CHEATING

An aged teacher at Eton School was overseeing a history examination one afternoon. When the allotted two hours was up, he told the pupils to put down their pens and went down the aisles collecting their papers. When he came to one pupil, he said: "I won't be collecting your paper as I saw you cheating." He was about to proceed when the pupil stood up and exclaimed haughtily: "Cheating? Do you know who I am?" The teacher, having dealt with many such arrogant pupils in his time, responded disdainfully: "No, young man, I do not, nor does it bear any consequence." The pupil said smiling: "Oh, it does. If you don't know who I am..." and without finishing the sentence, he stuffed his paper into the middle of the pile the teacher was holding and ran out of the classroom.

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