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The following story is circulating on social media.
A school inspector is sent to assess a Year 4 class in a school in Brisbane, Australia. The teacher introduces him to the class and says: “Let’s show the inspector just how clever you are by allowing him to ask you a question.”
The inspector reasons that normally class starts with religious instruction, so he will ask a biblical question. He asks: “Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho?”
For a full minute there is absolute silence.
Eventually, little Billy raises his hand, stands up and replies: “Sir, I do not know who broke down the walls of Jericho, but I can assure you it wasn’t me.”
Of course the inspector is shocked by the answer and the ignorance of the famous Bible story and he looks at the teacher for an explanation. Realizing that he is perturbed, the teacher says: “Well, I’ve known Billy since the start of the year, and I believe that if he says that he didn’t do it, then he didn’t do it.”
The inspector is even more shocked at this. He storms down to the principal’s office and tells him what happened, to which the principal replies: “I don’t know the boy, but I believe his teacher. If she feels that the boy is innocent, then he must be innocent.”
The inspector can’t believe what he is hearing. He grabs the phone on the principal’s desk and in a rage, dials the prime minister, rattles off the entire occurrence to her and asks her what she thinks of educational standards in the state of Brisbane.
The PM sighs heavily and replies: “I don’t know the boy, the teacher or the principal, and never heard of the school, but just get three quotes and have the bloody wall fixed!”
