Majority of the 27 respondents to a survey on courtesy at KMM were first-year students. The results showed that most students displayed good social etiquette in class, such as not littering or sleeping, though some played on their phones. In the cafeteria, over half of students queued up and thanked cashiers after paying. Most respondents also occasionally greeted people and did not ignore those they met.
1. Courtesy of KMM
There were 27 respondents to answer the “Courtesy in KMM” survey. Out of27
respondents, 11 were male and 16 were female. Majority of them are module 1, one year
course students. After the questionnaires were distributed, they were collected and the data
was tabulated. Below are the results of the analysis.
According to the Figure 1, majority of the respondents display a good practice of the
social etiquette. In the class, only 3.7% of the students litter and sleep and 74% of them never
litter and 29.6% never sleep in the class. 12 out of 27 respondents play their mobile phones in
class. In the aspect of saving electricity and cleaning up the whiteboard, occasionally, they share
the same percentage of students, 25.9% but most of them seldom help to clean up the
whiteboard which achieved 51.9%. Majority of KMM students occasionally eat in the class and
be punctual to class that achieved 51.9% and 44.4% respectively whereas none of them come
late to the class. In the aspect of apologizing to lecturer when coming late to class and paying
attention during the lecture occasionally achieved 40.7%.
In the cafeteria, 59.3% of them queue up when buying food and thank the cashier after
payment and only a few of them never queue up and thank the cashier after payment as 11.1%
and 7.4% achieved respectively.
Furthermore, 10 out of 27 respondents are willing to offer their seat to needy people
and only 1 out of 27 of them never offer their seat. Majority of the respondents seldom pick up
the litter and throw it into the bin. 59.3% of the students occasionally greet people and none of
them ignore the people they met. In the library, 55.6% of the students seldom make noise
whereas 3.7% of them always make noise.