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Finishing School Semester (Taster)

Completed by 24 learners
Ages 11-16
Live One-Time Class
In this six month long course, we are going to delve into a more authentic etiquette experience.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(70 reviews)

Live video meetings
Meets once
1-9 learners per class
35 min

What's included

1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hours
Homework
I will send students home with some assignments, normally this will take them several hours to complete, it is optional but fun!

Class Experience

US Grade 7 - 10
Welcome to my new class!

Welcome to my one-hour talk introducing my new Semester long course starting in 2024
I have been teaching etiquette for just over two years on Outschool and the students I teach have played a vital role in the development of my course. It had been suggested several times that students get rather sad when my ten-week course finishes and that a class that lasted a semester or longer would be preferable. 

I decided to take on this ambitious project and expand, this could not have been done without the help of my gorgeous great-grandmother Annie who has happily sat with me for hours recalling wisdom from her deportment school days. As if that were not enough she put me in touch with some of her friends who attended a French etiquette school in the 1950s named the Sorbonne. Thank you to my former students for your patience as I have been creating this project, I look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Lots of love and warmest regards
Phoebe

Other Details

Supply List
Please bring a note pad and pencil, something to drink and wear comfortable clothes you can more around in.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

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Joined November, 2020
4.9
70reviews
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Hello Parents and Students of Outschool

I have been creating my own unique classes online for just under a year and I have met so many wonderful young people from all over the world! I am so happy that I have received kind emails from parents and students, this truly has become a passion project for me and one I look forward to every day.
My most successful course by far has been my online finishing school which has had incredibly positive feedback from parents and students. It has encouraged me to continue working on this platform as it is such a joy helping young people with their confidence. 
I have had many neurodivergent students enroll in my classes and it has really helped them with social anxiety and interacting with their peers in a public setting.
Finishing schools are typically very exclusive and can cost $30,000 for a six-week course! I want to give as many young people as possible the ability to see how many doors in life can be opened with poise and good manners. Finishing schools of the past were sometimes thought of as places where you only went to learn how to find a husband but this was not the case. My headteacher was a formidable woman with Edwardian sensibilities but she made it very clear that the skills we learned in her school were a gift to us to benefit us and enhance the quality of our lives. 
It is true that in this day and age women who are fortunate enough to attend finishing schools do so to further their careers and improve their public speaking skills. When I left school I started working abroad and was pleasantly surprised to find my traditional English manners made me defter at picking up cultural customs of foreign countries this, in turn, meant I was warmly accepted in my workplace for being so observant and considerate. I made friends quickly and was able to advance at a young age.
This class is perfect if you want your son or daughter to increase their confidence, and interact more naturally with other people, and of course, I consider etiquette to have some elements of a social self-defense class that gives young people the skills to uphold boundaries under social pressure.
I feel I am in a very fortunate position to be able to teach this class and I am planning to continue for the rest of the year.
I look forward to meeting your son or daughter and many wonderful students this Spring.
Kind regards
Phoebe

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