Never stop learning

This afternoon a doctor told me an interesting story about his

fellowship training; before he started his own medical practice.

He and his classmates were closing a long day in the hospital with

group rounds (where students follow an Attending Doctor or "the boss").

Already over-worked and under slept, the students were eager to leave.

The Attending, Dr. X, liked to make his students feel about 1 inch tall,

by reminding them they were troglodytes in comparison to him, with

his knowledge and experience.

So, it was after a long day, people were hungry/tired and Dr. X was

finishing a long explanation of how particular ventilators worked -

not just in the hospital, but how the ventilators worked in space

(as if, somehow the usage of ventilators in space was common to

the average medical doctor).

Dr. X closed his remarks and a hand shot up from the back of the group.

The students inwardly groaned, as the raised hand spoke up and said,

"Dr. X, you're wrong about the ventilators."

Dr. X, replied, "I didn't hear you correctly, what did you say?"

again the voice said, "you're wrong about the ventilators. I've been

to space and they don't work like you say they do."

The raised hand in the back of the group belonged to a former

Astronaut, who had been to space twice. After the grueling experience

to become an Astronaut, the man decided to go back to school to

become a doctor.

The point of the story was to encourage me to never to stop learning.