Reply #22: The most well-mannered people (especially children)

[Lyric]

that I have EVER known, have been the poorest of the poor; the rural folks with stained clothes and socks with holes, the ones who wear things ten or more years out of style, because they can't afford to "waste" money on something as non-necessary as "nice" clothes--the ones who sometimes don't even HAVE washing machines. I've never been around inner-city poor folks, so I have no experience to speak from there, but in the rural parts, the poor people are FAR more politely-mannered than their well-off counterparts.

In my experience as an educated person from a dirt-poor, backwoods family...most poor people are incredibly polite, considerate, and generous. I've only met one or two assholish poor people, but I've met oodles of well-off brats of ALL ages, who were spoiled and taught that their own precious selves were more important than anything or anyone else, and therefore treat the rest of society with a perpetual amount of low-level contempt. The blame for America's bad manners has nothing to do with style of dress, and everything to do with Precious Little Snowflake syndrome.

JMHO.