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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up with UC children in private school. Everyone knew 2 or 3 (European) languages. There was a lot of travel (international, even during short breaks). Everyone did Model UN in high school. There were no etiquette classes (that’s not UC at all). There was a lot of household “help” and random people staying in guest quarters for months at a time. There were “dinners” all. the. time. Like every night “oh honey, the French ambassador is here for supper“. UC people know each other and it’s an endless stream of visiting and being visited. Every child knows how to ski, how to hold chopsticks and how to sit quietly in a restaurant. [/quote]

How do they learn the proper placement for table manners of no etiquette? [/quote]
They have (what UMC would call) formal dinner a lot. When you are exposed to dinner conversation since birth, you tend to be a better conversationalist. See also: (most) UC children can speak easily with adults because they just have more practice. There is a common language among UC people because they are a small group and have a common lifestyle. This holds true across nationalities too, that an American UC child has more in common with a British or French UC child than their middle class countrymen.[/quote]

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