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[flyingmonkey]

Why do many young people nowadays fail to respect their elders, a long-held tradition among Vietnamese people? Why do they never exchange greetings? Why are some becoming dishonest and selfish? Tuoi Tre looks for answers...

Huong and her husband once studied in Europe, so they both wanted their daughter to study at an international school. She explained that after just one year of studying at the school, her daughter had become quite a strange. She has become so self-confident that she thinks she knows everything better than other people...

�Morality lessons prove to be impractical,� T. observed. �Students do not have enough time to learn good manners and behavior because they have to learn about the United Nations and solidarity with international children.�
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/201001/Good-manners-disappear-in-modern-Vietnam-890393/

So is this the unavoidable consequence of having foreign classmates and teachers?

[mark_in_saigon]

It�s my opinion that in the states, the reason for this behavior is more based on the other children, not the elders. I would imagine that if the VN people are being taught other languages and international concepts as a group of VN, then this would not occur. I think that if you put a VN kid in with a bunch of self centered brats, the VN could and would emulate that behavior. I think if you put one self centered brat in with mostly VN kids, it would be a good influence on the brat.