PERSPECTIVE

When I first heard the word "perspective" from my teacher back in Primary school, it sounded like a big word so I was fascinated, as a curious kid, I went straight to the French/English mini dictionary my father used to have to check for the meaning, the mini does not have all the phonological breakdown of how the word is to be pronounced as we have in the big dictionaries so my pronunciation of the "perspective" was from the perspective of the first person I heard it from, incidentally she had an accent. So there I was with my new vocabulary, which I was pronouncing with the accent of my teacher by the way, I was throwing it among words whenever I speak (whether it is relevant to the conversation or not), I don't care, you must hear my "perspective" anyway, you know that felling of getting/learning something new right? Not till one other teacher heard and corrected me did I have a proper perspective of my "perspective".

Now, whatever perspective you may have about this, I want you to have a rethink, because I've seen a practical illustration of perspective from a creative arts class some years back where a student was asked to stand in the middle of a field and the entire class was scattered all around him and asked to draw what they saw. Even though I was not a part of that class, I imagined what the results will be, the student standing to the right will definitely have a different result compared to the one facing the subject, mind you there were trees and other objects in view that must be captured in the entire work for efficacy and accuracy. I later asked a friend who was in the class what their grades were, because it was an exam, and he said everyone passed with a distinction. I said it was not possible because some people can draw better than others and some had a better view but he said the professor made it clear to them why everyone passed and that is why I am writing this. 

The Professor said he had snapped a picture of the scenery from all the angles he placed each student so what he did was to compare the image he snapped with what the students drew, after he did that and there is resemblance between the two, he automatically assumes it is a good work irrespective of the obvious and non-obvious flaws. So after all the comparisons and analysis, he gave them grades based on what he knew each student saw. So basically, the Professor knew all the angles and knew what he was expecting, he just needed to see things from the perspective of the students. 

What aspect of life do you see? From what angle? Do you worry you will not cut in or get a distinction because your view is not as good as that of others or are you limiting yourself because you cannot draw like others, or your flaws are too obvious? Do you know that the professor has already seen all the angles and just wants to see how you see? If you don't then I am sorry I am not able to help your perspective.

"We can complain  because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses"-Abe Lincoln

"Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be"- George Carlin

"Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?"-Shannon L. Alder 

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