The answers have changed
Albert Einstein was teaching at Oxford in 1942 and he had just administered an exam to a senior class of physics students. He was on his way back to his office with his teaching assistant who was carrying the exam papers.
As they walked across the campus, the assistant said, "Dr. Einstein, that exam that you gave to the senior class, wasn't that the same exam that you gave last year?"
Einstein replied, "Yeah, yeah ... it's the same exam." "But Dr. Einstein, how could you give the same exam to the same class two years in a row?" "It is very easy, the answers have changed!"
If you were asked what your worries were a year ago, have the answers changed? What was your major problem a year ago? What was your major health problem, your major personal problems, your personal financial problems, your major worries, your relationship problems. What were you preoccupied with this moment one year ago?
Have the answers changed?
Think about it this Monday morning.
As they walked across the campus, the assistant said, "Dr. Einstein, that exam that you gave to the senior class, wasn't that the same exam that you gave last year?"
Einstein replied, "Yeah, yeah ... it's the same exam." "But Dr. Einstein, how could you give the same exam to the same class two years in a row?" "It is very easy, the answers have changed!"
If you were asked what your worries were a year ago, have the answers changed? What was your major problem a year ago? What was your major health problem, your major personal problems, your personal financial problems, your major worries, your relationship problems. What were you preoccupied with this moment one year ago?
Have the answers changed?
Think about it this Monday morning.
posted by raymond at 11:54 AM
2 Comments:
Where did you get this urban legend? I can not authenticate this story anywhere.
I've seen this attributed to Einstein at Princeton. One thing for sure is it didn't happen in Oxford in 1942!
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