In life we all have the challenge of hoping what we are learning is correct, but who should we trust and should we trust our teachers totally?

Here is a story of what could happen if we blindly follow those who claim they know everything.

Many years ago in a small village just on the outskirts of London, lived a young man called Joe. However, Joe was no ordinary young man, because he had a thirst for knowledge and wanted to expand his mind and grow.

The village in which Joe grew up had very limited opportunities for its residents’ education, and this frustrated him because he knew that London was a thriving city where he could truly express himself. He had now set his heart on living in London, but also knew that his lack of education stopped him moving forward. To solve this problem Joe begged his father to hire him a teacher to educate him and help him get to the big city. As there were no schools in the village, his father agreed.

Within a week, a gentleman arrived in the village as Joe’s new teacher and Joe was very excited. The teacher asked Joe to sit and listen to all he said and not to ask any questions – just to listen. Well Joe worked very hard and listened and remembered all he had been taught without asking any questions as he completely trusted his mentor.

After three months, the teaching came to an end and the teacher left the village. Joe felt very confident and immediately packed his bag and headed off to London. Once in London he told all the employers he spoke to of his high level of education, and being very impressed they gave him a job that day as a builder’s merchant. At five o’clock Joe was very tired as he had worked hard all day, so he went home and went straight to sleep, happy!

The next day Joe got into work to find his boss was very angry with him. He shouted at Joe as soon as he was through the gate: “All the orders you sent out yesterday were wrong. You have cost us thousands of pounds! You can’t add up Joe.”

“Rubbish” Joe protested, “All my adding is right – I’m highly educated!” “Okay then” said the manager, “what is two plus two?” “Five, said Joe proudly. Poor Joe was sacked immediately.

On his way home Joe, came to a cold realisation that the teacher had taught him the wrong information. He then asked himself “What else could I have learned wrong?”

Taken from the book “The 21 day Challenge”

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