The Importance of Common Courtesy

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The world is evolving everyday with its technology, fashion, and music; just to say a few. Sometimes, life evolving can be a curse more then a blessing; for instance, common courtesy. Common courtesy are forms of sweet gestures given by you or another person to someone else. In the 1600’s-1700, this practice was treated like a law in the European and the Western worlds; for instance, they had a class in every school that taught the kids manners, kind gestures, and giving respect to those around you. Through those years, people learned how to have common courtesy for those around them; unlike Today’s years, most people learn a couple, if not any. A lot of them have become blurred out into a speck of uselessness. But common courtesy is important to have, because with it, there are so many great ways to give peace and happiness to other human beings as well as your own self.

This world is full of places to go, people to see, and things to eat. Sometimes we can be so blind on having such a fun time with friends or family that we miss having an opportunity to do a random act of kindne...

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