Inside our class textbook is a photograph of a Rube Goldberg machine. These types of machines are ones that are created to perform a relatively simple task in the most convoluted way, usually through chain reactions (or cause and effect). In this photograph, the task to be performed is to tug a light chain to turn a light bulb to light up. In order for this to happen, many things must occur, in specific order, first. This is much like life. A person wishes to go to college to study science and become a surgeon, yet they cannot simply walk into the university and sit in on classes. They must be accepted to the university and in order for that to happen, they must go through elementary and high school and also have very good grades. Studying
