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IN THIS CHAPTER

Seeing how etiquette varies for different audiences

Setting common rules for everyone

Teaching students to be professional

Reminding teachers to be mindful

Having kids learn the rules

You know when you meet someone face-to-face that the other person’s age tells you how you should communicate with them. If you’re talking with your peers at work, you speak with them differently than you would with friends when you’re on the town.

The height of the COVID-19 pandemic laser-focused attention on what it meant to mind your manners because there were far fewer people to talk with in person — and you didn’t want to stick around for too long, anyway.

Alas and alack, viruses change over time, and everyone is still trying to figure out how to paint that nasty SARS-CoV-2 virus into a corner. As much as we hope the virus is stuck in that corner by the time you read this book, online communication is still the order of the day for people in many age groups.

The strain of the pandemic has frayed manners in person, but maybe because people are more used to talking online these days, they may feel that manners are optional because the folks they’re addressing can’t see them — or else said people can just turn away by turning off their web cameras, so no one in a video meeting sees them.

But this doesn’t describe you, right? If you’re reading this chapter, we’re guessing that you’re not so sure — and kudos to you. Don’t get stars in your eyes, though, because we want you to channel your inner Miss Manners in this chapter.

We start by talking about manners for different audiences, from adults to kids, before we remind you about common manners everyone should know. And we begin by talking about how etiquette varies by audience.