Teacherism: A teacher was given a herd of 20 cows. All she was required to do was take care of the cows and be sure they gave milk. First week, all things went well.
Second week, two of the cows didn't come back to the barn. She searched all over, and finally the cows came home. They were beat up and dirty and they gave no milk for days. She worked with them tirelessly - at times forgetting to milk her other cows. Finally the wayward cows gave milk. Not as much as the other cows, but still gave milk.
The government inspector came to view her cows. The inspector reprimanded her for forgetting to milk the other cows while taking care of the wayward cows. Then he asked her how many cows were giving chocolate milk. She looked at him like he had lost his mind. None give chocolate milk she told him. "Then we are cutting your milk subsidy because you have no chocolate milk." She was incredulous but continued to do her best. She needed the money from the milk to support her family. Then horror -three of the cows got sick. She spent hours nursing them back to health, while continuing to milk the other cows, and inspecting the wayward cows bruises and cuts to be sure they healed.
A few weeks later, the inspector came again. He asked her why the cows were not hooking up the milking machines themselves. Flabbergasted, she asked him why they needed to do that. Inspector replied - because that is the regulations for the cow/milk industry. He turned and drove away in his beautiful, fully equipped bright red Lexus. Again, shaking her head, the teacher tried and tried to teach those poor cows to hook up their own milking machine. She begged the chocolate cow percentage to please, please give chocolate milk. She kept hunting for those cows who continually failed to show up at the barn. She spent hours in the barn taking care of those cows and gathering milk. When her cows got sick, she was in the barn nearly 24/7 to fix them up. She was exhausted.
Again, the inspector showed up. He was furious. "What are you doing? You have FAILED to produce chocolate milk. You have cows continually getting out and getting bruised up and hurt. You have NO cows that can hook up themselves to the milking machine. You have sick cows. You are a total failure. We don't care that you have milk to sell - because you didn't follow every regulation. We are completely cutting your subsidy, and you get half the price for milk as other producers."
The LAST time the inspector showed up, he found an empty barn, cows wandering aimlessly around the pasture, hurting, bruised, beat up, and ready to be milked - but no one to milk them. The inspector turned around quickly, made his way back to his office and wrote yet another law: No cows shall be turned out to fend for themselves. The End.
