Then, the Sequel
After Billy, the high school left guard, staggered off the field and drank the mandated bottle of Anavex No-ConCuss, he went back to school on Monday, and had a big (of all topics) biology test on Wednesday.
He had to answer the kinds of questions I used put on my high school biology tests. Many are cellular biology questions, where keeping track of the many chemical names (either acronyms or long words) and how they interact can be daunting. Mere memorization is but the first step in attaining a competent grade. Must also be able to know how the molecules react, in proper sequences, in their proper intracellular locations.
Billy studies hard for the test, takes it, and awaits its graded return in Friday. Lo and behold, he gets an A.
Only two other kids got that grade. We all recall just who those kids were, don't we? The big football player (we recall their types, too) never stood out academically. But, with this studied-for test, he excelled.
He had to answer for it. No, he had no answers scribbled on the back of a card up his sleeve. He just clearly remembered the stuff he studied. It made sense, and he was able to recall it, just like the smart kids.
The result? Billy and his friends discovered that he had done well on the test, after studying hard for it, because he was drinking daily a bottle of Anavex No-ConCuss fluid, prescribed to him by the football team physician to keep anything bad happening after his mild concussion in last Friday's football game.
But he started dividing half of the bottle of No-ConCuss with his friends, and their grades, too, went up.
This was noticed at other schools, too. In the end, lots of kids ended up gargling mouthfuls of Anavex No-ConCuss, especially in the weeks before taking their SAT tests. All their scores went up.
Fanciful? Surely. Out of the question? By no means. Let's see where Anavex molecules have applications beyond the current Central Nervous System diseases. If they can treat those, why not other neurological deficiencies or malfunctions?
It's all, is it not, "homoestasis," in neurons and the brain.
