Is Common Courtesy Gone Forever?

What ever happened to common courtesy? Case in point last night at the middle school concert at . First off it was standing room only as my comments at the January 2011 board meeting wasn’t taken into consideration. I had brought up that they needed to be moved to the HS so everyone had a place to sit. Then I had to find a custodian so he could turn on the AC in the auditorium so everyone didn’t sweat to death.

The concert itself was fantastic. From the 6^th grade band, to the 6^th grade Chorus followed by the 6^th grade orchestra and finally my daughter’s part with the 7^th grade orchestra. I make sure I always stay for all the children, even when my daughters go on first. It’s just common courtesy but something that seems to be lacking lately at these events. Then you have the siblings who are allowed to run amok through out the auditorium and school because their parents apparently don’t want to be bothered with them.

When did it become OK to shout random things during these events? Siblings and parents love to shout out their children’s name on stage when they are up there? I’m sorry, aren’t they up there as a group and not individuals? So why must they single out their own child? What example does this set in what is becoming a me first generation?

Finally the last group of children are on the stage. Do I get to enjoy it? No because between the children running around the auditorium, the children talking loudly in the aisles and parents talking loudly too, it made it difficult for us to concentrate on my daughter playing her instrument. Common courtesy seems to be dead in the Comsewogue community at these events.