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Facebook Etiquette: A Needed Topic In Today’s World

Last month, a one-day conference on “healthy break-ups” was held in Boston. A large portion of the conference was dedicated to Facebook etiquette, as text messaging and facebook have become the most common methods teens now us [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Tips on How to Reform a Rude World

  People steal each other's cabs. Telephone receptionists are nasty. Sales clerks act like they're doing you a favor when you buy something. Waiters exhibit an attitude. Vicious gossip sells newspapers. Decency is considere [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern etiquette: Tips on how to reform a rude world

People steal each other's cabs. Telephone receptionists are nasty. Sales clerks act like they're doing you a favor when you buy something. Waiters exhibit an attitude. Vicious gossip sells newspapers. Decency is considered boring. [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Tips on How to Reform a Rude World

People steal each other's cabs. Telephone receptionists are nasty. Sales clerks act like they're doing you a favor when you buy something. Waiters exhibit an attitude. Vicious gossip sells newspapers. Decency is considered boring. [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Worldwide Etiquette

Etiquette rules, every society has them. It’s knowing which behaviors are right and wrong in each society that makes a great traveler. When one is traveling from country to country, make sure you don’t make a greeting mistake! [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's Etiquette Around the World

Children's Etiquette Around the World

In Japan, can kids slurp soba noodles? In South Africa, is it okay to greet your teacher with “What’s up, Carrie?” The formal and informal rules governing behavior make up what we call etiquette or “good mann [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

UTSA students learn etiquette for the work world at dining event

UTSA students learn etiquette for the work world at dining e...

The UTSA Honors Alliance hosted the eighth annual Citizenry and Etiquette Dinner on Oct. 14 in the University Center Ballroom (1.106) at the Main Campus. More than 70 students attended the event to hone their dining skills in order to be m [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Children's Etiquette Around the World

Children's Etiquette Around the World

In the Southern U.S., traditions around respecting your elders still rule—children are expected to address neighbors with a Ma’am or Sir. In classrooms across the U.S., teachers are often called by a courtesy title (Mr., Miss, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Ballet studio transports urban kids to another world

Ballet studio transports urban kids to another world

The Sugarplum Fairy, sweat glistening on her brow, performed the same sequence of steps over and over across the polished wood floor, looking by turns euphoric and miserable. Sprawled next to the piano stretching their legs, the Garcia sis [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Etiquette 101 What the World Thinks About Us

There have been better times to be an American, at least in terms of world opinion, yet tourists and immigrants continue to flock to the United States. And when they do, they find that our mores are a lot more complicated than what pop cult [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Travel Etiquette In The World's Most Visited Countries

Travel Etiquette In The World's Most Visited Countries

It's the universal symbol of Americana abroad: the camera-slinging, fanny-pack-sporting tourist, clad in shorts, sneakers, unrolled socks and complaining loudly in English. Ever since the Pilgrims crashed the Wampanoag tribe's Thanksgiving [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

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