Sharing In Class [via Nina Reznick]

One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children to tell the class what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up: fireman, mechanic, businessman, salesman and so forth. Little Justin was uncharacteristically quiet, so the teacher prodded him to share with his classmates.

Clearly reluctant, the boy said, "My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes to music in front of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he will go home with some guy and stay with him all night for money."

The teacher, shaken, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and took little Justin aside.
 
"Is that really true about your father?" he asked the boy.

"No," said Justin. "He works with the Republican National Committee and is helping to get Romney elected, but it is just too embarrassing to say that in front of the other kids."

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