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Manners
For Finals
63
Language - English
9th Grade
06/06/2009

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Manners and Etiquette are based on three basic ideas
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Consideration - Empathy
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Respect - taking actino to build relationships
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Honesty - truth without brutality
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If people focus on your clothes and not you,
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you are dressed inappropriately
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When treated to a dinner, plan a low, mdeium, and high priced selections
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Follow suit with what the host orders
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If you cannot tell what price level you should order
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ask the host what is good at this restaurant or what he/she is ordering
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After knocking,
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do no enter a room until you are invited
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Wait your turn. Realize that
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your problem may not be the most important thing to the other person
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Do no immediately ask for help the moment someone arrives in a room
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Let the person get settled in first
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Do not eat in front of people
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where food is usually not consumed
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"no" means
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No
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Take care of your hair and makeup
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at home or in the restroom - nowhere else
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When someone's guest,
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be overly flexibla and respectful
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When you forget someone's name, a
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ask for it, and move on - do not linger over it
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In order to get someone's attention,
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never snap your fingers or say "hey" or "yo"
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Do not interrupt an authority figure by clling his/her name
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while already engaged in a separate conversation
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Do no pound on a locked door or shake it profusely
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when people inside are talking or a teacher is teaching
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Tell the truth -
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do not make excuses
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Take responsibility for the things you do
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do no assign blame on others
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Wash your hands after going
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to the restroom
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Do not do to others what
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you would not like done to you
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be willing to go
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the "extra mile" to help others
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Tell the people around you that
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you care about them
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be confident
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not cocky
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silence can
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never be misquoted
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Do not whine and complain about someone publically
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avoid it privately if you can as well
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Smile and say
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"hi" to people
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Be passionate about your
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family and your career
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Do not walk between
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two persons having a conversation
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Eye contact shows
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that you are paying attention
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Clap when people finish
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a speech or presentation
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If the bell rings and someone is speaking,
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do not pack up and move o leave. Be attentive until it is clear the person is finished speaking
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When passing food,
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pass to the right
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Always expect to dress above the standard and
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work down from there
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Send a "thank you" note for
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a nice gift or favor done to you
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If you borrow it,
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return it
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Don't make unnecessary noise
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be conscious of those aroudn you
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Decide on a major for college
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while you are in high school-- don't wait!
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Cost matters,
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think beyond college to what you want later in life
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Budget,
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budget budget!
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Avoid spending money
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that you don't have
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Rejection is a natural part of life
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move beyond it
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Leave the coaching
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to the coach
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Leave the officiating
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to the officials
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compliment your opponent
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sometimes he/she is just better than you on any given day
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Look at the person
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who is speaking
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Integrity is doing the right thing when
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nobody is looking
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If you have to call off from work,
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call yourself off
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Real success comes when you
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stop worrying about who will get credit
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Remove headsets/ear pieces
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when speaking or being spoken to by anyone
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At your graduation part, achnowledge/greet each guest when he/she arrives
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(he/she is there for your sake.) Don't just lurk away with your friends
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If you want to leave a place of employment,
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two weeks of notice is customary and polite
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What you permit
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you promote
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Focus on skill developing
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rather than the grade
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You are free to do what you want
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just be prepared to accept the consequences
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Know your limitations
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don't make promises you cannot fulfill
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Be good
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to your word
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Limit the number of times you say
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"um" "ya know" and "uh" by thinking through what you want to say first
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When at a friend's house,
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greet his/her parents
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Never do at someone else's house
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what you would not do at your own
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Offer to chip in for gas
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when peple drive you places
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Maximize
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your talents
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Wash your hands
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before eating
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A mind is a terrible thing to waste
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A waste is a terrible thing to mind.
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