Some animals in a forest decided to start a school. The
students included a bird, a squirrel, a fish, a dog , a rabbit &
a mentally retarded eel. A board was formed and it was
decided that flying, tree climbing, swimming, and burrowing
would be part of the curriculum in order to give a broadbased
education. All animals were required to take all
subjects.
The bird was excellent at flying and was getting A’s but
when it came to burrowing, it kept breaking its beak and
wings and started failing. Pretty soon, it started making C’s
in flying and of course in tree climbing and swimming it was
getting F’s. The squirrel was great at tree climbing and was
getting A’s, but was failing in swimming. The fish was the
best swimmer but couldn’t get out of the water and got F’s
in everything else. The dog didn’t join the school, stopped
paying taxes and kept fighting with the administration to
include barking as part of the curriculum. The rabbit got A’s
in burrowing but tree climbing was a real problem. It kept
falling and landing on its head, suffered brain damage, and
soon couldn’t even burrow properly and got C’s in that too.
The mentally retarded eel, who did everything half as well
became the valedictorian of the class. The board was
happy because everybody was getting a broad-based
education.
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