According to a news report, a certain private school
in Edinburgh was recently 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.
in Edinburgh was recently 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.
