Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.

Albert Einstein
Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last...
Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last...
Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last...
Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last...
About This Quote

This quote is a play on what Einstein once said to his students who would ask him the same exam questions year after year. Often, students are so used to the material that they fail to see what is being tested in an entirely new way.

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