A school teacher injured his back and had to
wear a
plaster cast around the upper part of his body. He wore it
under his shirt
and it was not noticeable at all. On the first day of
the term, still
with the cast under his shirt, he found himself
assigned to the toughest
class in the school.
Walking
confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as
wide as
possible and then busied himself with desk work. The classroom
became a
bit unruly and he admonished them. This happened several times.
While working at his desk, the strong breeze from the window made his
tie flap annoyingly. He kept rearranging and rearranging the tie as
the
class become more and more unmanageable.
Finally,
becoming disgusted with the wayward tie, he stood up and took
a big
stapler off his desk and stapled the tie to his chest in several
places.
Discipline was not a problem from that day forth.
