Perspective

Social 10-1

Mr. Kruk

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Credit to Mr. Ng from Grimshaw Junior/Senior High School

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The Elephant & The Blind Men

• Once upon a time, there lived 6 blind men in a village
• One day the villagers told them there was an elephant in the village
• They had no idea what an elephant was so they decided to investigate

• The 1st man touched the elephant’s leg.“Hey, the elephant is a pillar.”

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• “Oh no! It is like a rope” said the 2^nd man who touched the tail

• “Oh no! It is like a thick branch of a tree” said the 3^rd man who touched the trunk of the elephant
• “It is like a big hand fan” said the 4^th man who touched the ear of the elephant

• “It is like a huge wall” said the 5^th man who touched the side of the elephant
• “It is like a solid pipe” said the 6^th man who touched the tusk of the elephant

• They began to argue about the elephant and each man insisted that he was right.
• They argued until a wise man stopped by and asked them what the matter was.
• They told him they could not agree about what the elephant was like.

• The wise man told them that they were all right because each one had come across a different part of the elephant.
• But they were all partly wrong because they had not touched every part of the elephant.

Morale

• There is some kind of truth in what each person sees.
• Each person has his or her own perspective based on their experiences.

• What words do you see?

• Find a man's face among the beans.
• Some say that if you find the man in 3 seconds or less, the right half of your brain may be more well developed than most.

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• How many human faces can you find in this picture?
• The average person sees 4-5 faces, but there’s more
• There are 11 faces

• How many faces do you see?
• If you look very carefully, you'll find 9 different faces in the picture; the 9th belongs to a dog.

• What animals do you see?

• What do you see?

• What do you see?

• What do you see?

• Old woman or young woman?