“I’ll give two dollars to the child who can tell me who the most famous man in history was,” the teacher said.
“It was St. Patrick,” an Irish boy said, raising his hand.
“Sorry, Sean, that’s not correct,” the instructor said.
A French boy then raised his hand and declared, “It was Napoleon.”
“I’m sorry, Pierre, that’s not right either,” the teacher said.
“It was Jesus Christ,” a Jewish boy finally said, raising his hand.
“That’s exactly right, Maurice. Come up here and I’ll give you two dollars,” the instructor said.
“You know Maurice, you being Jewish, I was very surprised you said Jesus Christ,” the teacher said as she handed Maurice his money.
In response, Maurice said, “Yes. Although I knew deep down that it was Moses, business is business.