So my stepmom sent me this in an e-mail the other day and just thought the lesson was so important that I just had to share.

THE DEAD COW LECTURE

 

This is the best example for paying attention that I have ever heard.

First-year students at the Purdue Vet School were attending their first

anatomy class with a real dead cow.

They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a

white sheet.The professor started the class by telling them, "In Veterinary

medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor. The

first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal's body."

For an example, the professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the

butt of the cow, withdrew it, and stuck his finger in his mouth. "Go ahead

and do the same thing," he told his students.

The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took

turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead cow and sucking on it.

When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, "The second

most important quality is observation.

I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger.

Now learn to pay attention.