#whosright

[wonderfulyou]

😂😂😂 He's so very clever, my husband... #marriage #whosright #okheisrightmostofthetimebutdonttellhimisaidthat #thenile

[trevore206-blog]

So everyday I thank the man upstairs That I ain't you and you ain't me

J. Cole

[mjjmoa]

Right?

Not your race makes you bad but your Heart.

[thinking-deep-blog]

Who's Right?

Who's right? That is a question I often ask myself. When I"m sitting in literature class, and my teacher asks me what I thought a story meant. I answer honestly, and I tell her what I thought it meant. Sometimes she doesn't agree with my answer. However, she doesn't say that I wasn't right. She continues to ask the rest of my classmates the same question until she finds the answer she is looking for.

When I think of this situation....I remember a movie I once watched called Finding Forrester. The film is about a young black man who is receiving a scholarship to play college basketball. However, he is also extremely talented at writing. Yet, he keeps this secret because it does not fit with his appearance. Then one day he meets a man named Forrester. Forrester gives him advice for his writing. Forrester is actually a famous author that disappeared to escape the lime light. The young black man later learns what Forrester intended by his famous writings. He also learns what his Professor proclaims what he believes Forrester's writings mean. The two interpretations were completely different. 

I want to know why we learn other people's interpretations in school. They were not the author. Sometimes the author tells us what he means, but we still interpret it slightly different. Yet, we think we are correct and we understand. Sometimes I even wonder if there is better explanation than what the author originally intended. Even if there were, it still isn't what the author meant. Socrates himself has wondered why people interpret others works and think that they understand. We don't know for sure so we should not assume. This principle of people believing they are right without hard evidence can be applied to many other important issues that I will address in posts to come. For now enjoy the rest of your day and world cup soccer/football.