Responsibility and the Library Book

It seems as though I am instilling the art and discipline of Responsibility day after day after day after day in these little angels.


"..was that very responsible of you to swing your backpack and hit Timothy in the face?"

".. probably not a very responsible choice to stand up on on the chair in front of your classroom and make those statements to the rest of second grade"

"..your clothes are all wet because you were sitting in the urinal. Doesn't sound very responsible to me".

This morning,  during my rounds, I found a library book laying in the middle of the hallway. It was sitting there, like a poor defenseless victim, just waiting to be trampled on. Some miscreant had lost it haphazardly. My arms folded. It was time for a little chat about responsibility.

I took the book to the library, so that our librarian could analyze the forensic evidence and give me the name of the perp that had discarded the book.

"..that's one of your books..." She replied

Huh?

".. Yea, you checked it out for a Guidance lesson. You must have dropped it" my librarian cohort said.

Oh. Sorry.

"Just be more responsible next time"