From the day we entered biology class in high school, one blackboard was covered with the names and
locations of the major bones and muscles of the human body. The diagram remained on the board throughout the term, but the teacher never referred to it. On the day of the final exam, we found the board wiped clean. The examination consisted of only one question: “Name and locate every major bone and muscle in the human body.”
The class protested with one voice: “We never studied that.”
“That’s no excuse,” said the teacher. “That information was right in front of your eyes for the last months.”
After we had struggled with the test for a while, the teacher collected our papers and tore them up.
“Always remember,” he told us, “that education is more than just learning what you are told. Most education comes from looking.”
—J.S. in Reader’s Digest
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