What kind of student are you?
The Tanna’im (Rabbinic Sages) noted that there are four types of students (Pirkei ‘Avot 5.18):
[a] a sponge absorbs everything.
[b] a funnel takes in at one end and lets out at the other.
[c] a strainer lets the wine flow through and retains the sediment.
[d] a sieve allows the flour dust to pass through and retains the fine flour.
So, which do you think you are?
(found in the article, The Hebrew Teacher: Guru, Drill Instuctor, or Role Model? by Charles David Isbell).
October 27th, 2005 at 6:51 pm
Where’s the straight PVC pipe going right down to the gutter? That would be me!
October 28th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
Do you know Rube Goldberg?