This Is…

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Ronald T. Brown, Ph.D.

A psychology professor at the University of Miami knew his students expected a terrifyingly long final exam.

To play with their minds a little (what do you expect from a psychology professor?) he only put

ONE

question on the final exam. He watched the reactions of the students as they all opened the exams and saw simply one question. Initially they all looked relieved, but as the difficulty of the question began to sink in, those relieved faces sagged to confusion and consternation. All, that is, except for one student.

The student read the question, tapped his pencil into his palm a few times, then quickly jotted something down on the first page of the exam. He then walked up to the professor, handed him the test, and walked out of the classroom. The professor blinked in surprise, looked at what the student wrote, and smiled… The professor wrote “100%” on the top of that student’s test. The student got an “A” on the exam.

The question on the final exam: “What is courage?”

The student’s answer: This is.