There's a story about a kindergarten teacher who asked a boy what he was drawing. Without pausing to look up, he said, "A picture of God." The teacher smiled and responded, "But nobody knows what God looks like."
The boy carefully put down his crayon, looked her squarely in the eye, and declared, "After I'm finished here they will."
2. Actions Speak Louder
Illustration
Em Griffin
A man named La Piere sent out letters to the managers of 256 hotels and restaurants across the southern half of the U.S. He told them that he was planning to tour the south with two Chinese companions and he wanted to know ahead of time whether they would be served. Ninety-two percent of the businesses replied that they did not serve Chinese and that La Piere could save himself considerable embarr...
3. Do You Go With the Crowd?
Illustration
Em Griffin
An experiment was done with groups of 12 people. They were brought into a room where four lines of unequal length were displayed. They had to decide which two were the same length and publicly vote for their choice. Person after person after person (11 in all) voted for the wrong line because they had all been told to ahead of time. The one individual who was in the dark couldn't imagine how in th...
