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Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

According to a news report, 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.

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...
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I liked this story because it illustrates how quickly you can change things once you discover the right kind of leverage.

Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

[Laugh]

That is too funny, and one brilliant teacher.

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

Of course, it's probably just an urban legend.

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

JB- I hope you're right; otherwise...EWWWW!

None the less, it's a great object lesson.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

You know some of these sorts of e-mails could be seen as modern-day Aesop's fables. I wonder if this is just the new way to transmit folklore that contains truth, that got shoved under the rug as being unimportant and unnecessary at the beginning of the computer age.

AJ

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

I've always liked that story, except for that last line which moves it into the realm of propaganda for a particular pedagogical standpoint.

-- I'm a teacher.