I Cannot Leave My Brothers

A Parable

Now there was a professor who had two students. One an A+ student, the other an F student. The professor, as keen as he was, couldn’t figure out why one student retained the wisdom he bestowed & the other, well, he wasn’t. So the professor watched the two and wrote down their differences.

First, the professor called the A+ student parents and asked to meet with them during office hours. When the parents and student arrived they discussed not his grades, not his future academic plans, but instead, his personal life outside of school. Aestiva scholé if you will. The student explained that he spent his time with his friends whom he cherished. He explained how they would talk about what they learned that week, what they were grateful for, and what they can improve on. When the professor asked whether he would find his time more enjoyable partying at clubs the student replied: “My friends wouldn’t accompany me to places like that.”

Concluding his findings in the first student he called the second student and his parents. When they met, again, they discussed not his grades or his plans for the future, but his personal life. Pyrochronos if you will. The student spent a huge amount of his time with his friends as well, but, what they did was talk about celebrity gossip and scrolling on social media. The student said “I get bored, and I try to change what we do. But they always say my ideas are lame. So we just do the same routine everyday”

When the professor got back to his house he reported his findings. He wrote down: “Can you blame a seed for failing to grow in concrete?”