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Harold E Lehman |
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Oct 6, 05 - 1:56 PM |
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A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of
her
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> students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?"
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> Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in
the
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> 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the
3rd
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> grade too!"
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> Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office.
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> While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the
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> principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he
would
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> give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he
was
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> to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.
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> Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he
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> agreed to take the test.
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> Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
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> Harry: "9."
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> Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
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> Harry: "36."
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> And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd
grader
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> should know.
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> The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry can
go
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> to the 3rd grade."
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> Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions."
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> The principal and Harry both agreed.
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> Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two
of?"
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> Harry, after a moment: "Legs."
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> Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
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> The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
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> Harry replied: "Pockets."
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> Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
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> Harry: "Pants."
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> Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval,
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> delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
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> Harry: "Coconut."
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> The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
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> Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and
sticky?"
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> The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the
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> answer, Harry replied, "Bubble gum."
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> Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting
down
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> and a dog does on three legs?"
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> Harry: "Shake hands."
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> The principal was trembling.
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> Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means
a
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> lot of heat and excitement?"
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> Harry: "Firetruck."
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> The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put
Harry
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> in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong...... "
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