The teacher said, “Let’s begin by reviewing
some American History. Who said ‘Give me Liberty, or give me
Death’?”
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for
Little Akio, a bright foreign exchange student from Japan, who had his hand
up: “Patrick Henry, 1775,” he said.
“Very good! — Who said, ‘Government of the
People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the
Earth’?”
Again, no response except from Little Akio:
“Abraham Lincoln, 1863.”
“Excellent!” said the teacher continuing,
“Let’s try one a bit more difficult — Who said, ‘Ask not what your country
can do for you, but what you can do for your country’?”
Once again, Akio’s was the only hand in the
air and he said: “John F. Kennedy, 1961.
The teacher snapped at the
class, “Class, you should be ashamed of yourselves, Little Akio isn’t from
this country and he knows more about our history than you do.”
She heard a loud
whisper: “Fuck those Japs.”
“Who said that? — I want
to know right now!? she angrily demanded.
Little Akio put his hand
up, “General MacArthur, 1945.”
At that point, a student in
the back said, “I’m gonna puke.’
The teacher glares around
and asks, ‘All right! — Now who said that?”
Again, Little Akio says,
“George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.”
Now furious, another
student yells, “Oh yeah? — Suck this!”
Little Akio jumps out of
his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, “Bill Clinton, to Monica
Lewinsky, 1997!”
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said, “You little shit! —
If you say anything else — I’ll kill you!”
Little Akio frantically
yells at the top of his voice, “Michael Jackson to the children testifying
against him, 2004.”
The teacher fainted. As the class
gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, “Oh shit, We’re
screwed!”
Little Akio said quietly, “The American people, November 6,
2012”
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