"Making assumptions about people,situations and things can cause many problems"
Do you agree or disagree?
Write a paragraph to support your position with specific and descriptive details.
If you had an experience write about it and relate it to the quote.
2007-02-23 11:37:22 · 7 answers · asked by Innocent 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I´ll answer this question by telling you a French story:
One day the Emperor decided to see how his courtesans lived and what they were like.So, he disguised himself as a beggar and knocked at a nobleman´s door. He was one of the Emperor´s personal counselors. When the nobleman saw the "beggar " he told him to go away and stop bothering him. Then the Emperor took off his old garment and showed himself. He dispossessed the minister from all his possessions and condemned him to five years of forced labour.
This story shows us that we shouldn´t make assumptions about others. "Looks are deceptive"
2007-02-23 12:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by alfonso p 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jumping to conclusions is dangerous because we do not know all the facts. We often do it because we have a tendency to think the worst
How quick we are to think the worst of others, but how slow to think the best.
It has been said that in judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay. Someone has written:
There is so much good in the worst of us
And so much bad in the best of us;
That it hardly behooves any of us
To talk about the rest of us.
A classic example of jumping to conclusions without all the facts is the following story)
A lady invited her friends to and steak dinner. When the s were opened, a slight scum was on the top. Since the quest were expected shortly, the lady suggested to the maid, "Give the dog a little, and if he eats it, it is probably alright."
The dog liked it and begged for more, so the dinner was completed and then served to the quest. After the main course, the maid hurriedly whispered to the , "mam, the dog is ." There was no time to lose. Some time later the guest were reclining after the use of the stomach pump. The lady asked the maid, "Where is the dog now?"
"Out on the front steps, mam, where he fell when the car hit him."
The French have a proverb, If we knew all, we would forgive all." Though that proverb may not be totally true, it does remind us to be slow to judge, because we know in part.
How often do we make rash judgments about others without knowing all the facts.
2007-02-23 20:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Preacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you assume, you make an a*s*s* out of u and me--get it?
Imagine if I assumed your question meant I am an idiot. Then, I react by getting angry at you. But that anger is incorrect, and unfair because I assumed your meaning.
Now, do your own homework and come on here for hints, not full answers.
2007-02-23 19:43:07 · answer #3 · answered by f8_smyled 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It means that you are too lazy to think for yourself and are trying to get out of your work. You are a future welfare recipiant who want everyone else do do it for you.
Harsh but true.
2007-02-23 21:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by micheal777 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Was this a homework assignment... Well i think it was.. maybe u should try n do this urself since its askin 4 YOUr opinion not ours.... Really u have a mind..try and use it..
2007-02-24 08:21:18 · answer #5 · answered by vOxNi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would tell you if i didn't think that you copied it straight from your textbook.
2007-02-23 19:40:58 · answer #6 · answered by *city girl* 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
not trying to be mean but could you please do your own homework?!?!
2007-02-27 16:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