The Rules to Be Cool

Karla R Dougherty

ISBN 10: 0766016072 / ISBN 13: 9780766016071

Published by Enslow Publishing, 2001

About this Item

Etiquette goes beyond simply saying please and thank you. It involves treating people with kindness and equality. This goes for face-to-face interactions with peers and netiquette on the Web. The author talks with teens who express how good it feels when they practice good manners. They have discovered that when they act in a mature way, they in turn get the respect they deserve.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rules to Be Cool
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0766016072
• ISBN 13: 9780766016071
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Teaches teenagers the importance of good manners, and demonstrates basic rules of etiquette when making introductions, dating, easing awkward situations, and participating in a chat room.

Reviews

Gr 5 Up-Dougherty approaches good manners as a means of showing respect and consideration for others, thereby prompting reciprocation and easing social relationships and situations. Consequently, Cool explores ways of applying the Golden Rule at home, at school, in public, and in social settings, rather than listing rules about which fork to use. Always practical and low-key, the tips and attitudes emphasize kindness and courtesy as a way of life. Each chapter begins with several questions and answers from a fictitious advice column describing sensitive or sticky scenarios and suggestions to ease the awkwardness. The author follows this effective hook with a straightforward discussion of etiquette within a particular sphere of interactions, and ends the chapter with a "top ten" list that succinctly boils it all down to very simple rules of conduct. In a chapter on Netiquette, Dougherty addresses polite use of the Internet, including writing e-mail, participating in a chat room, and sending instant messages. She emphasizes self-protection of privacy, as well as considerate interaction. Enjoyably written, the book devotes minimal space to photos of teens in various settings. Elizabeth L. Post and Joan M. Coles's Emily Post's Teen Etiquette (HarperCollins, 1995) is more comprehensive on the particular rules but at times becomes a little preachy.

Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS

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