Recently, a private school 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.
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....
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.
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....
