My sixth grade teacher was named Mr. Learner. He was a short stocky man with a bald head, and he was going though a ruff time that year. He spent most of the day in the back of the room making paper Moshe puppets and eating Tums while we were instructed to read a chapter in a book and answer the questions in silence. Anyhow one day when he was a little more social I said Mr Learner I have a test for you.I took a quarter and I drew five circles on a white piece of paper. Each circle was close together. I then handed him the quarter. I said the trick here is to see how coordinated you are. What you need to do is place all five fingers of your right hand in each of the circles I have drawn on the paper here. Then with you left hand squeeze the quarter tight between your thumb and pointer finger. Now this is the hard part, you must spell your name back wards while running the quarter down your face from your four head to your chin. You must do this four times in equal proportion over your face, not letting your fingers leave the circles. So Mr Learner very intrigued and knowing this is one thing he could do with ease embarks on the childish trick. The whole class watched as he began the task. But what he did not know is that the rim of the quarter was full of lead from the pencil and he was making four black lines down his face in equally per potion I might add. The whole class was roaring with laughter. He lefted not long after that not sure what got the best of him.
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