According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington, DC 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.
Several memos were posted about this, without effect. 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 was to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls just how hard it was. Under careful instructions, the man took out a long-handled squeegee, solemnly dipped it in the nearest toilet bowl, and scrubbed at the mirror.
There was complete silence in the room. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are Teachers ... and then there are Educators.
(I WAS INSPIRED TO PUBLISH THIS ENTRY BECAUSE OF KA URO'S " ANG TOILET " WHICH WAS INFLUENCED BY SASSAFRA'S "TOILET TALK".)
e di natauhan ang mga bata. haha.
ReplyDeletespeaking of lipstick, isa yan sa mga bagay na di ko lubos na naiintindihan. ewan ko kung ako lang o maging ang ibang lalaki katulad ko rin. i know lipstick can improve the facial appearance of women. pero and hindi ko magawa ang halikan ang babaeng may lipstick. nasa mind ko kasi parang kumakain ako ng lipstick at dahil hindi ko alam ang chemical composition ng lipstick natatakot ako baka unti-unti akong nalalason. weird ba ako?
bakit parang nabasa ko na ito? parang naikwento ko na nga yata sa iba (see teacher sol's old post). huli ka =)
ReplyDeletehappy monthsary nga pala!
pero bakit ganun? yung archives mo nagsisimula sa july 2004...
ang galing ng kwento :)
ReplyDeleteka uro hindi ka nag-iisa, hehehe. wala namang masama sa lipstick pero mas masarap halikan uyng walang lipstick :)
haha ang kwela ha! Naalala ko ganyan ginawa sakin ng mama ko dati (hindi ako naglilipstick). Kasi 8 years old na ako naggagatas parin ako gamit ang baby bottle; nilagyan nya ng sili one time yung gatas ko na nasa bote hanggang sa natraumatize na akong uminom sa bote at gumamit nalang ng baso. weird no hehe
ReplyDeleteMagandang ideya! Bakit kaya hindi ilubog lahat na pondong pera ng Pilipinas sa maduming inidoro na kita ng mga graft and corrupt government officials at politicians, maatim pa kaya nilang ibulsa ito? Ako na rin ang sasagot ng tanong ko....Sigurado makakapal naman ang mukha at matitibay naman ang sikmura ng mga gahamang iyan!
ReplyDeletenyahahaha nice one, teacher sol!!!
ReplyDeleteKA URO,Natatwa ako sa pagka-naive ninyo, haha. Nai-imagine ko sobrang simple ni misis, di gumagamit ng make-up o lipstick kaya na-inlove kayo sa kanya. Dati simple rin ako, pero yung mga barkada ko ng college nilagyan ako ng make-up noong gi-gimmick kami. Nabighani sila, ang laki daw ng improvement. Sabi ko ayoko. Sabi nila: "Baliw! It enhanced your beauty". Ngayon, konting powder and lipstik ok na ako lumabas.
ReplyDeleteISABELA, yung mga reporters sa news sa ABS CBN, nagugulat ang asawa ko pag walang make-up, ang laking down grade daw, hehe. Batu-bato sa langit ang tamaan wag magalit. Eh di lahat nga naman halos ng babae nangingisay na sana pag gumagamit ng lipstick. Di na kailanagan humalik ng ibang babae si Ka Uro, andyan si misis, hehe.
VONJOBI, tingnan mo yan, kakasabi ko nga lang ng history ng Teacher Sol blog ko last entry sa comments, na-miss mo. Sabi ko Technically, I started blogging end of July 2004 with this blog being my test blog. In the header was written "My Heart Whispers" and it was an anthology of poems I give as examples to my students for their class digital anthology. I updated once a month, because I was focused in another blog, MY DIGITAL BOOK (www.teachersol.blog-city.com), my lifestory according to me from birth 'til present.
ReplyDeleteThen I got bored with the drama of my DIGITAL BOOK, I wanted something more interactive. Less than two months ago, I decided to change the title of the header of this blog, the layout, etc...and the poems were set aside in the links. This Teacher Sol blog was born, updated almost everyday except on weekends. Mahirap talagang mag-absent 'no? Pero tama ka, sabi ko na nga ba pamilyar ang entry ko, di ko matandaan kung nailagay ko na dito, pero nasa Friendster blog ko ito. Thanks for pointing to me the link. Researcher ka nga, hehe. Di mo napansin, starting May lang nagkaroon ng matinong entries itong blog na ito?
DARKBLAK, Nauuwi sa halikan ang usapang kubeta ah, haha.
