[WillowTheWhisp]

The school inspector is introduced to the class by the teacher. She says to the class:"Let's show the inspector just how clever you are by allowing him to ask you a question". The inspector reasons that normally class starts with religious instruction, so he will ask a Bible
question.

He asks :"Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho?"

For a full minute there is absolute silence. The children all just stare at him blankly. Eventually, Stephen raises his hand. The inspector excitedly points to him. The boy replies : "Sir, I do not know who broke down the walls of Jericho, but I can assure you that it wasn't me."

Of course the inspector is shocked at the answer and looks at the teacher for an explanation. Realising that he is perturbed,the teacher says:

"Well, I've known Stephen since the beginning of the year, and I believe that if he says that he didn't do it, then he didn't do it."

The inspector is even more shocked at this and storms down to the principal's office and tells him what happened, to which the principal replies : "I don't know the boy, but I socialise every now and then with his teacher, and I believe her. If she feels that the boy is innocent, then he must be innocent".

The inspector can't believe what he is hearing. He grabs the phone on the principal's desk and in a rage dials the Minister for Education's telephone number and rattles the entire occurrence to him and asks him what he thinks of the education standard in the school. The Minister sighs heavily and replies :

"I don't know the boy, the teacher nor the principal, but just get three quotes for the work and get the wall fixed!!"