The 50-points Question

There was once a teacher who gave a surprise test to his class. The instruction stated on the test paper that each student is to answer ONLY ONE question from the 3 questions on the paper. Each question carries different points, 50 points for the first question, 40 points for the second, and 30 points for the third. The students only have 10 mins for the test.

After the test, the teacher collected all the papers and immediately graded them. Students who attempted the first question were given "A", students who attempted the second question were given "B", and for the third question were given "C". So a curious student asked the teacher,"Why are we given the same grade for the same question we answered?"

And so the teacher said, "This is not a test for your knowledge but a test on your attitude. For those who have succeeded in life is because they have the attitude to aim high constantly. If they fail once, they'd try again but they never lower their expectations."

Moral of the story: Winners have the "aim-high" attitude, never let failure defeats them, and always pick themselves up to have another go. Their mindset is always about winning.

As the saying goes,"Triumph is all in the first syllable".