GOOD MANNERS

Good manners. What are they? Manners are the way you treat other people. If you have good manners people will expect good things from you, however, if you have bad manners, then people will have low expectations of you. You know how that saying goes: first impressions are always your last impressions.

Believe it or not, having good manners opens doors to many opportunities. People are naturally drawn to people who have a good personality, character and manners. Having good manners can also help you in the work force. Your parents and teachers don’t teach you to have good manners for no reason - they teach you to prepare you for the future.

Manners aren’t only talked about in school or in the comfort of your home, they are also mentioned in religion. There is no religion which directs you to have bad manners, just the opposite.

In Tirmidhi, it is said that: “Nothing will be heavier on the day of resurrection in the scale of the believer than good manners. Allah hates one who utters foul or coarse language.” Having good manners could help you achieve Jannah, remember that. In Bukhari, it is said that: “The best among you are those who have the best of manners and characters.” Imagine being the best amongst the Ummah?

In a Hadeeth, the Prophet (S.A.W) said: “I guarantee a house in Jannah for one who gives up arguing even if he is right; and I guarantee a home in the middle of

Jannah for one who abandons lying even for the sake of fun; and I guarantee a house in the highest part of Jannah for one who has good manners.” Good manners equate to a house in the HIGHEST part of Jannah, the HIGHEST!

In the Quran, Allah (S.W.T) said: “O you who believe! Do not ridicule others, perhaps they may be better than you. And do not insult one another, nor call each other names.” This means that you shouldn’t make fun of someone because you don’t know them, you don’t know the struggles they’ve been through and why they act like that. You never know, they could be better than you in the eyes of Allah.

In the Bible, it is said: “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”

I would like to end this with an inspirational quote based on the words of Saint Augustine: “Don’t start doing bad just because everyone is doing it. Don’t stop doing good just because no-one is doing it.” People often drift into bad behaviour because of pressures from their group – the herd mentality it is sometimes called. You can see this in action when school children behave badly at the bus stop after school – even though they individually know better. We live in a day and age where good and bad is sometimes hard to distinguish - it sometimes takes time to work it out. So, take that time, and try to remember, always do good!

Iman Shabbir

The one day of the year when all students - and I mean ALL students - put in the effort to win the best outfit in the school. This year, once again, students went all out and even came in dressed as sharks and alien inflatables! To be honest, it was pretty funny

Many students joined in with group ideas For example, we had The Purge join us from year 9, and Inside Out from Year 11 The year 9’s had a little extra surprise for the staff when they got their head of year to dress up as Bing Bong from Inside Out It was an amazing outfit!

We had a little surprise from the English department too when the teachers came in dressed up as all the characters from An Inspector Calls!

That’s not all, we had not one, but two Maleficents! And we can't forget our one and only, Dr Phil! This year we held a competition for the best outfit in the school and the best group outfit in the school, but these are yet to be decided So many amazing outfits blew everyone away!

By Juwairia Butt