A new teacher, on his first day, noticed that the other children were teasing one boy, calling him "Mikey the Moron."
During recess, the teacher asked the kids why they called him that.
"Well, sir, he really is a moron," one of them said. "If you offer him a big 50-cent coin and a smaller one-dollar coin, he'll always choose the 50-cent piece because he thinks it's bigger. Here, watch this..."
The boy held out both coins to Mikey, who, as predicted, took the 50-cent piece.
The teacher was surprised and asked Mikey later, "Why did you choose the 50-cent coin instead of the dollar?" Mikey replied, "Look, sir, it's bigger!"
After school, the teacher approached Mikey privately. "Don't you understand that even though the 50-cent piece is physically larger, the one-dollar coin is worth more and you can buy more with it?"
"Of course I understand that, sir," Mikey said.
"Then why do you always choose the 50-cent piece?" the teacher asked.
Mikey replied, "Because the day I choose the dollar is the day they stop giving me money!"
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