Fwd: U.S. History Lesson

R rhisiart at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 17 14:30:09 PDT 2002


> It was the first day of school and a new student named Suzuki,

> the son of a Japanese businessman, entered the fourth grade in

> America. The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some

> American history. Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death?"

>

> She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Suzuki. "Patrick Henry,

> 1775," he said.

>

> "Very good! Who said 'Government of the people, by the people,

> for the people, shall not perish from this earth?'"

>

> Again, no response except from Suzuki. "Abraham Lincoln, 1863,"

> said Suzuki.

>

> The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed.

> Suzuki, who is new to our country, knows more about its history

> than you do."

>

> She heard a loud whisper: "Screw the Japs." "Who said that?" she

> demanded.

>

> Suzuki put his hand up. "Lee Iacocca, 1982."

>

> At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke."

>

> The teacher glares and asks, "All right! Now, who said that?"

>

> Again, Suzuki says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister,

> 1991."

>

> Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? Suck this!"

>

> Suzuki jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the

> teacher, "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"

>

> Now with almost a mob hysteria someone said, "You little shit. If

> you say anything else, I'll kill you."

>

> Suzuki frantically yells at the top of his voice, "Gary Condit to

> Chandra Levy 2001."

>

> The teacher fainted, and as the class gathered around the teacher

> on the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, we're in BIG trouble!"

>

> Suzuki said, "Arthur Andersen, 2002."



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