Yes, I know Father's Day was yesterday, but this story is not really about Father's Day.
I brought home a history test (could have been third grade of maybe fifth grade), anyway the test had 10 questions and all my answers were marked correct, giving me a score of 100 and an "A" grade. My dad looked at the paper and said, "This is wrong; Patrick Henry said "give me liberty or give me death," not James Otis. And you have Patrick Henry saying "Taxation without representation is tyranny."
Dad took a pencil and made big black X's on those incorrect answers and told me I would have to show them to the teacher. That hurt, I knew the teacher would change my grade to "C" but she would not be pleased that she was caught in a mistake.
Why wasn't one of the questions Nathan Hale's cry, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." I have never forgotten that challenge.
I brought home a history test (could have been third grade of maybe fifth grade), anyway the test had 10 questions and all my answers were marked correct, giving me a score of 100 and an "A" grade. My dad looked at the paper and said, "This is wrong; Patrick Henry said "give me liberty or give me death," not James Otis. And you have Patrick Henry saying "Taxation without representation is tyranny."
Dad took a pencil and made big black X's on those incorrect answers and told me I would have to show them to the teacher. That hurt, I knew the teacher would change my grade to "C" but she would not be pleased that she was caught in a mistake.
Why wasn't one of the questions Nathan Hale's cry, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." I have never forgotten that challenge.
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