I answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!"
Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took me to the principal's office.
While I waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give me a test. If I failed to answer any of his questions I will go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.
I got in and the conditions were explained to me and I agreed to take the test.
Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Me: "9."
Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Me: "36."
And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know.
The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Travis can go to
the 3rd grade"
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions."
The principal and I both agreed.
Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
I answered, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
I replied: "Pockets."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Me: "Pants."
Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
Me: "Coconut."
The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, I replied, "Bubble gum."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Me: "Shake hands."
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions."
The principal and I both agreed.
Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
I answered, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
I replied: "Pockets."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Me: "Pants."
Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
Me: "Coconut."
The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, I replied, "Bubble gum."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Me: "Shake hands."
The principal was trembling.
Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Me: "Firetruck."
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Travis in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong.
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