Importance of Paying Attention

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First-year students at Medical School were receiving their first anatomy
class with a real dead human body. They all gathered around the surgery
table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started the
class by telling them, "In medicine, it is necessary to have 2 important
qualities as a doctor: The first is that you are not disgusted by anything
involving the human body." For an example, the professor pulled back the
sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the corpse, withdrew it and stuck it
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 body and sucking on
it. When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them calmly and told
them, "The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my
middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay
attention......