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11-22-2009, 06:40 AM
First Graders Are Smart
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first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of
> her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's 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. 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 is in your pants that you have but I do not
> have?"
>
> The principal wondered why would 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 starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval,
> delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
>
> Harry: "Coconut."
>
> The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
>
> Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and
> sticky?"
>
> The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop
> the answer, Harry replied, "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 was trembling.
>
> 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....
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first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of
> her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's 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. 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 is in your pants that you have but I do not
> have?"
>
> The principal wondered why would 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 starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval,
> delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
>
> Harry: "Coconut."
>
> The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
>
> Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and
> sticky?"
>
> The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop
> the answer, Harry replied, "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 was trembling.
>
> 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....