--- In [email protected], "abc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A certain private school in Washington recently was faced with a unique > problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were 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 on the mirrors. > > 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 had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the > maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out > a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror > with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the > mirror. > > There are Teachers, and then there are Educators.
this is priceless. good thing to remember if a similiar situation arises with my daughters. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
