[Help to parents who want to communicate with their children over the
Christmas break]
Your bedroom isn’t cluttered; it’s just “passage restrictive.”
Kids don’t get grounded anymore. They merely hit “social speed bumps.”
You’re not late; you just have a “rescheduled arrival time.”
You’re not having a bad hair day; you’re suffering from “rebellious follicle
syndrome.”
No one’s tall anymore. He’s “vertically enhanced.”
You’re not shy. You’re “conversationally selective.”
You don’t talk a lot. You’re just “abundantly verbal.”
The food at the school cafeteria isn’t awful. It’s “digestively
challenged.”
No one fails a class anymore; he’s merely “passing impaired.”
You don’t have detention, you’re just one of the “exit delayed.”
These days, a student isn’t lazy. He’s “energetically declined.”
Your locker isn’t overflowing with junk; it’s just “closure prohibitive.”
Your homework isn’t missing; it’s just having an “out-of-notebook
experience.”
You’re not sleeping in class; you’re “rationing consciousness.”
You’re not being sent to the principal’s office. You’re “going on a
mandatory field trip to the administrative building.”
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given