It was the first day of a school in USA and a new
Indian student named Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.
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 Chandrasekhar,
who had his hand up'Patrick Henry, 1775' he said.
'Very good! Who said 'Government of the People,
by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?''
Again, no response except from Chandrasekhar.
'Abraham Lincoln, 1863' said Chandrasekhar.
The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should
be ashamed. Chandrasekhar, who is new to our country,
knows more about our history than you do.'
She heard a loud whisper: 'Fuck the Indians,'
'Who said that?' she demanded. Chandrasekhar put his
hand up. 'General Custer, 1862.'
At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'
The teacher glares around and asks 'All right!
Now, who said that?' Again, Chandrasekhar says,
'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'
Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!'
Chandrasekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and
shouts to the teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997'
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said 'You little shit.
If you say anything else, I'll kill you.' Chandrasekhar frantically
yells at the top of his voice, ' Michael Jackson to the child
witnesses testifying against him, 2004.'
The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around
the teacher on the floor, someone said, 'Oh shit,
we're screwed!' And Chandrasekhar said quietly, 'I think it
was Lehmann Brothers, November 4th, 2008'.
Sent by Arun Shroff.
I think American History is great.
Not something dead like ours, Mohenjo Daro and the Indus valley civilizatiom
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