Did you ever think you knew something about a person only to find that you could not be more wrong? Making unverified assumptions like this is part of human nature for everyone. Some people do not want to reveal their true selves to others and prefer to remain unknown. Other people do not want to learn the truth and prefer to believe what they think is right evidence not with standing. The people of Maycomb …showed first 75 words of 1213 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1213 total…paper. When one student leans over and asks another student what time it is, the teacher comes by and rips up that student's paper for cheating. To the teacher it appears that the student is cheating, but in reality the student is only checking how much time he has left on the test. We should never assume things are true without really finding out for sure because it is our assumptive qualities that block understanding.