Detroit middle schoolers deliver a strong lesson in civility, choice, maturity, restraint, and responsibility to City Council pro tem president Monica Conyers:

Conyers didn't like being in the hot seat--but she kept her temper with the kids better than she did with her colleagues. And, in a meliorative gesture, she subsequently gave them an award. I don't love the award part -- giving kids prizes simply for having their heads screwed on straight is a bit screwy. If Conyers had really wanted to acknowledge the wise words of these kids, she would have apologized to the fellow Councilman she verbally attacked--something she has not done, and has publicly vowed not to do.