President Bill Clinton was visiting an elementary school today and when he
> visited a class in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
> meaning, the teacher asked the President if he would like to lead the
class in the discussion of the word, "Tragedy."
> So our illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a tragedy. One
> little boy stands up and offers, "If my best friend, who lives next door,
> was playing in the street and a car came along and ran over him, that
would be tragedy."
> No," says Clinton, "that would be an accident."
> A little girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying 50 children
drove
> off a cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be a tragedy."
> I'm afraid not," explains Mr.. President. That's what we would call
GREAT LOSS."
> The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. President Clinton
> searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example
of a tragedy?"
> Finally, way in the back of the room, a small boy raises his hand. In a
> quiet voice he says, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr. & Mrs. Clinton, was
> struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.
> "Fantastic," exclaims Clinton, "that's right. And can you tell me WHY
that would be a tragedy?"
> Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly
> would be no great loss." |
