Now that has probably been one of the best analogies that I have seen
in a very long time!
The point should be well taken from this . . .
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher K. St. John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2001 9:23 am
Subject: Re: Why the people are so rude ?
> Bhushan Bhangale wrote:
> >
>
> Albert Einstein worked at the Princeton Institute for
> Advanced Studies[1]. One day, as he was deep in thought
> at his desk, there was a loud knock on his door. Einstein
> looked up, startled. There, in the doorway, stood a
> young student from the neighboring university. In a
> loud void the student announced "I am taking a beginning
> physics class, and I am confused by the first problem
> in Chapter 1. Here is the problem." And the young
> student slammed the book down on Einstein's desk and
> demanded "What is the answer?"
>
> Einstein sat back in his chair and pondered for a
> moment. Normally, he would have called for campus
> security immediately, but this was the 43rd time an
> insistent student had bothered him that week, and
> he wanted to get to the bottom of the problem.
>
> "Son", said Einstein, "I could doubtless do your
> homework for you, but I've got very important things
> to work on, and only a limited amount of time left
> before I die. Do you really think my time would be
> best spent doing your homework?"
>
> "Yes, of course. My homework is obviously the most
> important thing, since my immediate gratification out
> weighs any other consideration. I could ask my teacher,
> but you are smarter than he is, so I have chosen to
> ask you. So answer!" shouted the student.
>
> Einstein was taken aback by this, but instead of
> answering in anger, he merely asked "Son, I know you
> are not a total idiot, since you had to pass the
> entrance exam of the university. The answer to your
> question is available in the very book you slammed
> down onto my desk. If you were only to read the
> first chapter, you would be able to do the homework
> problem easily on your own".
>
> "You aren't listening old man!" screamed the student.
> "Answering my question is the most important thing
> in the whole world! Why are you so rude? You know the
> answer and you won't tell me! You are mean! And you
> are impolite!"
>
> At this, Einstein picked up the his cane and hit
> the student very hard over the head with it. And
> the student was enlightened.
>
>
>
> -cks
>
>
> [1] <URL:" target="l">http://www.ias.edu>
>
>
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