Abstract
In the context of the ongoing transformations of society, politics and manners, the author focuses on the changes observed at school. She points to the violation of speech ethics in formal and informal situations (verbal and physical aggression). She describes and analyses manifestations of linguistic and paralinguistic discrimination, such as volume and modulation of the voice, as well as bodily behavior: gestures, facial and eye expressions. An attempt is made at characterizing the “new” school pupil, the “new” teacher and postulating a “new” educational milieu in which the traditional oppositions I − he/she and we − they will be replaced by one category we meaning I-the teacher and my pupils or I-the pupil, my colleagues and teachers. The author considers communication ethics as a foundation for building interpersonal relations.