Some years are for growing Amaryllis...some are not. This is an Amaryllis year!One of the most important lessons given in teacher training was that of gaining the janitor's respect. The janitor would be the first to know if one was losing it...or if one never had it!
I'm clearing out files. Not only is it an Amaryllis year, it is a year for file cleaning. I found the following: A certain private school in Washington 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.
And that is why teacher training focused on the importance of the janitors!
