A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is an
American. She
>asks her students to raise their hands if they were American
too.
>
> >Not really knowing why but wanting to be like their
teacher, their hands
>explode into the air like flashy fireworks.
>>There is, however, one exception . A girl named Sana'
has not gone along
>>with the crowd. The teacher asks her why she has decided
to be different.
>>"Because I am not a American." replied Sana'. "Then",
asks the teacher,
>>"What are you?" "I'm a proud Arab," boasts the little
girl.
>The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly
red. She asks
>Sana' why she is an Arab. "Well, my mom and dad are Arab's,
so I'm an Arab
>too." The teacher is now angry . "That's no reason", she
says loudly "if
>your mom was an idiot, and your dad was an idiot, what woul! d
you be then?"


>A pause, and a smile . "Then" says Sana', "I'd been
American."