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Originally posted by kcjayhawk1
I don't think it matters where you are from - either you are brought up right or you are not.
I'm from KC and there are people here with great manners and class, and there are people without. I know people from the east coast, the west coast, the south, the north and Canada -- class, manners and thoughfulness as well as the opposite all exist.
Etiquette is about understanding the situation you are in and being able to make the best choices for your actions.
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I wasn't speaking on whether people were brought up right or not; my parents taught me manners and I consider myself to be incredibly polite and I DO know what fork to eat with and so on.
What I was talking about was brought about when people said they went to charm school or were debutantes....etc. Where I am from people have no less manners but we don't have these things. It would be culture shock for me if I were thrown into this environment. I am so far removed from that type of life that it is like something from a storybook or something. I guess my small school is more laid back because my sisters would honestly laugh at me if I told them we should be taking ettiqette lessons. It just isn't a priority over getting a degree and we have enough to do already. Sororities where I am are VERY different than in the south. THere is less formality and the "southern sorority girl" doesn't really exist here. I mean no disrespect in saying this; I would love to experience that once in my life. I just know from reading other threads about how Rush differs from north to south, etc. that there are major differences. I'm not about to disrespect this other way of life, I like to learn about it. There's nothing wrong with being different.
