True Story:
My great uncle received a full tuition scholarship to Northwestern University back in the late 20s/early 30s... the complete $350/year. He took a fairly broad liberal arts curriculum, including some philosophy classes.
At the final exam of one of these philosophy courses, the professor wrote the essay question on the board: "Why?"
After a few minutes of thinking, my great uncle wrote down his name and two words, handed in the exam, and left. He received an A for the exam and the course.
Yes, you guessed it. His response was "Why not?"
I suppose if a professor has enough insolence to put up such an unanswerable question for a final, my great uncle had some right to throw it back in his face. But that move still took some chutzpah - and guts.
Someday, I want to be like him.
1 comment:
dinna worry, you will be.
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