OFF HIS DOT
It was a very hot day, and the teacher was vainly endeavouring to teach his unappreciative class the rudiments of geometry. With the point as the centre/ he began, placing one leg of the compasses on that point. Then he turned to the boys to make some remark, inadvertently-letting the compasses slip. Immediately the stupidest boy of the class raised his hand and waved it wildly., Yes, Johnson?’ asked the teacher. ‘Please, sir,’ came the prompt reply, ‘ you’re off your dot.’
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New Zealand Tablet, 31 August 1911, Page 1718
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84OFF HIS DOT New Zealand Tablet, 31 August 1911, Page 1718
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