school elementary & high musical & middle & primary & public

This very question is asked at least once a day about home schooled students.
So, I thought I would ask the same question about public school students.
Let us start with a definition of social skills.
Social skills are the skills that enable a person to interact and communicate with others in a meaningful way. Social skills are closely allied to Emotional Intelligence (EI)- a kind of intelligence or skill that involves the ability to perceive, assess and positively influence one’s own and other people’s emotions. In order to interact effectively with others, one has to be able to monitor and control one’s own emotional state.
There are a number of attributes or skills that can generally be included:
* The ability to remain appropriately calm in social situations.
* ‘Active’ listening skills
* Feeling empathy with other people
* Rapport building skills.
* Appropriate degree of self disclosure.
* Appropriate eye contact.