A DIFFICULT PATIENT
Today I had an appointment with my primary care physician. In addition to regular checks & labs the male triage assistant gave me a cognitive test. My first one. I heard him say: “I’m going to give you a Glock.” Me: “A Glock?” He: “A clock.” Me: “You better check my hearing, too.” He asked me to fill in the clock numbers on a blank circle which I did easily. After all I taught Kindergarten and preschool for decades. Then I decided to show off and drew the hands on the clock for the time of 3:00. He: “Oh, no! I’m supposed to ask you to draw the hands of the clock for 10 minutes after 11 o’clock.” I drew the hands for 11:10. He crossed out my original 3:00 drawing and wrote a note on the paper so whomever judges my cognitive ability will understand I actually got it right but jumped the gun before instructions were given. Me: “Could you give this cognitive test to Joe Biden and a Gen Z-er? I’m pretty sure neither could draw or read a clock unless it was digital.” He:
