A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is a Texas Aggie. She asks her students to raise their hands if they are Aggies, too. No one really knows what a Texas Aggie was but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands explode into the air like fleshy fireworks.
There is, however, one exception. A girl named Kristen has not gone along with the crowd. The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.
"Because I'm not an Aggie." "Then," asks the teacher, "what are you?"
"Why, I'm a proud Red Raider," boasts the little girl.
The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asks Kristen why she is a Red Raider.
"Well, my mom and dad are Red Raiders, so I'm a Raider, too."
The teacher is now angry. "That's no reason," she says loudly. "What if your mom was a moron, and your dad was a moron. What would you be then?"
A pause, and a smile.
"Then," says Kristen, "I'd be an Aggie.