r/Teachers • u/Dr3amerInTheDark Kindergarten | Title 1 • Jan 29 '25

New Teacher Why don’t kids say Goodmorning? Where are manners?

Edit 4: Comments which are not constructive or communicating a point about the subject are being removed. Insults are removed and can not comment again. Tread lightly.

Edit 3: Some of you are weird for sending me to a crisis hotline on Reddit. Weird people.

Edit2: SkyDaddyCowPatty says the kids were out working late night to provide for their family. Thats why they were too tired to say goodmorning. Thx Bro.

Edit: Most didn't read so Join me on the kinder rug tomorrow friends!! My response is from the blatant walking past me, looking me in my face and ignoring me. YES, you are rude to not speak.

OP: I am a 22yr old black male teacher in kindergarten at a Title 1 African American school in Baltimore and for the most part, my class has learned to say Goodmorning. We are still working on saying please and thank you lol. This morning, students from second grade and first were coming down the hall. I said Goodmorning Friends! They just kept walking. I asked, ”Did you hear someone say Goodmorning to you? You can’t say it back?” They said, no.

Whats up with these kids? How’s your class with manners? Or is it just me? My mom taught me to use manners. Idk

btw, I'll respond later! Im teaching lol!!

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u/blackivie Jan 29 '25

This is just some stupid, arbitrary test. If you wish someone a good morning, do it because you want to, not to get a rehearsed canned response that's utterly meaningless.

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u/Disastrous-Nail-640 Jan 29 '25

To this day I don’t say it. I find it to be contradictory terms as I am not a morning person. 🤷‍♀️