QUALITIES OF A WELL MANNERED CHILD

A well mannered person is one who has good manners and knows the correct way to behave in social situations. One who is polite and doesn't cause any trouble to others is usually called a well behaved child.Actually how can one be so???

Value Education series of Flamingo books, New Delhi enlists a child to possess the following qualities to be a good mannered fellow.

1. HONEST

2. TRUTHFUL

3. POLITE

4.PUNCTUAL

5. KIND

6.HELPFUL

7.OBEDIENT

8. RESPECTFUL

9.GENTLE

10.HUMBLE

Lets see how Lexicographers define these terms in the most simple way.

• An honest person always tells the truth, doesn't cheat or steal.

• A truthful person does not usually tell lies.

• Being polite is to behave in a way that is correct for the social situation you are in and showing that you are careful to consider other people's needs and feelings.

• To be punctual is to be on time, ie., to be present or complete a task exactly at the arranged time.

• A kind person refers to someone who tries to help people and make them happy or comfortable and shows that they care about them.

• Helpful points to providing useful help in making a situation better or easier. Such a person is always willing to help others.

• Obedient kids are those who always do what they are told to do without questioning the authority(parents or teachers). They also follow rules and laws.

• Respectful is a feeling or showing of admiration for someone for their personal qualities, knowledge,skill etc.

• Gentle nature refers to the careful way of doing things so that you do not hurt or damage anyone or anything.

• Humble  is simple, ordinary, useful and effective. Such a person doesn't consider their ideas or themselves as important as others. 

Is this an easy task? Lets try out by putting maximum effort to follow one by one...

BIOGRAPHY (5) HELEN KELLER

Helen Keller was an American girl. At the age of 19 MONTHS, when she could just walk,  she had severe stomach pain and brain fever. After this, she became blind and deaf.

Do you know what it is to be BLIND? 

Yes, A blind person cannot see. Similarly, Helen Keller also lost her eye sight and she couldn’t see with her eyes anymore.

To be deaf means, one cannot hear with her ears.

What would life be if we cant see and hear? How sad  it would be? Isn’t it?

But, Helen Keller was a courageous girl. She had lot of will power. She was good at her studies also.

She explored her ability to communicate by using signs and later the sense of touch.

Miss Anne Sullivan an intelligent teacher taught Helen Keller.She was also visually impaired. She became her governess and later her companion and they remained together for 49 years.

Helen could speak 5 different languages.

She went to college and took a degree.

She wrote 12 books and many articles too.

Great isn’t it?

Helen Keller has a place in history as the first blind person to be a graduate. She was an excellent author and speaker too.