A third-grade teacher was having a tough time with a boy in her class.
\n\u201cTeacher, I should be in the fourth grade! I\u2019m smarter than my sister, and she\u2019s in fourth!\u201d the boy insisted.<\/p>\n
The teacher, tired of arguing, took him to the principal. The principal decided to test him with a few fourth-grade questions.<\/p>\n
Principal: \u201cWhat is 3+3?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201c6.\u201d<\/p>\n
Principal: \u201cWhat is 6+6?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201c12.\u201d<\/p>\n
The boy answered every question correctly. Impressed, the principal told the teacher to move him up to the fourth grade.<\/p>\n
But the teacher had her doubts. \u201cCan I ask him some of my questions?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
The principal agreed.<\/p>\n
Teacher: \u201cWhat does a cow have four of that I only have two?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201cLegs!\u201d<\/p>\n
Teacher: \u201cWhat is in your pants that I don\u2019t have in mine?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201cPockets!\u201d<\/p>\n
Teacher: \u201cWhat starts with \u2018C\u2019, ends with \u2018T\u2019, is hairy, oval, and contains a sweet liquid?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201cCoconut!\u201d<\/p>\n
The principal shifted in his chair.<\/p>\n
Teacher: \u201cWhat goes in hard and dry, then comes out soft and sticky?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201cChewing gum!\u201d<\/p>\n
The principal wiped his forehead.<\/p>\n
Teacher: \u201cYou tie me down to keep me up. What am I?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201cA tent!\u201d<\/p>\n
The principal was getting nervous.<\/p>\n
Teacher: \u201cWhat gets bigger when you pull it, fits neatly between two things, and can save your life?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy: \u201cA seatbelt!\u201d<\/p>\n
The principal sighed in relief.<\/p>\n
The teacher continued, \u201cWhat starts with \u2018F\u2019 and ends with \u2018K\u2019, and if you don\u2019t get it, you might use your hands?\u201d<\/p>\n
The principal gasped, but the boy confidently answered, \u201cFork!\u201d<\/p>\n
The principal had enough. \u201cOkay, send this boy straight to college! I got all the answers wrong myself!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A third-grade teacher was having a tough time with a boy in her class. \u201cTeacher, I should be in the fourth grade! I\u2019m smarter than my sister, and she\u2019s in fourth!\u201d the boy insisted. The teacher, tired of arguing, took him to the principal. The principal decided to test him with a few fourth-grade questions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27564,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27563\/revisions\/27564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}