my
sister Emma.
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Personal Manners
The Dreaded Handshake
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Stand up
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Shake three times
Make eye contact
Shake with medium
firmness
Add a greeting–
“Hello.” “How are you?”
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Personal Manners
Wow! Look at That Table Dining
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Your napkin goes:
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___ in your lap
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Your beverages are on:
___ left or ___ right?
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Side foods are on:
___ left or ___ right?
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Personal Manners
Silverware – The Shiny Truth
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Use silverware first from ___ inside or ___ outside?
A knife is a: ___ spear ___ food holder ___ pointer
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Between bites
put your utensils:
___ in your hands
___ on table
___ on plate
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Personal Manners
What’s on Your Plate?
If you don’t like a food:
___ hide it in napkin
___ eat a few bites
___ say it’s gross
If you don’t know how to eat a food:
___ don’t eat it ___ ask someone how ___ watch others
Your mouth is full. Someone asks a question:
___ answer anyway ___ ignore the question
___ signal you’ll answer later
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School Manners
Be a PRO at School Manners
Bully proof classrooms, hallways, cafeteria
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P – Pledge patience
R – Respect the rules
O – Own your behavior
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School Manners
Classroom Code
Learning is your #1 job
Classroom don’ts:
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Disrupt
Cheat
Monopolize
Classroom do’s:
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Do bring supplies, patience, respect
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School Manners
Cliques are Crummy
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Avoid categorizing people
Say “hi” outside your group
Rejection breeds retaliation
Stand up to your crowd
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School Manners
Break the Bully Chain
Bullies are made, not born
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Teasing
Name-calling
Shoving
Threats
Violence
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School Manners
Serve Up Manners in the Cafeteria
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Forget food fights – you know that
Others’ food is off limits
Cliques not on menu
Keep it clean
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Public Manners
Take Your Manners Public
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P – Politeness is portable
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I – Invert rudeness
to niceness
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C – Continue courtesies
U – Use the basics
B – Be nice to everyone
L – Leave a place
better than it was
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Public Manners
Travel with Style
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Practice patience in line
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Skip the picnic
One seat per
passenger
Do not disturb –
other passengers
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Manners Shine in the Dark
What’s your Movie Mojo?
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I’m on time ___ yes ___ no
I stay in my seat ___ yes ___ no
I face the back when I pass
down a row
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I stop talking once the feature starts
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I pick up my trash ___ yes ___ no
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Public Manners
‘Sweatiquette’ for the Gym
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Sniff - wash your workout clothes
Whiff – wipe off equipment
Share machines
Enter a no-compete zone
Keep your eyes on the
prize, not gym members
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Public Manners
Get a 5-Star Restaurant Review
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Review dining etiquette
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Nix table hopping
and eavesdropping
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Yes, yes, yes –
leave a TIP
Decide how to pay
Hold the mayo, but limit
substitutions
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How Would You Rate
Your Manners Future?
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___ I’ve got my silverware
and I’m good to go.
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___ I could be valedictorian
of classroom manners.
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___ I’d be welcome on any
bus, train or airplane.
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___ Let me introduce you
to my new polite self.
There’s no curfew for etiquette
Practice manners day and night
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Review
1. Where should you practice good manners?
• Everywhere
2. How much personal space should you give
another person?
• 18 inches — about an arms length
3. Why is over-using code words and slang impolite?
• Code and slang excludes people who
can’t translate
4. How many times should you shake a person’s hand?
• Three times
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Review
5. Name several bully behaviors.
• Teasing, name-calling, shoving, threats, violence
6. How can you be a PRO in the classroom?
• Pledge patience. Respect rules.
Own your behavior.
7. Why is it rude to eat messy food and drinks
on a bus?
• They could spill on the person next to you
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Review
8. What two things should you towel at the gym?
• Yourself and the equipment after you use it
9. Is it okay to ask for substitutions at a restaurant?
• Yes, but just one or two
10. Are you ready to polish your manners?
• YES!
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Etiquette Activities
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List five things you plan to do to improve your
manners.
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List five things you wish others would do to
improve their manners?
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Etiquette Resources
Books
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Be the Best You Can Be
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How Rude! The Teenagers’ Guide to Good Manners,
Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out
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The How Rude! School Manners for Teens
Emily Post’s Teen Etiquette
Etiquette for Dummies
How to Behave: A Guide to Modern Manners for
the Socially Challenged
Social Smarts: Manners for Today’s Kids
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Etiquette Resources
More From Learning ZoneXpress
• Extreme Etiquette Series
Video/DVD:
o The Courtesy Challenge
o The Netiquette Edge
o The School Manners Adventure
o Take Your Manners Public
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