It started as a simple vocabulary lesson.<\/p>\n
Then Little Johnny raised his hand.<\/p>\n
And the entire classroom lost control.<\/p>\n
One morning, a teacher decided to make her vocabulary lesson more fun by turning it into a game.<\/p>\n
She wrote a letter on the board and challenged the students to think of words that started with it.<\/p>\n
The class loved the idea.<\/p>\n
Hands shot into the air.<\/p>\n
One student gave an answer.<\/p>\n
“Apple!”<\/p>\n
“Very good,” said the teacher.<\/p>\n
Another student answered.<\/p>\n
“Animal!”<\/p>\n
“Excellent.”<\/p>\n
Everything was going smoothly.<\/p>\n
The students were engaged.<\/p>\n
The teacher was happy.<\/p>\n
And for once, the lesson seemed almost too easy.<\/p>\n
Then she noticed Little Johnny sitting in the back row.<\/p>\n
He had a huge grin on his face.<\/p>\n
And his hand was raised higher than anyone else’s.<\/p>\n
Immediately, the teacher became suspicious.<\/p>\n
Johnny had a reputation.<\/p>\n
Whenever he looked that confident, trouble usually followed.<\/p>\n
She tried calling on other students first.<\/p>\n
But Johnny kept waving his hand.<\/p>\n
“Please, Mrs. Parker! I know one!”<\/p>\n
The teacher hesitated.<\/p>\n
Then finally sighed.<\/p>\n
“All right, Johnny. What’s your word?”<\/p>\n
Johnny stood up proudly.<\/p>\n
“The word is ‘dictate.'”<\/p>\n
The teacher blinked.<\/p>\n
Honestly, she was surprised.<\/p>\n
That was actually a pretty good vocabulary word.<\/p>\n
“Very nice, Johnny,” she said. “Can you use it in a sentence?”<\/p>\n
Johnny nodded confidently.<\/p>\n
“Sure.”<\/p>\n
The classroom waited.<\/p>\n
Johnny cleared his throat and said:<\/p>\n
“My sister gave me a sweater for my birthday.”<\/p>\n
The teacher frowned.<\/p>\n
“Johnny, that sentence doesn’t contain the word ‘dictate.'”<\/p>\n
Johnny smiled.<\/p>\n
“Yes it does.”<\/p>\n
The teacher shook her head.<\/p>\n
“No, it doesn’t.”<\/p>\n
Johnny grinned even wider.<\/p>\n
Then he said:<\/p>\n
“It does if you say it fast.”<\/p>\n
The room went silent for about two seconds.<\/p>\n
Then one student figured it out.<\/p>\n
A second later, the entire classroom erupted with laughter.<\/p>\n
Several kids nearly fell out of their chairs.<\/p>\n
The teacher’s face turned bright red.<\/p>\n
And Johnny sat back down looking very pleased with himself.<\/p>\n
From that day forward, whenever someone mentioned vocabulary class, nobody remembered the lesson.<\/p>\n
They remembered Johnny.<\/p>\n
And the sentence that made the whole school laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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