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 Actually, he's a great guy, but ask an 11-year-old and he'll get
the shakes when the principal's name is mentioned.
From two or three separate young reporters, this is what we were
able to put together.
Before school ended for the summer, each class was paid a visit
by the dreaded Mr. A.
"How many of you are honest?" he asked, looking around the room.
Hands shot up everywhere.
"Then you don't mind taking a test, do you?" No one minded out
loud.
He told them this would be a true-or-false quiz. They were to
number their test papers from one to 20 and be ready, 'cause this
was going to be fast. Then he began firing questions at them as
quickly as he could, while pacing the floor ala Capt. Bligh. They
were to put a plus sign down for true and a minus sign for false.
Somewhere in the middle he grinned and said, "Number 11: The
moon is made of green cheese, true or false?"
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There were snickers around the room, breaking some of the
tension.
When the test was over, Der Testfuhrer told each student to
correct his or her own test.
"Number one: true. Number two: true. Number three: false..."
When number 11 came up, he declared it to be true. Some of the
ones who had put a minus there drew a line through it, making it a
plus. When everyone finished, he said, "All right now. How many of
you got number 11 right? Really? That many? Well, I'll have to ask
your teacher to explain that the moon actually isn't made of green
cheese. That'll give you something to think about this summer, too."
Heart trouble is almost unknown among the under-12 set. Good
thing, too.
[Text from file received from Slim Randles]
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