This research is aimed to find out the influence of education towards politeness strategies used by Buginese Bone. In analyzing the data, the researcher used the qualitative descriptive approach. Moreover, the data were obtained through a participant recording and note taking. The research result indicates that education can influence the politeness strategies of Buginese Bone in the configurations of asymmetrical social relation of Yassi’s theory that are hierarchy in kinship and hierarchy in nonkinship. Buginese Bone people tend to use negative politeness or indirect language. The reason why because Buginese Bone people more hierarchical and pay more attention to use honorific and address term. In this case, the parents and the teachers use negative politeness in educating their children and students.

Keywords : Politeness Strategies, Education, Negative Politeness.