In a high school class in New-Jersey, USA, which comprised of white Americans & a lone Indian, Subramanian - whose parents emigrated from the southern Indian region of Chickmaglur, Tamil Nadu - the teacher, Ms.Sarah Gibson, was taking an oral quiz on American Presidents. Q1) Who said, Give me Liberty or give me death? Patrick Henry, at the Virginia convention, 1775, answered Subbu at once; Q2) Who uttered the famous, Government of the people,by the people,for the people shall not perish from the earth? Sarah felt that many hands would go up. But it was only Subbus, Abraham Lincoln,Gettysberg address,1863; Q3)Who declared, Im into war & Politics so that my sons shall learn Mathematics & Philosophy, & their children, in turn, can study Art, Architecture & Music?. John Adams, ( 1802), shot back Subbu; By now the other children were restless, & getting jealous of their foreign batch mate. Came the next Q4).A day that will live in infamy. Subbu got up from his seat, & shot back, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1941), & George W.Bush (2001). The entire class glared angrily at Subbu. One of them vented his anger on the teacher by saying, She sucks. Subbu stood, waived his hand frantically & yelled, Bill Clinton, (the Monica Lewinsky affair) 1998. Hearing this,Ms.Sarah fainted. Everybody gathered around her. One of the boys said in fear, Oh God! We are screwed. Once again Subbu,George W.Bush, during the Iraq war. (2002).
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 04:08:33 +0000
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