Biology class. I walk in and sit down. A fish has
already been placed on my table.
"Today," comes the anal voice of the TA, "we will be
examining fish. First, you must identify which kind of fish
you have. Then, I want you to write down everything you can
about this fish and hand it in at the end of class."
Oh great, another stupid idea, given by the infamous
instructor of all instructors. Honestly, where does this
guy store the good ideas. Often, it would seem, that there
is none, though this could not be true. Oh well, I might as
well write down what I know about fish.
It is a trout. white. seven fins. funny looking
mouth. black spots on its back. eyes. scales. gills.
Looks like that is about everything. I think I'll wait
until the end of class to turn it in.
"Turn in your papers as you leave," spouts the voice of
the anal instructor."
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Biology class. I walk in and sit down. A fish has
already been placed on my table.
"Today," comes the anal voice of the TA, "we will again
be examining the fish from yesterday. You will each use the
same fish that you used yesterday. Write down everything
that you notice about your fish."
This guy is nuts. It is as simple as that. What else
is there to notice about a fish. Hmmm. Perhaps, I can find
out something about the mouth of the trout. The teeth
appear to be part of the vomer bone on top of the mouth,
just like a salmon. Cool. The tail. It only moves in two
directions. This must be for a reason. Each fin has it's
own direction of movement. Class is almost over. I better
start writing all of this down.
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Biology class. I walk in and sit down. A fish has
already been placed on my table.
"Today," comes the anal voice of the TA, "we will again
be examining fish. I want you to write down every detail
about the fish."
"Excuse me. How long are we going to be examining
these dead fish? There is only so much to be said about a
fish."
"Every time we look at something intently, we notice
something new about it. New details crop up, giving us more
and more ideas of how we can use that which we are looking
at. Do not just look at something once and say that you
have seen all of it. Do not just look at something twice
and say that you have seen all of it. You have never seen
all of it."
Oh great, Mr.. philosopher. What next, a ploy to
overtake the world with a fish?
It is a fish. I already have that. Actually, I have
always noticed how those gills work. Suppose I take a look
at them... just grab a knife and here I go...
"Bob," comes the voice of the anal instructor, "I need
to lock the room."
"But there is so much to discover about this trout.
Did you know that its scales are larger than those of a char
fish. I compared them with those of Molly's fish. The
insides of this fish are incredible. There is too much to
write down."
"It appears," comes the voice of the anal instructor,
"that you have grasped the reason that I gave you this
assignment. The others have failed to understand that we
never stop learning about things, that we must look again
and again and again in order to even begin to learn. You
are the only one in this class who will receive a perfect
score on this assignment. Now, clean up and leave. I'm
hungry."
(-copyright Brian David Smith All Rights Reserved)
