We were out to dinner a few years ago, just after Christmas — a little family celebration. As we’re talking, the topic turns to Christmas Eve. My nine-year-old asks, “How late did you stay up?” Now we hosted Christmas Eve dinner with 17 people, and the kids didn’t get to bed until 1130.
My wife answer, “12:30.”
My son’s response, “Did you see Santa?”
My wife, “No.”
My son, “That’s because you’re Santa.”
And then he unleashed an unstoppable argument with rock-solid supporting details. He was like the Juggernaut while my wife and I just stood there like reindeer in headlights.
You eat the cookies, you wrap the presents in different paper and set them out, the bag couldn’t hold all the toys, flying reindeer???, getting into every house on the planet in one night???
He slammed down a royal flush on the table, and my wife and I were holding a pair of twos.
I always said I couldn’t answer a straight question about Santa. A vague question maybe, but a head-on, “Is Santa real?”- that’s the tough one. And he went way beyond that.
The funny part is your exams are similar. In a sense, they aren’t real. They are testing medical knowledge, but they’re also testing study skills, time management, brain care, and test-taking skills. Medical knowledge is important, but it’s hardly the main story.
And the funny part is that no one sees it. You have to look past what they present. If you want to do more than just pass, you have to see through the smoke and mirrors and recognize exactly what’s going on here.
In the January edition of The Physician Assistant Exam Scholars newsletter, I’m pulling back the curtain on the Wizard of Oz. I’m going to show you exactly what it means to study and gain knowledge. If you set it up my way, you’ll move away from memorization and into true, durable knowledge that will serve you for years to come.
You see, your schools tell you what to learn, but they do not show you how to learn. That’s where I come in.
Let me help you make 2022 Spectacular. Join me here:
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Brian Wallace
