Saw this on Keo
Julius Malema, during his fact (read fund!) finding mission to the UK last week, was visiting a Scottish primary school and the class was in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asked Julius if he would like to lead the discussion on the word ‘Tragedy’.
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So our illustrious ex-leader asked the class for an example of a ‘Tragedy’.
A little boy stood up and offered, “If ma best freen, wha lives on a ferm, is playin’ in the field and a tractor rins ower him and kills him, that wid be a tragedy?”
“Incorrect”, said Julius, “That would be an accident.”
A little girl raised her hand, “If a school bus kerryin’ fifty children drove owr a cliff, killing a ‘body inside, that wid be a tragedy?”
‘I’m afraid not’, explained Julius, “that’s what we would refer to as a great loss.
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Julius searched the room. “Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”
Finally, at the back of the room, a wee lad raised his hand and, in a quiet voice, said: “If a plane kerryin’ you and your deputy ‘ wiz struck by a ‘freendly fire’ missile & blawn tae smithereens, that wid be a tragedy.”
“Fantastic!” exclaimed Julius, “and can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”
“Weel”, says the lad, “it has tae be a tragedy, because it certainly widnae be a great loss, and it probably widnae be a fockin accident either!”
