It was the first day of
school and a new student
named Pedro Martinez,
the son
of a Mexican
restaurateur, 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 Pedro,
who had his hand up.
"Patrick Henry, 1775."
"Very good!" apprised
the teacher. "Now, who
said, "Government of the
people, by
the people, for the
people, shall not perish
from the earth?"
Again, no response
except from Pedro:
"Abraham Lincoln, 1863."
The teacher snapped at
the class, "Class, you
should be ashamed!
Pedro, who is
new to our country,
knows more about its
history than you do!"
She heard a loud
whisper: "Screw the
Mexicans!"
"Who said that?" she
demanded.
Pedro put his hand up.
"Jim Bowie, 1836."
At that point, a student
in the back said, "I'm
gonna
puke." The teacher
glared
and asked, "All right!
Now, who said that?"
Again, Pedro answered,
"George Bush to the
Japanese Prime Minister,
1991."
Now furious, another
student yelled, "Oh
yeah? Suck this!"
Pedro jumped out of his
chair waving his hand
and shouting to the
teacher, "Bill
Clinton to Monica
Lewinsky, 1997!"
Now, with almost
a
mob hysteria,
teacher said, "You
little shit. If you
say anything else, I'll
kill you!"
Pedro frantically yelled
at the top of his voice,
"Gary
Condit to
Chandra Levy,
2001."
The teacher fainted, and
as the class gathered
around her on the floor,
someone
said, "Oh shit, we're in
BIG trouble now!"
Pedro whispered, "Saddam
Hussein, 2003."
Finally someone throws
an eraser at Pedro,
someone shouted "Duck"!
Teacher, just
waking, asked "Who said that?
Pedro blurts, "Dick Cheney 2006!"
