Cleaning Up After Ourselves My school's native English teacher
once told the class a joke: "I thought I was in a school for
juvenile delinquents my first day here." As eager learners, we
asked, "Why, teacher?" "All of you were cleaning the school
after class," she answered, laughing. As none of us understand
what she had said, the teacher explained, "Students in America
don't clean the school after class unless they have done
something really bad. Imagine what I was thinking when I first
saw you all cleaning!" This was followed by some laughter and
sounds of understanding. Someone suddenly asked who cleans the
schools in the United States. "Janitors or custodians, who are
paid by the school to do so," our teacher replied. Risking the
possibility of receiving angry replies from other students, who
argue shortsightedly that forcing students to clean their
schools is a violation of human rights, I hereby state that
students should do so, solely for their own good. Schools are
called "little societies." This is b