What If You Sent Invitations To Famous People You Didn’T Know?

[LizEF]

 

Yes... More of a finishing school than a Bachelors or Masters

And really, more of a home-school than anything. Hooray for all those grandmothers (and others) teaching children well.

[ParramattaPaul]

My grandmother taught me the same... however it was all undone when i was taught cut throat competition and other ideologies at business school...

 

Ah yes, which brings to mind the other side of the equation; learning what not to do as well as what to do. Then, it becomes a matter of perseverance.

Edited August 27, 2020 by ParramattaPaul

[Runnin_Ute]

My mother in law did this when my wife and I got married 38 years ago (Sep 17). She sent an invitation to the then resident of the White House, Ronald Reagan. There was a response sent congratulating us on our nuptials. It was something that they had printed up if I recall correctly.

 

She then did it for all her children's weddings to the then current President.

[MBDostoevsky]

 

My grandmother taught me the same... however it was all undone when i was taught cut throat competition and other ideologies at business school...

 

Ah yes, which brings to mind the other side of the equation; learning what not to do as well as what to do. Then, it becomes a matter of perseverance.

 

 

This is a dilemma that I have been constantly thinking about... somehow we manage to equate education with mannerism whereas we are taught none in our Bachelors and Masters or beyond... it is all technical knowledge that eventually forces you to compete with others rather than cooperate, and the same happens later when one enters professional life... personal grooming is done probably best at home that also inculcates family values and virtues... however as a co-worker of mine says... "who cares about family values as long as your bank account gets credited regularly"...

[ParramattaPaul]

 

This is a dilemma that I have been constantly thinking about... somehow we manage to equate education with mannerism whereas we are taught none in our Bachelors and Masters or beyond... it is all technical knowledge that eventually forces you to compete with others rather than cooperate, and the same happens later when one enters professional life... personal grooming is done probably best at home that also inculcates family values and virtues... however as a co-worker of mine says... "who cares about family values as long as your bank account gets credited regularly"...

The "who cares about family values as long as your bank account gets credited regularly" by your co-worker speaks volumes doesn't it? One conclusion that could be drawn from it is that he or she is motivated greed more than anything else.

 

I think your comment regarding an association between education and mannerisms touches on a larger point. That is, we associate good manners, education, how one dresses, and how one speaks with what in days past was called 'refinement'. Yet, CS Lewis and GK Chesterton make the point that how one acts -- one's behaviour -- and not social position, is the mark of a gentleman.

 

You are right. It is a question worth consideration.

[MBDostoevsky]

The "who cares about family values as long as your bank account gets credited regularly" by your co-worker speaks volumes doesn't it? One conclusion that could be drawn from it is that he or she is motivated greed more than anything else.

 

I think your comment regarding an association between education and mannerisms touches on a larger point. That is, we associate good manners, education, how one dresses, and how one speaks with what in days past was called 'refinement'. Yet, CS Lewis and GK Chesterton make the point that how one acts -- one's behaviour -- and not social position, is the mark of a gentleman.

 

You are right. It is a question worth consideration.

 

I have been reading Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son and it is really a very nice read... although these letters were not intended for printing, after Chesterfield's death, his wife sold the rights to a publisher for some money which was more of a greed than anything.... however, if you have time, i recommend going through a few of his letters to see what refinement is...

[Matthew Lee 1959]

Colossians 4:6 (KJV)
⁶  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.  I was brought up with this everywhere I went, in school, at home, at church.  One of the things I can still remember was the constant admonition, "Be nice."  Those 2 words combined with the tone and timing was a warning, scolding, or encouragement.

 

Also, the U.S. President has a list of personal events that you can request a greeting for.

[inkstainedruth]

6 hours ago, Matthew Lee 1959 said:

Also, the U.S. President has a list of personal events that you can request a greeting for.

When my great-grandfather turned 100, my mom arranged for him to get a telegram from the White House (nowadays, people are more likely to have their family plaster their photo on The Today Show).  

Well, there was just one minor hitch with my mom's plan....

My great-grandfather was, to his dying day (and he lived to be nearly 101), an Upshur County, West Virginia Republican (my mom said there WERE no Democrats in Upshur County...).  And the President at the time was Truman.  So apparently my great-grandfather didn't want to admit that he was actually thrilled to get a telegram from the White House: he'd pull out all his other cards and letters first, then pull out the telegram and say "Oh, I also got THIS -- guy's just trying to get my vote!" 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth