Blog Prompt, News Clip #2

Q. How far do you agree that courtesy begins at home?

In my opinion, courtesy oes not really begin at home. The people at home are usually in someway related to you, and therefore, we are courteous to them. But when we go outside, we do not know anyone and therefore are not courteous. I think that at home, we only learn how to be courteous and why we should be courteous but only have th chance to apply it on family members and friends. Usually, we do not seem to be courteous in malls or public places as there are a lot of strangers and they are not related to us and thus, some of us do not care about them and are uncourteous towards them.

Other reasons that people are courteous at home but act cold and indifferent outside are because they are afraid. They are afraid of people looking at them when they are courteous or that they are rejected or mess up when they are courteous. Therefore, people are courteous to friends and family because we know they would not laugh or look strangely at us, but when it comes to strangers, we do not show courtesy. Thus, I feel that courtesy does not begin at home but when you are out in the world, at home, we only learn the basics of courtesy, which we should apply in the outside world.