Etiquette for Little Folks

Chapter 5: IN SCHOOL.

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A practical handbook of rules and maxims teaching young children proper conduct in daily settings. It presents concise dos and don'ts for behavior at home, at table, among peers, in school, at church, and in public, emphasizing reverence toward parents and elders, cleanliness, silence, temperance, and respectful speech. The guidance covers specific actions such as washing before meals, waiting to be served, refraining from interrupting, and showing consideration for servants and others, alongside exhortations to patience, modesty, and gentle correction of companions. Instructions are organized by context and framed as direct rules aimed at forming habitual polite behavior.

IN SCHOOL.

Bow at entering, especially if the teacher be present.

Walk quietly to your own seat, and move not from one place to another till school time be over.

If your teacher be conversing with a stranger, stare not at them, nor listen to their talk.

Interrupt not your teacher while a stranger or visitor is with him, but defer any question or request till he be at leisure.

If your teacher speak to you, rise up and bow, making your answer standing.

If a stranger speak to you in school, stand up and answer, with the same respect and ceremony, both of word and gesture, as if you were speaking to your teacher.

Make not haste out of school, but soberly retire when your turn comes, without hurry or noise.

Go not rudely home through the streets. Stand not talking with boys who delay you; but go quietly home, and with all convenient speed.