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Why don't kids say Goodmorning? Where are manners? : Teachers | "How dare literal children not want to say good morning to me!"

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I am a 22yr old black male teacher in kindergarten at a Title 1 African American school in Baltimore and for the most part, my class has learned to say Goodmorning. We are still working on saying please and thank you lol. This morning, students from second grade and first were coming down the hall. I said Goodmorning! They just kept walking. I asked, "Did you hear someone say Goodmorning to you? You can't say it back?" They said, no.

Whats up with these kids? How's your class with manners? Or is it just me? My mom taught me to use manners. Idk

btw, I'll respond later! Im teaching lol!!

!chuds

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Maybe it's not a good morning. Maybe they're tired. Maybe they don't want to be there. Maybe they don't like you and don't want to fake pleasantries. Kids are just people. If I get exhausted by social norms as an adult, of course children are going to feel the same way. I truly don't care about traditional "politeness." It varies so much culture to culture. Looking in people's eyes when they talk is considered rude in a lot of places. If the kids are decent people and treat people with kindness, I don't care if they say good morning. Weird hill to die on.

But if you worked in an office or even went to your regular gym/coffee shop and someone said "good morning!" to you, you wouldn't just ignore them would you? It's weird if it's an acquaintance, colleague or friend. I find it really strange when I say hello or goodbye to kids I've been teaching and they ignore me.

I can't remember the last time i said good morning to literally anyone. At best I nod at them.

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My "good morning" has degraded and slurred itself into a halfhearted "morn'n"

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