A first-grade teacher was
having trouble with one of her students. The teacher
asked, "Harry what is your problem?" Harry
answered, "I'm too smart for the first-grade.
My sister is in the third -grade and I'm smarter than
she is! I think I should be in the third-grade too!"
The teacher 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 the teacher he would give the boy a test and
if he failed to answer any of his questions he was
to go back to the first-grade and behave. The teacher
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 third-grade should
know. The principal looks at the teacher and tells
her, "I think Harry can go to the third-grade."
The teacher says to the principal,
"Let me ask him some questions?" The principal
and Harry both agree.
The teacher asks, "What
does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry, after a moment replies,
"Legs."
Teacher: "What is in
your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wondered, why
does she ask such a question!
Harry replied, "Pockets."
Teacher: "What does a
dog do that a man steps into?"
Harry: "Pants"
Teacher: "What starts
with a C and ends with a T, is hairy, oval, and delicious
and contains thin whitish liquid?
Harry: "A Coconut"
The principal's eyes open
really wide and before he could stop the answer, Harry
was taking charge.
Teacher: "What goes in
hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
Harry: "Bubblegum"
Teacher: "What does a
man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and
a dog does on three legs?"
The principal's eyes open
really wide and before he could stop the answer...
Harry: "Shake hands"
Teacher: "Now I will
ask some who am I" sort of questions, okay? "
Harry: "Yep."
Teacher: "You stick your
poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up. I get
wet before you do."
Harry: "A Tent"
Teacher: "A finger goes
in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best
man always has me first."
The Principal was looking
restless and bit tense. Harry: "A Wedding Ring"
Teacher: "I come in many
sizes. When I'm not well, I drip. When you blow me,
you feel good."
Harry: "A Nose"
Teacher: "I have a stiff
shaft. My tip penetrates. I come with a quiver."
Harry: "An Arrow"
Teacher: "What word starts
with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of excitement?"
Harry: "A Fire truck"
The principal breathed a sigh
of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in
the fifth-grade, I missed the last ten questions myself." |