Sherwood got in trouble in history
class today. His teacher sent home a note for his parents to sign and bring back. The note read, “I am sorry to in- form you that Sherwood was staring out the window today instead of listening to what I was reviewing. Not paying atten- tion is not a habit of his, but we need to correct this as soon as possible. We have to prepare the class for the test.” When dad got home, mom showed him the note, and they read it to Sher- wood and asked, “What is all this about? What is going on? You can’t stare out the window during class. You have to pay at- tention to the teacher!” Sherwood told them he was paying attention and told them exactly what the
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teacher had reviewed. He was listening the whole time he was looking out the window. “I’m not guilty!” he said. “It just looked like I was not listening.” “This would be a great time to learn something important that you need to remember your whole life,” they said. Dad put it this way: “As well as doing the right thing, you need to look like you’re doing the right thing. You need to do both. Too often people pay more atten- tion to how you look instead of what you are doing.”
Mom added, “People are right when
they say that appearances matter. How you appear can make what you do not so important.” When Sherwood returned the signed
note to the teacher the next day, the teacher told him that there is another bad result when you look like you aren’t paying attention. The teacher said, “Now, Sherwood, you are one of our best
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students, and the other students look to you to set an example. If they see you not paying attention, they will think that it’s are listening, you need to be a good ex- ample for others by making sure that you also look like you’re paying attention.”
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