A university professor in America asked his students who the smartest people in the world are. The students, before the professor could even finish the question, immediately answered:
“The Jews.” The professor was surprised by the spontaneous answer and countered. “With sympathy, my dears, but before I even asked you answered me and that is neither right nor fair. So think about it carefully and tomorrow I will come back to the question.”
The next day the professor asks again: “Who are the smartest people in the world” and the students, now settled, answer: “The Greeks.”The professor was naturally surprised by the answer and asked his students, puzzled. “Well, yesterday you told me the Jews, today the Greeks. Can you explain it to me so that I can understand?
So they answer him as follows: For the Jews. “When a Jew climbs the ladder of his career, ten Jews below him push him up and ten Jews above him pull him up, to make his career easier. “So,” the professor asks curiously. So they answer him: “The following strange thing happens with Greeks: When a Greek climbs the ladder of his career, ten Greeks below him pull him down and ten Greeks above him push him down, but the Greek still climbs.