Social Graciousness?

Side-track a bit. I've used to hear a lot of this phrase, "social graciousness", during my secondary school days. My then principal will emphasize in his weekly assembly speech about this, and to make social graciousness part of our lives.

Unfortunately, I'm beginning to see less and less of this side from people. I really wonder where has all the education gone? Are the kids these days being taught social graciousness in school? Or maybe the school education system places grades as priority and not the well-being of the future generation. I seriously wonder... educate or literate is more important.

When I'm queueing up in line at the bus terminal, I see kids cutting queue in front. On the buses or trains, I often see pregnant women standing, likewise the elderly. It's fair if someone had offered his/her seat and that standing person declined, but I don't see such offers at all. There are times when I see someone giving up their seat for the more needy, but incidents are few. It does bring a smile to my face and warmth to my heart when this happens.

What is becoming of our society? Are we really becoming a selfish lot? Only bothered about grades or oneself? It's a real disgrace to see Singapore falling into that.