The president is visiting a school The president was doing a tour of the nation campaigning and one day he stopped at a school to give a presentation to the kids. After finishing the presentation, he took questions from the kids. One little girl raised he hand and asked, "What is a tradgedy?" "That's a very good question." The president said. "Can anybody answer it. Another little girl raised her hand. "If a group of kids were clmbing down a cliff, and their ropes broke, and they fell and died, that would be a tradgedy." "No," replied the president, "that would be a horrible accident. Would anyone else like to guess what a tradgedy is?" A boy in the back of the room raised his hand. "If a bus full of students slipped on a banana peel and fell off a cliff, that would be a tradgedy." "No," replied the president, "that would be a great loss. Does anyone else have a guess." An older boy raised his hand. "Mr. President," he said, "if you were flying and your plane crashed and you died, that would be a tradgedy." "Yes," said the president. "Can you tell me why that would be a tradgedy?" "Because," said the boy, "it wouldn't be a great loss, and it sure as hell wouldn't be an accident."