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From: "Fields, Linda" <fieldsl@guilford.k12.nc.us>
Subject: tell it like it is
Yay, I'm getting there, too! Today the boys were talking about butts (third
grade) . . . well, just my matter of fact statement, "I'd rather that we did
not talk about that part of the anatomy today in art class." set them to
giggling, and made them stop. They appreciate straight talk, don't they.
leah
> Marsha wrote:
>
> I love it! In my old, grey-haired age, I just tell it like it is, which
> usually defuses everything.
>
> I love it! Me, too. There are a few advantages to being a "mature one",
> aren't there? Linda in NC