Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
... I have known quite a few from across the pond who had it hammered into them in grammar school ...

When I wrote the post, I knew that "taught" was a loaded word implying "in school", but I couldn't think of a better one without making the post even more long-winded. I meant something more along the lines of "aquired a attitude from the general environment". The observed end result came about somehow.