Who’s Having Fun?

Clifton Fadiman had occasion to visit the kindergarten class of a highly progressive school attended by his son, Jonathan. The children were engaged in “rhythmic play,” where they were following the lead of their teacher, an energetic young woman, who danced about the room clapping her hands in time to the music of a record player. The docile pupils staggled behind her in ragged fashion.

Later Fadiman drew his son aside and said, “I guess you have lots of fun doing that, don’t you?”

The tot turned his face up to his father, and with resignation said, “No, we don’t, but” —pointing to the teacher— “she does.”

This joke is filed under Funny Stories.