Tag: National Etiquette Week
Etiquette Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-Etiquette-Week.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/19/2005 Etiquette Week Transcript When I was in 6th grade, my parents sent me off for dancing classes — in a brand new suit and tie, complete with white gloves. The purpose of these excruciating events every two weeks during the winter was to […]
Good Manners Month
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Good-Manners-Month-2.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/26/2003 Good Manners Month Transcript Most parents have rules, rules, and more rules for just how they want their children to behave and they often have cruel little stories, known as cautionary tales, that go along with the rules showing exactly what will happen […]
Some New Books About Manners
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Manners-Books-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/15/2001 Some New Books About Manners Transcript Out of polite respect for National Etiquette Week, we thought wed let you know about some new books dealing with proper conduct for young people. In Harriet Ziefert’s recent picture book, Someday Well Have Very Good Manners, […]
National Etiquette Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Manners-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/14/2001 National Etiquette Week Transcript How to Be a Lady was written in 1854 and is broader than just an etiquette book since it includes advice on a wide variety of topics. It was written by Harvey Newcomb, who intended it for girls between […]
Gelett Burgess’ Goops
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Goops.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/11/2000 Gelett Burgess’ Goops Transcript Today we are celebrating Etiquette Day. Multitudes of etiquette books have been written over the years for children. Most of the early ones took themselves very seriously, but in 1900, Gellett Burgess wrote and illustrated a book entitled Goops […]
Etiquette Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Etiquette-Week.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 5/10/2000 Etiquette Week Transcript This is National Etiquette Week, and to a child, there is almost nothing more boring than learning etiquette. It can be dangerous, too. Quentin Crisp, a British author wrote that “nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into […]