In life, a lesson learned in your past that you will never forget completely.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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