How We Treat People

Five lessons to make you think about the way we treat people.

1. First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady. During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade...

God is like...

A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to communicate ideas about God. Here are some of the results...

How old is grandma?

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his mother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.

The Grandma replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born, before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill. There was no radar, credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens...

Double Dog Dare Ya

Mom was at home when the kids got home from school;
when nobody owned a purebred dog;
when a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a huge bonus;
when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny;
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done and wore high heels; If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!

I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA!!!!