Plato Self-Reflection 3/14

Recall a time that you heard a statement of “fact” that was later found to be untrue. It can be from a parent, a teacher, a friend, a government official, a book, or a film. How did you find out it was untrue and how did it make you feel? Did it change your outlook on anything?

During our library trip to UCSD there was a particullarly unsettling event that took place. I was pleasently minding my own buisness and hard at work studying for our interaction project when suddenly an unnamed person comes running at me telling me what just happend. A nameless girl had decided that she would go all the way to the top floor (8th) and drop a large book down the stairwell. Immediatly rumors starting flying like crazy, some people said that it hit and killed someone, others said that an ambulance had carted some guy out, and some said that it had hit our very own teacher. Of course none of this was fact, instead the book had flown off course and landed around the 3rd level of the building. Unfortunatly nobody knew the facts except for those who were there to witness and those people were in trouble so the rumors continued to flow. Later in the day our teacher (Mr. Jana) confronted everyone at once. He told us that the book had hit someone and they were seriously hurt. Now, this coming from a teacher was much more likely to be believed but instead that turned out to be a blatend lie. This didn't really change my perspective in life but I learned that nobody can be 100% trusted, even respected authority.