A fifth-grade classroom in Philadelphia got its first fine dining experience to practice etiquette they had learned back at school. It comes after their teacher, Patrice Lamar-Bey, staged an Italian restaurant in her classroom for a lesson that went viral. NBC News’ Rehema Ellis has the story.
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#inspiring #etiquette #classroom
She’s a beautiful woman! CLASS!
This is awesome!
I love this, give this teacher a raise ❤
Wait a few years
That’s so sweet!
That teacher is amazing. They’ll remember her for the rest of their lives. Kudos to the restaurant for picking up the tab. ❤
The kids bout to roast their parents when they get chicken nuggets and fries later 😂❤
😂😂😂😂
Well this is awesome! She gave them a gift they’ll use forever.
Why do they have the fork and knife in the wrong hand??🤣
These are the teachers we need, not just the teachers that come for the money but ones that care about our futures 😁👏🏽❤️
That’s all wonderful, but to see an 11 years old that can’t hold a bloody fork properly is something to be worried about. What are they parents or even the school is teaching them on a daily basis?😢
This is probably why she’s doing this. I know grown men that hold the fork like cave men. I’m glad she’s helping them
This is AMAZING!❤🥹
Love the Restaurant that pick up the tab and that teacher is awesome. What the name of the restaurant?
I love this!!! ❤
Teach em right. No more braindead Gen Alpha.
Wonderful
Etiquette is a form of white supremacy……
Wonderful story!! Wonderful teacher!!
I love how they are all dressed up, how their parents or guardians or family members made sure they all looked the part. So so adorable and heart warming. This will change these young people’s lives.
Love this!!❤️💯🎉
Wow…
She is amazing pretty blessed 🙏🙌
Good on ya Capital Grill!
Etiquette isn’t about feeling superior,it’s about respect.
If the fine dining restaurants are going to survive, it is in their best interest to find new clients. Restaurants should start a fund to keep this situation going.
Gosh children today needs more teachers like her!!!
WHAT AN AMAZING LADY!
I miss 5th grade
Love this!
This is what a village does… so much positivity
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I remember taking an etiquette and dining class in middle school. It was so memorable.. Great teachers are always appreciated and remembered
Great lesson and teacher!!! More teachers like this needed
Ms. Lamar-Bey is a true Champion of Children! 🏆
As you are teaching children the art of fine dining, the best lesson you are teaching these children is about the world 🌎right outside the doors of their homes🏠 and school.🏫 I think you are just dreamy! ❤️ Life skills🍴 are just as important as academics. 📚
Schools need to bring back home economics, mechanics, woodshop and life skills. When I was in 7 thru 12th grades, we had these classes. I know quite a few of the boys becoming woodworkers🪚 building beautiful kitchen cabinets, boys that opened their own auto repair shops 🔩and alot of girls that have chic bakeries. 🍰
My son took welding classes. He made $26,000 working for 2 weeks in Alaska! He’s travelled the US🌎 and has great experiences, besides making a lot of money.💵
I think you are a very pretty, kind, sincere and brilliant educator! Way to go Ms. Lamar-Bey! 💥
Thank you gentlemen for covering the lunch tab. You’re awesome! 😎❤️
I wish there was an episode based on this story for the show Abbott Elementary! ❤🙏
I eat how I want I don’t care what people think
Free ad for capital grill🎉
It’s funny to me that the comments clearly show:
1)People think Eurocentric standards for dining are THE only acceptable standards.
2) People HATE it when others are generous the children who need it the most because they, themselves, would NEVER.
3) People believe that if you don’t come from an environment that can support these experiences, you don’t deserve to have them until some date far off into the distant future.
4) People think “education” can only come in the form of textbooks, worksheets, labs and online assignments. The word “educate”, by definition, goes far beyond that.
5) People hate to see children who are (predominately) of color doing anything that doesn’t fit their narrow stereotype that they want to keep them in. I said what I said. It’s not open for debate.
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Mrs. Lamar-Bey, thank you for everything you do!
‘Going viral’
Manners starts at home.
Teach everything kids need to know at home. Stand in line, clean up after yourself, sit on your chair when eat, etc, etc.
Don’t wait until things go viral. 😂
Looks like an episode from The Cosby Show and The Wire.
❤ love this so much!!
Awesome!!
this is great. These kids need this experience so when they’re older they wont feel weird or uncomfortable in their first fine dining experience
Love this. What a great teacher and a great experience she created for the kids.
My partner was years ago placed in a special needs class, because everyone thought she was unmanageable. This shook her confidence because she knew she didn’t belong. There was only one teacher who believed in her and showed her how she could get back to regular education. She faught for it and now she is on track of becoming c-level in one of the largest energy companies of the region. And she still mentions this teacher as one of the key figures that helped her regain the courage to fight. Hopefully, the teacher of this class may just achieve such a thing with this for a couple of her students!
This should do I’m each school get good respect , manner, know what not to do to people. My mother taught me this to me as child . Not eat with hand or lick it .
