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So Much to Learn(2)

Three hours passed. Then the professor began to collect the papers.

The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. No one spoke.

As papers in hand, the professor faced the class. He surveyed the worried faces before him,

then asked, How many completed all five questions? Not a hand was raised.

How many answered four? Still no hands.

Three? Two? The students shifted restlessly in their seats.

One, then? Certainly somebody has finished one. But the class remained silent.

The professor put down the papers. That is exactly what I expected, he said. I just want to impress upon you that,

even though you have completed four years of engineering. There are still many things about the subject you don't know.

These questions you could not answer are relatively common in everyday practice. Then, smiling, he added, You will all pass this course,

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