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Our Traditions, Social Norms and Values

(The teacher is telling the students about the good manners in the class.) Teacher: Who knows about good manners? Ramesh: using words like please and thank you is good manners. But I do not know what we should say to our visitors. Teacher: Who can answer the question of Ramesh? Bina: We have to greet our visitors with a smile. Teacher: Is that enough Jatin? Jatin: We have to offer them seat or call them in. Teacher: Yes, we have to make them feel comfortable. We have to say please come in, please have a seat. Mina: Loving the young ones and showing respect to our elders also belong to our tradition. Ritu: Politeness, smile, kindness, following rules, sharing are all parts of our tradition.

Mina: We have to ask politely. Teacher: Ask what? Mina: We have to ask May I know who you are looking for? Teacher: Very good. And what do you say if you do not know the person? Raju, can you say? Raju: Yes, we have to say, Im sorry. I do not recognize you.

Teacher: What about helping? Raju: We need to help the needy and the weak. Ritu: In our tradition we love our country. Teacher: Yes, we love her like our mother.

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