Grades, excuses, bright parents all intertwined

For all purposes the 2020-2021 school year is over and in many cases students have already brought home their report cards. Hopefully most students received praises for their grades. Of course there was the report of one youngster who was chided for his low grades.
As an alibi he said, “Well, all boys got C’s and D’s, too.”
“All of them?” he was cross-questioned. “How about little Johnny Jones, who lives down the street?”  
“Oh, he got good grades,” the youngster admitted. “But, you see, he’s different. He has two bright parents.”
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One student had trouble with his consistent tardiness. The teacher questioned him:  “Why are you always late?”
“Well, there’s a sign down there” as he replied and pointed to the outside.
The teacher then questioned, “What has a sign got to do with your tardiness?”
The youngster answered. “The sign said: ‘School ahead; go slow.’”
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And finally in conclusion of school year observations, this note was found on my desk. 
Johnny said: “Daddy, my teacher wants me to prove that the White man is superior to the Indian. Can you help me?”
“Don’t think I can,” replied Dad. “When the White men took over the country, the Indians were running it. There were no taxes, and the women did all the work. How could they improve on system like that?” 
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The Editor in Chief of Rotary magazine solved my problem just when I was seriously considering to deal with our basement of “stuff.”
In the magazine column comment he mentioned that he had asked his son to help him deal with all the stuff down there in their basement. Apparently that chore had been tackled before, but this time the son had a stipulation. The son agreed on the condition he would help his dad get rid of things; he would not organize them!
Good idea . . . except I have no sons at home with such a strict decision of “get rid of.”
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A couple of other thoughts: 
“Grandchildren are God’s reward for growing old.”
“Instead of putting others in their place, try putting yourself in their place occasionally.”

RL Furse  is publisher emeritus of the News-Register