Black & White {Insp}

"Black & White"*
*
In life, a lesson learned in your past that you
will never forget completely.When I was in
elementary school, I got into a major argument
with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the
argument was about, but I have never forgotten
the lesson learned that day.

 I was convinced 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 color the object was.

"White," he answered.

I couldn't believe he said the object was white,
when it was obviously black! Another argument
started between my classmate and me, this time
about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was
standing and told him to come stand where I had
been. We changed places, and now 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 viewpoint it was white.
Only from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson
learned that day: You must stand in the other
person's shoes and look at the situation through
their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective.
Received on Sun Feb 22 17:48:34 2009