On Thinking Before You Speak

Feisty women,

Have you ever said, “You can think what you want, but you just can’t say what you want.”? I have said these words to middle school students more times than I can remember. I often caught students as they were starting to say something inappropriate. I could see their body language, and facial expressions, and hear their tone of voice change and I repeated the above words. Rarely then did I ever hear nasty words from them. Guess I need to say this to certain television personalities who have totally lost their filters. It’s easy, everyone, simply be quiet unless you have something nice to say. A new job awaits me as a television personality who reminds all adults of this rule and simply blocks and mutes those wanting to say nasty words. We would all enjoy television so much more and be happier without all of the unkind words.