Eva Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Not sure if this has been posted before, I have been MIA for a while, so may have mised it!Jacob Zuma while visiting a Primary School, looks in on one of the classrooms. The class is in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks the new ANC leader if he would lead the discussion on theword "Tragedy". So the leader asks the class for an example of a tragedy. Josiah stands up and offers: "If my friend, who lives on a farm, is playingin the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy". "No "says Zuma, that would be an "accident". Beauty raises her hand: "If a school bus, carrying 50 children, drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy. "I'm afraid not" explains Zuma, "That's what we would call a "great loss". The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. Jacob Zuma searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me anexample of a tragedy?" Finally at the back of the class Sipho raises his hand.In a quiet voice he says: "If a jet, carrying you, your wife and most of the ANC ministers, is struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, thatwould be a tragedy." "Fantastic!" exclaims Zuma, "that's right. Now can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?. "Well says Sipho, "because it wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyG Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Absolutely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcK Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Me thinks the pupil...sorry....learner....has a higher education than our President (for life) in waiting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreams Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 correction: not wife, wivesWas it a std 3 class? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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