MAN and SOCIETYMAN and SOCIETY

Behaviour of people is formed:

in the family by parents at school by teachers and classmates by massmedia – TV, famous people

is the basic unit where children are taught to behave themselves.

children learn basic morals from their childhood they observe their parent´s behaviour and copy

it

Parents should: communicate with children, listen to them praise childen for their achievements shouldn´t use bad words – swear shouldn´t use a corporal punishment

Family

children are taught by their teachers. They have lessons of ethics and RE (religious education) where their values are formed.

Schools rules: pupils must arrive at school punctually – mustn´t be late don´t have to wear uniforms but must be dressed neatly mustn´t use mobile phones at lessons, copy from

classmates, cheat at lessons (use cheat sheets), must pay attention at the lesson, apologise to the class

teacher for being absent mustn´t bully classmates

At school

punctually= on time

Influence of TV on young peopleMedia strongly affects youth culture. Young people

spend lots of free time in front of TV and computer which can influence them negatively.

Negative impact: lots of violence they are becoming couch potatoes, fat

and overweight they see many negative examples – drug, alcohol

abuse, eccentric behaviourPositive impact:They get new information and widen their horizons

Ethiquette - is the rules of correct and polite behaviour in society. (rules about how to behave on special occasions)

Dining at particular occasions –Table mannersIt depends on the country – in Europeyou keep the knife in your right hand and eat with

your fork in your left handIn America – after cutting meat with a knife in the

right hand you can swith the fork from the left to the right hand and eat just with it

when invited to a party or event, especially at someone's home, an appropriate gift could be a bottle of wine, flowers, or a small item for the home, such as a candle.

during eating don´t talk with your mouth full use a napkin to wipe out your mouthdon´t put your elbows on the table.when you finish eating, place your knife and fork

together in the centre of the plate

Everyday (polite) manners

• You must say „please“ and „thank you“• You should greet persons when they come over

to your house• You shouldn´t interrupt other people when they

are speaking• You should always clean up after yourself• You should respect others and help them• You shouldn´t call sb a name because it hurts• Never say any rude comments, be polite

Going to the theatre

• You should arrive earlier, don´t be late• don´t speak, talk, whisper during the performance• don´t use cameras, mobile phones• Put on smart clothes• Don´t eat/drink during the performance• Don´t use a rest room during the perfomance

• Cinema• You can eat or drink – pop corn, coke• You can put on casual clothes