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SOMETHING TO CHEER YOU UP (SA EDUCATION)
A really great SA joke!
The school inspector is assigned to the
grade 4 class in one of the local schools.
He is introduced to the class by the teacher.
She says to the class : "Let's show the inspector just how clever
you are by allowing him to ask you a question".
The inspector reasons that normally class
starts with religious instruction, so he will ask a Bible question. He
asks :"Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho?"
For a full minute there is absolute silence.
The children all just stare at him blankly. Eventually, Sipho raises his
hand. The inspector excitedly points to him. Sipho stands up and replies
: "Sir, I do not know who broke down the walls of Jericho, but I can assure
you that it wasn't me."
Of course the inspector is shocked at the
answer and looks at the teacher for an explanation. Realizing that he is
perturbed, the teacher says: "Well, I've known Sipho since the beginning
of the year, and I believe that if he says that he didn't do it, then
he didn't do it."
The inspector is even more shocked at this
and storms down to the principal's office and tells him what happened,
to which the principal replies : "I don't know the boy, but I socialize
every now and then with his teacher, and I believe her. If she
feels that the boy is innocent, then he must be innocent".
The inspector can't believe what he is
hearing. He grabs the phone on the principal's desk and in a rage dials
the Minister of Education's telephone number and rattles the entire occurrence
to him and asks him what he thinks of the education standard in S.A.
The Minister sighs heavily and replies
: "I don't know the boy, the teacher nor the principal, but just get three
quotes and have the damn wall fixed!!"
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