_ PARABLE OF THE STUDENT - FOR THE EXAMINATION SEASON

 

"And it came to pass early in the morning of the last day of the semester
there arose a multitude smiting their books and wailing, and there was
much weeping and gnashing of teeth, for the day of judgment was at hand
and they were sore afraid. For they had left undone those things which
they ought not to have done. And there was no help for them.

"And there were many abiding in their rooms who had kept watch over their
books all night, but it naught availed. And some, there were who arose
peacefully for they had prepared for themselves the way and made straight
the path of knowledge. And these wise ones were known to some as the
burners of the midnight oil, but by others they were called curve spoilers.

“And the multitude arose and ate a hearty breakfast and they came to the
appointed place and their hearts were heavy within them. And they had come
to pass, but some to pass out.

“And some of them repented of their riotous living and bemoaned their fate,
but they had not a prayer. And at the last hour there came among them one
known as the instructor, he of the diabolical smile, and passed papers
among them and went on his way.

"And many and varied were the answers that were given for some of his teaching
had fallen among the fallows, while still others had fallen among fertile
minds and still others had fallen flat.

“And some there were who wrote for an hour. Others wrote for two, but some
turned away sorrowful. And when they had finished, they gathered up their
belongings and went quietly away, each in his own direction and each one
vowing to himself in this manner:

"I shakl not pass this way again.' It is a Long rcad that has no turning."

 

Sunday September

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LAW OF APPLIED
TERROR:

80% of the final exam will be based
on the one lecture you missed about
the one book you didn’t read.