Perceptions

Today, was a mellow day. I learnt that although we give no suspision of involvement, at times people expect the worst of you. Little situation in class. Our name tags were taken off the desks. Hooray, the teacher is finally treating us like adults. He earned a point with us. We finally could choose where we sit in the class. He got some brownie points and we started to feel like adults again. Until he came in and accused all of us of moving them as some sort authority statement to him. We recieved a lecture and scoulding like children. Little did he realize that the cleaners had moved them to wash the desks. Hmmm... we just had a unit on perceptions. Good reminder that though the solution to the problem seems evident to you, it may not be evident to others. Lesson of the day for myself. Expect the best from people, ask questions, find answers but don't blame anyone until you know they are in the wrong. Good food for thought. It could have happened to anyone one of us.