The Mouths of Babes

A teacher assigned her young charges to write an essay entitled "My Favorite Room." When Horace turned in his paper he received an F. His father came the school to find out why, so the teacher showed him the paper. "He deserves an A for this," Horace's father said when he read it, "not an F." He pointed out that it was a perfectly acceptable response to the topic suggested by the title. "I like my room," Horace had written, "just the way it is."