Respect to teachers and elders up to the 60's

Oh, I remember those days. I often wonder where they went. They seem to be dust in the wind. I wish people put more emphasis on family values and moral responsibilities. As a child I would never think about acting up in a public place. I didn't talk back to my elders. I never got in trouble in school, well until I was a teenager, but I was always respectful of my teachers. Knowing our neighbors also seems to be a thing of the past.... Used to be you knew almost everyone in your town.. Long lost are those days, to me anyway...lol

I went to a Catholic grade school in the late 50's and 60's. You didn't dare sass a teacher or nun, lest you find your butt nailed to a cross. lol. I still say please and thank you as do most of those around me. I still open doors for people and have seen others do the same. But you have a point in that manners and courtesy appear to be going the way of the hula-hoop.

Oh yes I remember lol, we wouldn't dare to. We would never have got away with the Kids get away with today. I would not like to be Teacher today I have to admit that.

I do remember the good old days. Now adays people are in too much of a rush all the time. And the kids are out of controll and spoiled rotten. I dont think we will ever see those days again.

Yes I remember those days well. I grew up in the 70's and in those days if you were speaking to a friends parent you would call them Mr or Mrs. Now a days the kids don't do that, they call you by your first name. Even still I have seen some people call their own parent by their first name. I was always taught to say please and thank you and have the utmost respect for my elders. I don't know where, when and why it ever changed.

We used to call elderly people by Mr Or Mrs. Never by there first name. Always get up and let a woman or an elderly person sit in our place. Help women or elderly put groceries in their car even if you did not know them.

Always put Aunt or Uncle in front of their names Standing on the bus and giving your seat to an elderly person Doing your chores without being asked

Dont talk back. Not on a week night. Be home by 10.30 Earn your pocket money TABLE MANNERS.

Manners and respecting the elders are a thing of the past. I wasn't even allowed to say "yeah" to my parents without getting clipped. We had to be home before 6 for dinner every night. We earned our allowances by doing chores. If our grades dropped, our allowance was put in a jar till our grades improved. We didn't have our own tv's let the kids do nowadays. Gifts were what could be afforded, never put on credit. I was taught manners, it's a pity it seems like a thing of the past. Where has respect gone?

if you didn't do those things you a spanked or better yet your moth washed out with soap. You always had be home for dinner- when the family ate together. Come in when the street lights came on - no later. Never late for school or palying hooky (unless you were a high school senior) or the truent office would find you. And alwsys remember cross at the green and not in between.