Being polite to people, you know just not being rude. As you can see, most of us know what good manners are. But listen to this when it comes to using digital devices, like cellphones, three out of four people believe good manners today are as out of date as myspace. So, is social media encouraging bad behavior . Daniel post senning is the author of manners in a digital world. Hi. Hi. Its good to be with you. Daniel, were all brought up to believe in having good manners. Has technology changed that . Absolutely not. Good manners are as important today as theyve ever been. Treating people with consideration, with respect, with honesty are really the cores for all good behavior, and those stay the same, no matter what time or age we live in. So, what are some examples of things teens are doing or not doing that would be considered inappropriate . Well, one of the things that i hear the most about is people using their cellphones inappropriately. Sometimes thats texting at the dinner tabl
Takes a look at teens and tobacco products. Smoking isnt cool. Its not something you want to do. It can scar you for life. Smoking is not cool. Its gross. It smells bad. If you play sports or do any of that, it affects all that stuff. I think that im never gonna do that. A lot of kids dont admire when you smoke because its disgusting. Smoking can ruin your life. And while most teens seem to agree that smoking is bad for you, a surprising number still light up. In fact, according to the federal government, every single day, about 3,200 kids will try smoking for the first time. To give you an idea of just how many that is, 3,200 is more than the entire population of the town of goshen, connecticut. Theres a lot of kids that smoke over on the skate park. I dont personally know anybody who smokes, but ive seen people do it. I see people around the School Smoking a lot after school and even before school. Either they follow their dads and their moms or they think its cool. Some might do it
What makes it special would be surprising to us it has books room to read is an organization that is opening schools and libraries across the developing world for the poorest of the poor hundreds of schools, thousands of libraries so that every child everywhere is no longer denied an education because they were born in the wrong place at the wrong time. John wood is an amazing guy. He used to be a big executive at microsoft until he went on vacation in nepal. Thats when he saw the desperate need for books and libraries. He changed the course of his own life to change the lives of children all over the world. When i was growing up in pennsylvania, we had actually a bookmobile that came to our town. And we think of this kind of as a nepalese yakmobile. Weve got our yak loaded with books, and were about to head off to go to a secondary school here to deliver about 500 books to help them start their first library. When john arrives with his yakmobile, just look at the reaction. Reading isn
When Loren Taylor was a high schooler she was recruited to become a farmer.
As an outdoorsy gal who grew up on a farm up in âBourbon countryâ of rural, central Kentucky, she considered that route in life, which would have allowed her to perpetuate a family business that produced everything from tobacco to horses to row crops. Taylor became very involved in Future Farmers of America and was even recruited by the University of Kentuckyâs Agriculture Program. But ultimately an almost lifelong desire to get involved in conservation and the sciences peeled her away.
âI remember dressing up as a park ranger in fifth grade for career day,â Taylor said. âAnd I just kind of decided that wildlife management and biology was what Iâd pursue, rather than agriculture.â