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| The tragedy of Andrew Demetriou's Primary School visit. |
Andrew Demetriou was visiting a Melbourne primary school and the class was in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
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The teacher asked Mr. Demetriou if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'Tragedy’.
So the A.F.L. leader asked the class for an example of a ‘Tragedy’.
A little boy stood up and offered: “If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playin' in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a tragedy.”
“Incorrect,” said Demetriou. “That would be an accident.”
A little girl raised her hand: “If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over a cliff, killing everybody inside, that would be a tragedy.'”
“I'm afraid not”, explained Demetriou, “that's what we would refer to as a great loss”.
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Demetriou searched the room.
“Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”
Finally, at the back of the room, little Johnny raised his hand and said: “If a plane carrying you and Wayne Carey and Brendon Fevola and Ricky Nixon was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.”
“Correct.” exclaimed Demetriou, “and can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”
“Well”, said Johnny, “it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be a f*****g accident either!”
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Posted on May 01, 2011 18:39pm by admin
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