MIKEY,malapit ko na ring lagyan ng ili ang daliri ng anak ko, 7 yrs old na nagta-thumb suck pa pag natutulog. Effective talaga pala. Eh ngayon, natuto ka rin ba kumain ng sili? I bet na-trauma ka sa maanghang, haha.
ReplyDeleteGOYONG,aktibista ka ba noong araw? Parang nararamdaman ko ang sobrang galit mo sa mga walang kaluluwang mga tao na ito, hehe. Di nila iindahin kahit lunurin sila sa kubeta, bastos yung mga yun eh, ang kubeta nga ang dapat na maging silid nila. Kahit i-flush ang pera, walang paki yang mga yan. Hay grabe! Nadadala ang emosyon ko sa mga sinasabi mo...
ang galing ng strategy ng principal!
ReplyDeleteparang gusto ko hanapin yang principal na yan at baka me idea sya kung ano pede natin gawin sa mga pulitiko dito sa pilipinas.
SASSAFRAS, Oks ba? Nakikiuso dahil sa usapang banyo sa mga blogs ninyo :D
ReplyDeleteNIKKI, Pareho ang sasabihin ng principal: ilublob ang mukha nila sa inidoro at ipampunas sa salamin na may lamat ng mga lipstik. :D
Oh my goodness! What a great story!
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Ha ha ha.
ReplyDeleteBut in all seriousness, I personally think that 12-year old girls are too young to be putting lipstick on. Or maybe I'm just conservative.
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OFF TOPIC: hi GLENN EARL, BTW, just accidentally found 2 more gaerlan bloggers, the wonders of the blogosphere! SAM BALIBIT (not his real name) and PRADA MAMA (not her real name). They're in my blog links. Your roots are from Dumaguete? What's your e-mail addy?
ReplyDeleteHi John! Back from Vegas too soon? when I was 12, I was still playing Luksong Tinik and never bothered to care about how I looked like in front of the boys. Still in shock up to now with the culture of my Junior High students. Maybe I'm as conservative as you.
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Love your story! Take care.
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yes, 12 yr olds in public school start putting make-up on early. even in private school, these girls put on make-up right after school. i was given an option to go to an all-girl catholic school in ninth grade. but after observing the girls' short, short skirts, and the same girls putting on make-up in the bus on the way somewhere after school, i backed out and went to the local public school instead. i'm keeping a close eye (and an open communication) on my third grade daughter --- peer pressure is scary.
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ZACH, thanx for dropping by my blog. There was a military man, from the navy, who made a review of my DIGITAL BOOK (www.teachersol.blog-city.com) who really took the time to finish every page and chapter of the story. You're the first military man to appreciate my teaching blog though. Take care and keep writing! I'll be reading from now on.
ReplyDeleteMILKPHISH, Good you pointed that out to me. It's really good to maintain an open communication with our kids. I guess it's still too early for me to get worried about my 7 y/o daughter putting on "real lipstick" (we let her put chapsticks, and she likes imitating mom putting on make-up) but lifes running too fast now.
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hi teacher sol,
ReplyDeletemy daughter is only 3 yrs old, everytime she sees her mom put on some lipstick she wants to do the same.she cries whn i tell her tht is bad for her at her age. so grandma bought her those kids pretend lipstick. kids nowadays start young. also speaking of lipstick and makeup, that is why pinays i believe are still one of the prettiest women in the world bec even wthout makeup they are still pretty.
Hirap magblog hop :P I have read that somewhere but it still is a funny story.
ReplyDeleteTrue...
"There are teachers and there are educators"..nice!
ARVIN, my daughter is starting to imitate me too when I put on powder and lipsick. It's her tita's fault, she gave her a really nice big time make up set (for kids, hypoallergenic) which is better than my make -up kit Now she's so kikay na talaga with matching nail polish pa!
ReplyDeletePATRICE, haha, it's really exhausting to be a good blogger...
ISABELA, Corporal punishment yang sinasabi mo, bawal yan dito makukulong ako. At saka di ko practice yan eh. Papakantahin ko nalang ng "Lupang Hinirang", tapos recitation ng "Panatang Makabayan", tutal may bandila nang nagwawagayway dito, galing sa avatar nya, haha :D *joke lang Von, peace man!
naku, napagalitan tuloy. sorry na po, kinain kasi nung aso yung kopya ko ng wiretapped recording kaya, hayun, napagalitan ako ni nanay at pinagbawalang gumamit ng computer.
ReplyDeletesana maniwala kayo... at sana may kinalaman ang parusa sa kasalanan. yun ang makatarungan diba? =)
galing!
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