1999 ~ I became an Author to assist parents and help students in the San Francisco Unified School District ~ BASIC MANNERS Introduction: Character & Life Skills should be taught from early childhood through every level in school. Grandparents no longer live next door and parents are working. Years ago, African American churches assisted parents in teaching their children proper social skills. But, we have dropped the ball! Let’s pick up the ball, take it to the classrooms, and bring it back into our churches. I have written and self published several simple but powerful books for parents and our children. My goal is to prepare students and parents to live and work in a world that is highly technical and diverse. They will have learned the Proper Social Skills needed to interact in our diverse society. Students and their parents will have learned how to combine social skills with string educational practice. The lessons in this guide book are designed to help you fit in anywhere. After reading this book, you will enhance the social skills you have already acquired. This book will increase your social awareness, with very simple instructions. Learning social skills is the key to being able to express acceptable behavior. Education is the key to success in life. Etiquette is basically good manners! The best etiquette is based on “The Golden Rule,” that is, treat others as you want them to treat you. While working for many years in the San Francisco Unified School District, I found that the majority of students in public and some private schools, junior colleges, and universities lack the understanding, training, and experience of good social skills / etiquette. This creates an insecurity and reluctance to blend with various societies. My goal is to teach students a good set of healthy values, respect for human life, and a respect for education and the ability to excel in school. I also would like to have an impact on increasing overall academic achievement; reducing the placement of students in special education classes; reducing suspensions and expulsions; reducing dropout rates for students; increasing the graduation rate and college attendance of students; increasing the rate of class attendance; increasing parent, family and community involvement and support; and increasing self-esteem and student achievement. We all like to think that we have good manners or great social skills. In reality, very few of us exercise these as a regular habit. In fact, many of us interact in society without ever having learned the proper social skills. As we deal with others in our daily lives, it is not difficult to observe that many of us ignore the most basic manners of social correctness. In order to be self-motivated and to increase confidence and self-esteem, you need to be mentally and emotionally balanced. One way to achieve this balance is by using good manners and social grace (etiquette), and you will experience success in all environments. Good manners and behavior define the caliber of who we are regardless of our income, race, degree of formal education, or career. A person with good manners shows the world who he or she is, including tastes opinions, friends, quality of life, and self-respect. Drevelyn Matilda Minor, Author
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