>>> > Subject: Fw: First Grader
> >
>>> > >
>>> > > > What Starts with F and ends with K
>>> > > >
>>> > > >A 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......
