How to Behave at School

1595

“Be it far from thee to go vnto the Schoole with as ill a will as wicked dooers goe vnto the Stockes, or to the Gallowes… when thou art at Schoole, bee studious in thy lectures learning, attentiue to thy Masters wordes and documents, what soeuer thy Master shall teach, mark it heedfully, and meditate thereon earnestly vntill thou haue learned the same perfectlye… Flie all fighting and wrangling with thy fellowes. But be curteous, gentle & lowlie, among all both rich and poore. Make no noyse nor vse any meane, whereby thou maiest disturbe thy schoolefellowes: much lesse thy schoolemaster.”

William Fiston, The Schoole of Good Manners

Also: yield not to the temptations of Facebook during thy lectures, do not rely overmuch on Wikipedia for thy term paper, and mock not thy Master on social media.