JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

A school inspector was impressed by the children that he had observed, but wanted to ask one more question before departing.

"How many hairs does a horse have?" he asked.

Much to the amazement of both the inspector and the teacher, a nine year old boy answered "3,571,962."

"How do you know that your answer is correct?" asked the inspector.

"If you do not believe me," answered the boy, "count them yourself."

The inspector broke into laughter and vowed to tell the story to his colleagues when he returned to Vienna.

When the inspector returned the following year for his annual visit, the teacher asked him how his colleagues responded to the story.

Disappointedly he replied, "I wanted very much to tell the story but I couldn't. For the life of me, I couldn't remember how many hairs the boy had said the horse had."

The point of this simple story is this:

Get the big picture. Memorizing facts without understanding their relevance is an utter waste of time!