When I read the front page headline, “Gov. to critics: ‘Kiss my butt'” (Jan. 15), I thought in horror, how am I going to explain this to my grade 5 students on Tuesday morning?

Where I teach, students are expected to follow the school motto of “Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be Responsible.” It is an expectation that students speak appropriately to staff and their schoolmates.

How confusing for my 11-year-old students to hear that their role model governor publicly used language addressed to citizens of Maine and beyond that was not following school rules.

Lydia Eusden, South Paris