I cannot emphasize enough that they made these with very little input from me.
- ALWAYS encourage others to do their best.
- NEVER talk about people behind their back.
- ALWAYS check your produce for pests. [They liked this one so much made a rap about it.]
- NEVER count your chickens before they hatch.
- NEVER tell your girlfriend to go to a convent and become a nun [Oh boy they REALLY liked this one]
- ALWAYS collect all the important information before making an important decision
- NEVER bite your thumb at us, sir. [They enacted this scene in the original language a lot, except they swapped every “sir” for “bro.”]
- NEVER judge based on appearances, because “all that glisters is not gold.”
- ALWAYS try to forgive others.
- NEVER be a colonizer. [Yes, a middle schooler said this]
- ALWAYS stay on forest trails
- NEVER fall in love with an ass. [They were excited about this one for obvious reasons.]
- ALWAYS stay in touch with those important to us
- NEVER read other people’s mail
- ALWAYS wash your hands. [One of the girls performed Lady Macbeth’s entire Out Damn Spot monologue at the end of the semester]
- NEVER succumb to peer pressure.