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Old 01-02-2005, 12:27 PM
Taualumna Taualumna is offline
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Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
Absolutely not. There isn't enough time in the day to do this. People are joining a GLO, not attending two universities, full time, at the same time. If you want to learn about different cultures, you can take classes about different cultures at your university.
Proper table manners shouldn't be taught for formal dinners within your GLO, but also for reasons beyond that. Business programs sometimes teach table manners just in case you are invited to dinner in say, India or Japan, for example. Also, what if you are invited to a sister/brother's house for dinner over vacation? Say that sister/brother is Korean. In any case, the unabridged versions of Emily Post and Amy Vanderbilt (latest editions) do deal briefly with other cultures, I'm pretty sure.
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