Re: [Lovers India] Apple in the bag

Good One "Broken Heart "



On 6/11/12, reyaz.emal@gmail.com <reyaz.emal@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice one
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Yogesh Verma <yogeshvermag@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, broken heart.
>>
>>
>> On 6/10/12, BROKEN HEART <nocure4brokenheart@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Apple in the bag
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A teacher teaching Maths to seven-year-old student asked him, "If I give
>>> you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you
>>> have?"Within a few seconds the student replied confidently, "Four!"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The dismayed teacher was expecting an effortless correct answer
>>> (three).
>>> She was disappointed. "Maybe the child did not listen properly," she
>>> thought. She repeated, "My boy, listen carefully. If I give you one
>>> apple
>>> and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?"*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The student had seen the disappointment on his teacher's face. He
>>> calculated again on his fingers. But within him he was also searching
>>> for
>>> the answer that will make the teacher happy. His search for the answer
>>> was
>>> not for the correct one, but the one that will make his teacher happy.
>>> This time hesitatingly he replied, "Four…"*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *The disappointment stayed on the teacher's face. She remembered that
>>> this
>>> student liked strawberries. She thought maybe he doesn't like apples
>>> and
>>> that is making him loose focus. This time with an exaggerated
>>> excitement
>>> and twinkling in her eyes she asked, "If I give you one strawberry and
>>> one
>>> strawberry and one strawberry, then how many you will have?"*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * Seeing the teacher happy, the boy calculated on his fingers again.
>>> There
>>> was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new
>>> approach to succeed. With a hesitating smile the student enquired,
>>> "Three?"
>>> *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The teacher now had a victorious smile. Her approach had succeeded.
>>> She
>>> wanted to congratulate herself. But one last thing remained. Once
>>> again
>>> she asked him, "Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more
>>> apple how many will you have?"*
>>>
>>> *Promptly the student answered, "Four!"*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * The teacher was aghast. "How my boy, how?" she demanded in a little
>>> stern and irritated voice.* *In a voice that was low and hesitating
>>> young student replied, "Because I already have one apple in my bag."*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *When **someone gives you an answer that is different from what you
>>> expect. Don't think they are wrong. There maybe an angle that you have
>>> not
>>> understood at all. You will have to listen and understand, but never
>>> listen
>>> with a predetermined notion.*
>>>
>>>
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>>> *
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