According to a news report, a certain private
Catholic school in Brisbane 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 provided it was of a natural or neutral skin tone, 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, Sister Paschal, 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 (you can
just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, Sister Paschal
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...
