Post by Cynetix on Aug 3, 2005 7:54:03 GMT -5
A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, is having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asks, "Harry, what's your problem?"
Harry answers, "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 has had enough. She takes Harry to the principal's office. While Harry waits in the outer office, the teacher explains the situation to the principal. The principal tells Ms. Brooks he'll give the boy a test. If he fails to answer any of his questions he's to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agrees.
Harry is brought in and the conditions are explained to him and he agrees to take the test. Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9".
Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36".
And so it goes with every question the principal thinks 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 agree.
Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wonders why she would 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, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?
Harry: "Coconut."
The principal sits forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
The principal's eyes open really wide, but before he can stop the answer, Harry says, "Bubble gum."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."
The principal is trembling.
Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' and means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck"
The principal breathes a sigh of relief and tells the teacher, "Put Harry in the 5th grade, I got the last seven questions wrong."
Harry answers, "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 has had enough. She takes Harry to the principal's office. While Harry waits in the outer office, the teacher explains the situation to the principal. The principal tells Ms. Brooks he'll give the boy a test. If he fails to answer any of his questions he's to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agrees.
Harry is brought in and the conditions are explained to him and he agrees to take the test. Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9".
Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36".
And so it goes with every question the principal thinks 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 agree.
Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wonders why she would 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, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?
Harry: "Coconut."
The principal sits forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
The principal's eyes open really wide, but before he can stop the answer, Harry says, "Bubble gum."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."
The principal is trembling.
Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' and means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck"
The principal breathes a sigh of relief and tells the teacher, "Put Harry in the 5th grade, I got the last seven questions wrong."