When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class.I can't 1 what it was about, but I have never forgotten the 2 I learned that day.
I was 3 that I was right and he was wrong-and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right.The 4 decided to teach us a very important lesson.She 5 both of us to the 6 of the class and 7 him on one side of her desk and me on 8 .In the middle of her desk was a large, round object.I could 9 see that it was black.She asked the boy what 10 the object was.“ White, ” he answered.
I couldn't believe he said the object was white 11 it was obviously black! Another 12 started between my classmates and me, this 14 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 15 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was.I 16 answer, “White.” It was an object with two 17 colored sides, and from his side it was white. 18 from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day:You must 19 in the other person's shoes and look at the 20 through their eyes in order to 21 understand their view