Lipstick in School

學校裏的口紅

華盛頓的一所私立學校正麵臨著一個獨特的問題。一群12歲的女孩子們開始在洗手間裏塗抹口紅。這到不是問題，問題是女孩子在唇上抹了口紅之後，再在鏡子上留下許多唇印。

清潔工每晚將唇印擦幹淨之後，女孩子們第二天又在鏡子上將唇印印回去。最後校長決定要采取措施。

校長將所以女孩子都召集到洗手間去見清潔工。校長說這些留在鏡子上的唇印給清潔工每天的清潔工作帶來了很大的麻煩。為了讓女孩子看看清潔工作有多困難，校長讓清潔工示範一下。

清潔工拿出一根長長的海綿刷，將刷子浸在馬桶裏，然後用海綿擦去鏡子上的那些唇印。

從那以後，鏡子上就再也沒有出現過唇印了。

這世界上有老師，更重要的是，還有教育家。

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