When she received her grades from Harvard, she was delighted that they were higher than she had expected, and she phoned to tell her parents. While she was on the phone with her mother, mom shared the news with her 16-year-old son, whose experiences with school were far different from his sister. “Guess what, George? Your sister’s on the dean’s list!”“Wow!” he replied. “How’d she get in that much trouble?”
하버드에 다니는 그녀는 예상보다 좋은 성적을 받아 신이 나서 부모님께 전화를 걸었다. 전화를 받은 어머니는 그 소식을 열여섯 살 된 아들에게 알렸는데, 녀석의 학교 성적은 누이와 아주 딴판이었다. “조지야, 네 누나가 어땠는지 알아? 학장님 명단에 올랐다는구나!” 그러자 조지가 답했다. “와아, 어쩌다가 그렇게 크게 걸려든 건데?”