Central argument – According to Linton Weeks, manner and etiquette are changing throughout the century, however, it isn’t becoming better. People are starting to lose their basic and simple etiquette towards other.
Manner? Etiquette? Are they something which gentlemen should have? Well people should have basic and simple etiquette towards each other, such as greeting or even opening the door for older people. According to Linton Weeks, manner and etiquette are changing throughout the century, however, it isn’t becoming better. People are starting to lose their basic and simple etiquette towards other. It is occurring everywhere in the world, and it is spreading quickly like a diseases. I agree with Linton Weeks after seeing how teachers are treated in school, misusage of public transports and with my own experience.
In Korea teachers are respected and they have rights over anything inside the school. However, when you look at international schools you can clearly see how students are disrespectful against teachers and how students have no etiquette to peers. In my school, Woodstock, there was a big incident which has upset both students and teachers. It was due to the misbehavior of a student who talked to a teacher with disrespect saying “it is duty for you to feed us” Even though the student was joking the teacher was hurt by these words and few students were even upset about it. In 1900’s teachers were fully respected, however, nowadays unmannered and people without etiquette seem to disrespect the teachers.
Having manner also includes not disturbing others in public places. Few weeks ago in Korea, a 20years old woman was punished for smoking in metro, she refuse to throw her cigarette away and also swore at people. Smoking at public places like metro is out of law and it is also breaking the etiquette. She not only smoked, but swore at people who ever looked at her. Well is this a right action to take. If she was well mannered woman, first of all she wouldn’t have smoked inside metro, secondly even if smoking was allowed if others request her to throw it she should agree to it. These typical young generation people has no manner or etiquette, it is spreading like a virus all over the world in a rapid phase.
In Korea my family owns an organization for poor people. Last year during holidays we took about 60people in the community to a trip to sea. On the way we stopped for lunch, since we were in such a big group we had to find a place where there were lots of seats. When we got to the restaurant there was a family already having a meal. One of the person, who was about 70years old, went to a children from the other family; since she didn’t have any grandchildren she wanted to see them play. However when she went to the family, the father of the family whispered to his children “don’t stay next to these people there are just bunch of baggers who live their life with our tax.” However, we could clearly hear it. How rude can a person get? I could not hold my anger, however, before I even did anything my father went to their table and said “I will pay for your dinner, it is not like we don’t have money to help these people, but it is the government who gives us money, if you want your f***ing tax back I will give it back to you.” People are just getting rudder as the time goes by. Just people someone is poor that doesn’t mean he or she should be treated differently.
As Linton Weeks said, manner and etiquette are changing throughout the century, however, it isn’t becoming better. People are starting to lose their basic and simple etiquette towards other. Time cannot be stopped from flowing, however, we can stop people from having such a terrible manner and etiquette.
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