submitted by Kath
Just in case you're worried that kids aren't as smart as they used to be, try this for some encouragement. Seems a teacher gave a class full of fourth graders a brain-teasing project, asking them to supply original endings to some very famous sayings. Their responses should tell you something about how bright they are:
• The grass is always greener ...when you leave the sprinkler on
The first thing I thought of when I read this was why didn't I think of that.
• A rolling stone ... plays the guitar
Yes! Is this an answer that provides Satisfaction or what?
• A bird in the hand ... is a real mess
Trust me. If you ever have a bird in the hand, you'll be able to identify.
• No news ... is no newspaper
It's no CNN and no PointCast, too. Flawlessly logical, isn't it?
• It's better to light one candle ... than to waste electricity
Here is someone who will be able to balance a budget.
• It's always darkest ... just before I open my eyes
And if you don't open your eyes, what happens? It stays dark. It's the ideal response.
• We have nothing to fear ... but homework
If you were in fourth grade, what else would you have to fear? Except...
• We have nothing to fear ... but our principal
Perhaps something spoken from experience?
• If you can't stand the heat ... don't start the fireplace
If you think that's the perfect response, try this one:
• If you can't stand the heat ... go swimming
Now that's perfect.
• Never put off 'til tomorrow ... what you should have done yesterday
Aesop couldn't have said it better on his best day.
• A penny saved ... is nothing in the real world
A future investment counselor here to be sure.
• The squeaking wheel ... gets annoying
Ain't it the God's honest truth?
• To err is human ... to eat a muskrat is not
It might be sub-human, but it's definitely not human.
• I think, therefore ... I get a headache
And who among us hasn't been there?
• Early to bed and early to rise ... is first in the bathroom
If you grew up in a big family, you know from whence this young one speaks.
• Don't count your chickens ... it takes too long
Clearly, this is a person who understands life's priorities.
• Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and ... someone yells, "Shut up!"
This rings true if you're 4 or 40.