Eng. 111 paper

Bull Victorious
One could define the most effective form of bull this way: the complete synthesis of a few facts, a few guesses, and a lot of experience. While bull in its purest form, as Perry says, is free from facts completely, the most effective form manages to integrate a few facts with the educated guesses. Finally, life experiences best prepare the individual to successfully bull. When one can draw on his or her own life experiences for information on a topic, and combine with that guessing and cowing, he or she has successfully created convincing bull. This form of bull can then be used in virtually any setting to correctly find a solution for a problem or question. In this way, bull proves to be much more effective than cowing could ever be. It must be clarified though that good bull is not false, as the connotation suggests. Good bull in itself is not meant to deceive, but to be the most logical solution to an unrehearsed question.
Cow is largely deficient in that it doesn’t allow the individual room to think and create new ideas. While cow could possibly carry one through school, at least until the college years, it is not very beneficial in the workplace. No matter what profession one chooses, situations are never going to consistently go by the book. Doctors, for example, are taught to memorize everything from the way cancer progresses to the anatomy of a goldfish, but oftentimes these facts are not enough. When seeing a patient with a rare or new form of disease for which there is no complete diagnosis or treatment, the doctor is forced to look at the facts placed before him, make a few guesses as to what the problem could be, and then call on prior experiences to find the most promising solution. In his own way, the doctor is bulling, whether the patient is aware of it or not.
Today’s society is beginning to realize the value of bull. This is evidenced in today’s educational system, from even the youngest grades. Intelligence is beginning to be measured by one’s ability to understand and synthesize ideas, rather than his or her capacity for memorization. This proves frustrating to those who have scaled the system during its most transitional years, but one soon comes to realize that this new method of learning is more beneficial. The process begins at an early age with short-answer essay questions and book reports, and culminates during the high school years when teachers constantly answer questions with more questions. Once past the initial frustration, an individual must realize that though this method of learning and thinking is new and different, it is more practical.
The practicality of bull is evidenced in everyday situations, such as that of the doctor. When it is impossible to memorize all the facts, and in areas in which the facts are always changing, one must still maintain a form of knowledge. Part of this is known as common sense, but part of it is this ability to put ideas, guesses, and experiences together. When one is able to do this, he or she has successfully learned to bull, and is more sufficiently ready for the challenges presented in school, business, and life. No matter how difficult a problem, one will be equipped to give a thoroughly reasoned and plausible solution.