A church I went to when my children were young, one of the Mothers of the church did this. The children’s group was called the King’s kids and they would do different activities even in the community i.e. go to nursing homes and not just sing but pray for the older folks. My kids are grown now with children of their own and every now and then I’ll get to hear something they learned in church. She’s in Heaven now and we miss her. Thanks Mother Jones ❤
Oh wow! Now this is good news! I’m so happy this class and the teacher received a double win! I’m so grateful for the teacher’s resourcefulness and creativity! Thank you for preserving the dignity of those precious children and expanding their sense of self.
Lame. I’m so sick of people running programs. I don’t wanna sit with anyone who cares where the fork is on my place setting. I don’t want to eat with anybody, who collects dishes in cabinets. Get a life.
That’s nice! I hope this inspires other teachers. 🌱🤎
Learning etiquette is like learning dance steps so you don’t trip over eachother’s toes. 👍
Why do children get that level of dedication? Most people don’t have the same level of effort and compassion for disillusioned teenagers or adults. It seems all reserved for children. People love the cuteness factor, but cute wears off, then what?
I thank you for your service, Ms. Bey. What an experience to remember, and I also had this same experience in middle school. ❤
This warms my heart.
Brilliant lesson plan!!hats off .Children need to learn Fine Dining Etiquette it all comes in with personality development
Capital Grille.. 5Stars. Best Ad you could’ve ever done!
Pretty good life lesson, taking a group of kids who have been raised on McDonald’s and teaching them the proper way to eat Surf & Turf, which utensils to use….but considering their ages, I’d skip the lesson about wine-tasting.
No one does this better then the British
I mean United Kingdom,London and Some Asian Countries eat fancy with their silverware instead of the casual way(Using hands and not eating with mouth closed😅)
because we cannot eat Nan and curry with a fork and knife.
Shout out to the parents for getting them dressed right
This is elitism and detrimental for their development. Those who lack the resources to compete with the elite will be the substandard class of society.
I cannot put in words how wonderful that was to watch! Just * chef’s kiss *
🍽️W0W!!…That’s an #AwesomeTeacher🤎💗✨
A lot of people need her course who were not taught as children. Now these children can help other children or their parents who do not have access to the teacher’s course. That is one of the skills Motown taught their artists. That is why they could eat at the table of Presidents, world leaders, business leaders etc.
What a nice thing to do for the students ! 🙂🥹❤ Awesome teacher 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 not many students get to experience fine dining cause families can’t afford to.
✝️🛐☮️💟
😍 All the feels! May The Almighty continue to bless Ms. Bey as a resource of inspiration & upward mobility. 🤍
Thank you Capital Grille….. 🎉. Beautiful life lessons
This felt good – Yehey! 💜 A subtle opposition to the woke indoctrination. Happy New Year 2025 🎆
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Love it 😊
This was common practice at my aunts home
The whole of America especially white people needs an etiquette class we’re tired of you coming to Europe and don’t have any manners
Love this 🫶🏾 a true passion for teaching and making a difference in young people’s lives.
This is Just Awesome
Thank you Teacher❤❤❤
Etiquette should be taught in all schools, at all levels of education!
What’s left for the parents?
“Fine, dining” that’s ridiculous.
Why?
An actual positive story and a good one at that. Thank you!
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Love watching NBS with my family in Spanish…been generating bilingual subtitles for them via Immersive translate app.
I like she is showing them a world beyond their home. I wish they my nephews school would do something similar. Because his parents are not. They live in a small rural town and comments he has made is disheartening to say the least. He has already formed opinions that are very narrow minded about the world and ppl that are not like him…at the ripe old age of 13.
This teacher is one in a million. She needs to get an award for this. Not only did she give the kids a great dinning experience, but she, also, taught them good manners. In restaurants I wish every kid behaved like this. It makes it so much better for restaurant staff and customers when kids are well behaved.
Blessings to this teacher, staff and restaurant owner! May they continue to be an example and make an impact to our children 🙏🏽❤️
Not important but definitely can be fun if not forced. Though BASIC etiquette Is important. I believe I was taught about fine dining etiquette when I was young.. forgot everything except how to set a table. 🤷🏻♀️
What a fun loving and creative mentor. THIS is how you teach kids. Prepare them for the world outside of their own, because that’s the one they’ll be going too. And make it fun!
Meanwhile this is normal and part of the curriculum in other developed countries.
I actually learned dining etiquette back in high school. This is cool.
They’ll remember this for many years to come ❤ Great teacher and great kindness from CG
Actually, it’s a good practice !
WHERE s the ADITUDE??? using fork is just too much …dis is just wrong
Wonderful learning classroom for life❤ a brilliant teacher on life etiquette skills for the amazing class this should be encouraged at many schools
Amazing!!! How i wish i could do this in my classroom. Glad they give her the autonomy to add in real world lessons to her students.
Would love to have them as a guest at the colored only cafe in Athens GA
Some teacher are just!!!!! So giving.
My kids all had excellent table manners until they went to college and started using the same “manners” as their friends.
I love it! We had etiquette books growing up. Parents were strict.
Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.”
And don’t know how to use the fork and knife correctly…?
This is amazing