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<\/p>\naartiK, Abi, ajay.co, alan.fly, anganaG, aparnaA,<\/p>\n
biniS, carl, devanshiS,<\/p>\n
Gordon, himaP, jyotsnaM,<\/p>\n
kanikaS, kevin, komal,<\/p>\n
meherM, namita,<\/p>\n
paridnyaK, prachiS, priyaBaid,<\/p>\n
rackheeT, rasika, renitaF, ruchiPar,<\/p>\n
sanketK, shrutiW, sohiniM, soniaJ, supriya, swethaA,<\/p>\n
trishaH, udayK,<\/p>\n
vaishakhee, vaishaliJ, zenia,<\/p>\n
My dear<\/p>\n
Teachers\u2019 Day sometime back. One must not forget to include parents too in the blessings and wishes for teachers. Much of their lives is precisely engaging themselves in teaching and helping their children grow up.<\/p>\n
I occasionally wonder how successful I would have been as a parent. It’s easy when one does this from a distance and makes suggestions to those who are in that particular battleground doing their best to combine educational discipline with parental affection in a way that wins all round approval.<\/p>\n
Life in that arena is really very challenging for sure, and I am glad that I am out of it!!<\/p>\n
Of course we should fuss over our children and pamper them\u00a0and make allowances for the many bizarre things they are doing. Now and then, however, we also need to bring to them home truths in ways that are practical and effective…<\/p>\n
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Lipsticks in school<\/p>\n
According to a news report, a certain private school in Brisbane was
\nrecently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were
\nbeginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was
\nfine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to
\nthe mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.<\/p>\n
Every night the maintenance man would remove them and the next day the girls
\nwould put them back.<\/p>\n
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all
\nthe girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She
\nexplained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the
\ncustodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the
\nyawns from the little princesses). To demonstrate how difficult it had been
\nto clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how
\nmuch effort was required.<\/p>\n
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned
\nthe mirror with it.<\/p>\n
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
\nMuch of the wisdom we try to pass on to our children bounces off their psycho-reinforced body armour and we worry about all our efforts going to waste.<\/p>\n
I often tell parents here not to just bring up their children but also to grow up with them.<\/p>\n
Growing-up is for everybody and just because we are older it does not mean that we have all the answers. (Much of the time we do not even know what the questions are!!)<\/p>\n
Neither do they, for that matter! And maybe we will have to continue cleaning mirrors with water from the toilet bowl and they will continue kissing lipstick marks on those mirrors for a while before the lessons finally go home.<\/p>\n
(Parents please note: It is possible that the children get to like the taste for toilet bowl water! If they do that then you are in it a little deeper that you think and you might have to try out some other method!!)<\/p>\n
Real education is not obvious and does not come easy!<\/p>\n
All else well with me and I continue enjoying the many things I am busy with… well… more or less!<\/p>\n
Love to you, Terry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
aartiK, Abi, ajay.co, alan.fly, anganaG, aparnaA, biniS, carl, devanshiS, Gordon, himaP, jyotsnaM, kanikaS, kevin, komal, meherM, namita, paridnyaK, prachiS, priyaBaid, rackheeT, rasika, renitaF, ruchiPar, sanketK, shrutiW, sohiniM, soniaJ, supriya, swethaA, trishaH, udayK, vaishakhee, vaishaliJ, zenia, My dear Teachers\u2019 Day sometime back. One must not forget to include parents too in the blessings and wishes for … <\/p>\n