I am having a real problem with petty theft at school. You have heard it said that some people will steal anything that is not nailed down. My students are stealing the nails.
In education the nails are called staples. Every day I am forced to walk around the room to replace the staples that have disappeared. It is not a case of disintegration, it is theft.
Why do they steal the staples? Because they can and, believe it or not, I see them putting the contraband in their mouths. Maybe they have an iron deficiency. Because they know it is a way of messing with the Man and even if they are caught there will be no significant consequence.
Will this commit them to a life of crime? No, it will be other things, but it is an indication of how self centered they are.
Is this a big issue? Bigger than you might imagine. Last time I asked the front office for a box of staples they gave me four of the little strings of staples that come in the box. It seems that we were being rationed on staples.
So pay your taxes. Your local school needs the money for staples. Maybe if we can get enough staples we can get our librarians back.
homo unius libri
Maybe you should ask your kids for any creative ways to use staples. You might learn something interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt might be interesting but I am not sure that I would ever be able to get the image out of my head.
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