{"id":2447,"date":"2014-01-24T02:53:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T02:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2014-01-24T02:53:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T02:53:29","slug":"three-psychology-students-andri-mh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/three-psychology-students-andri-mh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Psychology Students by Andri MH"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Yawn<\/a>
Yawn by James Sholes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Three Psychology Students<\/h1>\n

by Andri MH<\/p>\n

Once upon a time there were three psychologists on their way to the study hall to fatten themselves on knowledge and cheap food in the mess hall, and the name of all three was \u201cSam\u201d.<\/p>\n

To get to the university they all had to cross a bridge, under which lived a great hideous troll with horrid yellow eyes and sharp tusks.<\/p>\n

First came Sam the First Year Psychology Student, walking over the bridge in her dirty sneakers, unsure in her gait, contemplating her first year textbook.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrip, trap, trip, trap,\u201d went the bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is that trip and traps over my bridge?\u201d roared the troll.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, excuse me sir, it is only I, Sam the First Year Psychology Student, I was just going to study hall to study a little bit,\u201d said the psychology student unsure and small voiced.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I\u2019m gonna gobble you up, feet and face,\u201d said the troll.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh please no, don\u2019t take me, I\u2019m so little, I\u2019ve yet to learn of Freud, and Locke, and Watson, and Chomsky, and Pavlov! Wait till the next Psychology Student comes along, she\u2019s much smarter and has lived more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, all right, off with you then,\u201d said the troll.<\/p>\n

A little while after that came Sam the Last Year Psychology Student, ambling over the bridge in her rough boots, listening to an audio sample of last week\u2019s lecture.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrip, trap, trip, trap,\u201d went the bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is that trip and traps over my bridge?\u201d roared the troll.<\/p>\n

\u201cHmm, oh, it is only I, Sam the Last Year Psychology Student, I was just off to the library to read,\u201d said the psychology student stressed though more confident.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I\u2019m gonna gobble you up, feet and face,\u201d said the troll.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, f**k, no don\u2019t eat me, I\u2019m still so young, I\u2019ve yet to finish my thesis and reaped any reward from my years of study! Wait until the Psychiatrist comes along, she\u2019s so much smarter and has lived more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, all right, off with you then,\u201d said the troll.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrip, trap, trip trap, trip, trap,\u201d went the bridge as the psychologist strode over in her patent leather shoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is that tramping all over my bridge!\u201d roared the troll.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it is I, Dr. Sam the Psychologist, I was on my way to hold a lecture, what business is it of yours?\u201d said the psychologist, bellowing as loud as the troll.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I\u2019m going to gobble you up,\u201d roared the troll.<\/p>\n

You could, but as you are a creature of limited intellect,
\nI surmise what you will select.
\nWhen I tell you that what comes next across is more interesting
\nThis I know through basic Skinner\u2019s conditioning.<\/p>\n

That is what the Psychologist said and strode over the bridge.<\/p>\n

The troll waited on and died of starvation, since it had been conditioned to always be expecting something better.<\/p>\n

The Sam\u2019s went on to the university, the Psychologist held her lecture, the last year psychology student finished her thesis and the first years psychology student bought a muffin in the mess hall.<\/p>\n

Tick, tack, tuckers.
\nSo long suckers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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