When I was in primary school, I got into an argument with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.
I was convinced（相信）that "I" was right and "he" was wrong—and he was just as convinced that "I" was wrong and "he" was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him 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 colour the object was. "White, "he answered.
I couldn't believe he said the object was white, when it was obviously（显而易见地）black! Another argument started between my classmate and me, this time about the colour of the object.
The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed places, and then she asked me what the colour of the object was. I had to answer, "White. "It was an object with two differently coloured sides, and from his viewpoint it was white. Only from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must stand in the other person's place and look at the situation through his eyes in order to truly understand his perspective（看法）.
