Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Lipstick in schools

According to a news report, a certain junior school in Newcastle was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 11-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the girls toilets.

That was ok, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night the caretaker would remove them and the next day the girls would put them back.

Finally the Head teacher decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the toilets and met them there with the caretaker.

She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the caretaker who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).

To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the caretaker to show the girls how much effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in to one of the toilets, 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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