{"id":12177,"date":"2018-07-14T23:19:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T01:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=12177"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:09","slug":"answer-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/answer-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unexpected Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"

When someone gives you an unexpected answer, do you assume he is wrong?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Encouragement<\/p>\n

A teacher was teaching first grade math.\u00a0 She asked her student Lee, \u201cIf I give you one apple and one apple and another apple, how many apples will you have?\u201d<\/p>\n

Within a few seconds, Lee confidently replied, \u201cFour!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dismayed, Lee\u2019s teacher had been expecting him to answer with three.\u00a0 Disappointed, she thought that maybe Lee did not listen to her question.<\/p>\n

So she repeated her question.\u00a0 \u201cLee, listen carefully\u201d, she began. \u201cIf I give you one apple and one apple and another apple, how many apples will you have?\u201d<\/p>\n

Noticing the disappointment on his teacher\u2019s face, Lee calculated again. He was searching for the answer that would make his teacher happy. Again, having recalculated, he answered \u201cFour!\u201d<\/p>\n

Lee noticed that his teacher still looked disappointed in his answer.\u00a0 Then his teacher remembered his love of grapes. \u201cMaybe he doesn\u2019t like apples and that is making him lose focus,\u201d she thought.<\/p>\n

This time with a twinkling in her eyes, she asked Lee once again, \u201cIf I give you one grape and one grape and another grape, how many grapes will you have?\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeing his teacher happy, Lee calculated on his fingers again. Lee\u2019s teacher was happy because she had found a new approach and was hopeful it might succeed.<\/p>\n

This time, with no hesitation, Lee gave the correct answer, \u201cThree!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Lee\u2019s teacher smiled victoriously.\u00a0 Her approach was successful and she wanted to congratulate herself. But before she could congratulate herself, she had to ask Lee one more question.\u00a0 \u201cNow if I give you one apple and one apple and another apple, how many apples will you have?\u201d she asked him. And he promptly answered four again.<\/p>\n

Frustrated, the teacher said in a stern voice, \u201cHow, Lee, how?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lee replied with hesitation, \u201cBecause I already have one apple in my bag.\u201d<\/p>\n

The moral of the story is simple.\u00a0 When someone gives you an answer you do not expect, he is not necessarily wrong. You just probably have not calculated every possible angle!<\/p>\n

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