1 . When I was in primary school, I had a big argument with a boy in my class. I can’t ______ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the ______ I learned that day.

I was sure that I was right and he was wrong. ______, he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She ______ a good idea. She brought both of us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her grey desk and me on ______ . In the middle of the desk was a large, round object. It was ______ for me to see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. “______,” he answered in a loud voice.

I couldn’t ______ that the object was white, considering that it was certainly black! One more argument started between the boy and me, this time ______ 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 ______, and then she asked me what the color of the object was. I ______ answer, “White.” It was then that I knew what was wrong. It was an object with two ______ colored sides, and from his side it was white ______ from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ______ in other person’s position and look at the ______ through their eyes in order to truly understand their ideas.