Story 1: Trying to Erase One’s Mistake!
A kid when started using using pen in middle school, while writing made a mistake. So, before submitting he tried to erase it.
Kid tried to use chalk, but after a while, his mistake were visible again. So, he began to use his saliva to rub out his mistake, it did worked but only to leave holes on his paper.
Kid submitted his work as it is. Because of all this, his notes got dirty and he had to face scolding from his teacher because of dirty work.
One day, another teacher saw same thing in kid notebook.
She asked him, “Why did you try to erase you mistake so much that it made holes in your paper?”
Kid said, “Because i don’t want people to see my mistakes.”
At this teacher laughed and said, “Anytime you make mistake, just cross it and move on. Trying to erase your mistakes would only damage your notebook.
Trying to erase your mistake will make more people to know about your mess. So, just cross it and move on. Don’t expose yourself as a result of trying to cover your mistakes.”
Story 2: Student Response to Teacher!
Once in a class teacher asked a student, “How much kidneys do we have?”
Student replied, “Four.”
“What? Four?”, teacher responded.
Teacher wasn’t expecting this answer. So she asked again, “Are you sure?”
Student responded in yes.
Teacher thought that may be she should try again, may be student didn’t get question right. This time she asked, “How many kidney do you have?”
This time student responded, “Two.”
Teacher was happy to get right answer. Still asked student, “If you knew right answer then why did you say four before?”
At this, student innocently replied, “At that time, you asked me how many kidneys do we have! We have four – Two yours and two mine. “We” is an expression used for plural.”
Learning:
In Life, sometimes we don’t understand Other person Point of View and tell them that they are wrong. Before correcting other’s mistake, one should try to understand their point of view first.
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