Shame, especially, was to be worked out according to the best codes of public-school etiquette, in the privacy of one's mental dormitory.
Remember too that many people with an "old-school" etiquette background (especially if you are in Europe) find it inappropriate to offer your hand for a handshake to a lady or an older gentleman if you are a gentleman, or to an older lady, if you are a lady.
But try telling a British school that etiquette is more use than algebra.
Was there a subcategory of shit-eating grin, depending on whose shit you ate? He'd gone to a different school of etiquette, the school of no shame, the school of I need more from you.
Because this school's etiquette forbids personally addressing each card (with 24 children per classroom, that would mean 24 children crisscrossing the cloakroom all morning), the whole process is fairly impersonal.
Protocol School: From etiquette expert Diane Gottsman, the site is a resource for manners and protocol in business.
The timing offends Sir Philip's sense of decorum and old-school gangster etiquette.
Old-school party etiquette, maybe: allowing time for everyone to get to know one another without her hovering presence, then taking charge when really needed.
I know, of course, that even as I write this column, English teachers across the land are struggling to shut down Snapchats and keep their students focused on reading Shakespeare and maybe learning a bit of old-school email etiquette, and I value those goals.
Communicating via email is not an excuse to abandon some old-school writing etiquette.
