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