When I was in a primary school, I had an argument with a boy in my class. But I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.
I was sure that I was right and he was wrong-and he was just as sure that I was wrong and he was right. She brought us up to the front of the class and asked him to stand on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. "White" he answered.
I couldn't believe he said the object was white, when it was clearly black! This time about the color of object.
The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. and then she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, "White." It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his side it was white. Only from my side it was black.
You must stand in the other persons' shoes and looked at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand them.
| A. We changed places. B. Another argument started between my classmate and me. C. I have forgotten what the argument was about. D. My teacher taught a very important lesson that day. E. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. |
