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When you say "We don't allow that behavior" but don't correct with some kind of consequence, you're showing you actually DO allow it!

I am among the many people who mourn the loss of civility in everyday life, remembering fondly the days when people dressed up to travel or go to the movies, when even children used good manners over the phone, and when men automatically stood to offer a woman a seat. Those days are long gone. The world in general is a much less hospitable place than when I was a child; it makes me very sad, which is why I used to spend a lot of time in my classroom each year teaching my st