Student Says He’s Too Smart For First Grade. This Is The Principal’s Response.

A First grade teacher was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, “Johnny what is your problem?”

Johnny answered, “I’m too smart for the first grade. My sister is in the third grade and I’m smarter than she is! I think I should be in the third grade too!”

The teacher reached her limit with Johnny’s behavior and decided to escort him to the principal’s office. As Johnny waited in the outer office, the teacher briefed the principal on the situation. The principal proposed a solution, suggesting that he would administer a test to Johnny. If Johnny failed to answer any of the questions, he would be required to return to the first grade and demonstrate better behavior. The teacher accepted this proposal.

Johnny was brought in and the conditions are explained to him and he agrees to take the test.

Principal: “What is 3 x 3?”
Johnny: “9”.
Principal: “What is 6 x 6?”
Johnny: “36”.

And so it went with every question the principal thought a third grader should know. The principal looks at the teacher and tells her, “I think Johnny can go to the third grade.

“The teacher says to the principal, “Let me ask him some questions?” The principal and Johnny both agree. The teacher asks, “What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?”

Johnny, after a moment, “Legs.”

Teacher: “What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?” The principal’s eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer, Johnny replied, “Pockets.”

Teacher: “What does a dog do that a man steps into?”

Johnny: “Pants”

Teacher: “What starts with an ‘F’ and ends in ‘K’ that means a lot of excitement?”

Johnny: “Fire truck.”

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, “Put Johnny in the fifth grade, I missed the last four questions myself.