06/30/2025 from Daily Jokes
#20766
It was a bright Monday morning, and the classroom buzzed with the usual energy that came after the weekend. Ms. Carter, a young and enthusiastic teacher, stood at the front of the third-grade classroom, determined to make math fun for her students.
“Alright, class,” she began, smiling warmly, “Let’s try a little word problem.”
She picked up a piece of chalk and wrote on the board:
“If you have one dollar and you ask your dad for another dollar, how many dollars do you have?”
Turning to the class, she pointed her chalk at a boy in the third row. “Billy, why don’t you give this one a shot?”
Billy, an honest boy with a sharp mind and a bit of mischief in his smile, sat up straight and said, “One dollar.”
Ms. Carter raised her eyebrows. “One? Billy, are you sure? If you have one and you ask your dad for another, wouldn’t that be two dollars?”
Billy shook his head. “No, ma’am.”
She chuckled gently. “Billy, I’m sorry, but it seems you don’t know your math.”
Billy leaned forward, his face completely serious. “I’m sorry, Miss, but it seems you don’t know my dad.”
The class burst into laughter. Ms. Carter, surprised at first, joined in with a chuckle. “Well, Billy,” she said, trying to regain her composure, “I guess that’s more a lesson in economics than arithmetic.”
