Without micro publisher, "[attachment]" appears

I am appreciative of all the work that has put into this module. We see great potential in using it very extensively in some of our sites. We are a small educational/creative nonprofit in Vermont that tricks kids to express themselves...and gain skills along the way.

We are readying a new site using statuses and discovered that when we shut off micro publisher, each status post has this beneath it: [attachment]. I have attached a screen shot to show you what it looks like. I have looked everywhere for an explanation as to why this might be occurring or someone else having this problem but can find nothing on it.

Any idea why that would appear with the status post?

And, of course, how to fix it?

Thanks in advance.

Geoff Gevalt