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. However, he ________ believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She came up with 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 the other. 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. “White!” 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 about the ________ 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 had to 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. Only 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.