An Old Teachers Advice


* Keep skunks, lawyers and central office administrators at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It doesn't take a very big person  to carry a grudge.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the things people worry about don't happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life, when you're older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
 * Don't interfere with something that is not bothering you.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. 
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and much of that comes from bad judgment.
* Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.
* If you get to think you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's class around.






Did you here about the cross-eyed teacher?
– She couldn't keep control of her pupils.





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