Mrs. Parks, a sixth-grade science teacher, asked her class an interesting question: “Which part of the body gets ten times bigger when stimulated?” No one spoke up in the room because it was so quiet. That is, until little Mary stood up, her face red with anger.

Mary told Mrs. Parks that the question wasn’t proper for sixth graders and said she would tell her parents, who would then tell the principal about Martha. But Mrs. Parks wasn’t scared and asked the question again, which made Mary look shocked.

The rest of the class looked like they were holding their breath to see what would happen. Finally, Billy got the nerve to answer. He said that when the pupil of the eye is excited, it gets ten times bigger. Billy got the right answer, and Mrs. Parks told him so.

 

In front of Mary, she said, “You have a dirty mind, you didn’t read your homework, and one day you’ll be very, very disappointed.” When Mary realised she had thought too much about the question and come to the wrong conclusion, her face went bright red.