TRUE STORY
Educators
According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington
DC was recently faced with a unique problem.
A number of 12-year-old girlswere beginning to use lipstick and would put it on
in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would
press their
lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night the
Maintenance man would remove them and the next day the girls would put them
back.
Several memos were posted about this, without effect. Finally the
principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to
the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained
that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian
who had to clean the mirrors every night. To demonstrate how difficult it
was to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls
just how hard it was.
Under careful instructions, the man took out a long-handled squeegee, solemnly
dipped it in the nearest toilet bowl, and scrubbed at the mirror. There was
complete silence in the room. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the
mirror. There are Teachers ... and then there are Educators.
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