Rina was telling Zika, “Zika, you are so lucky that you are good at Science and Maths- you will get admission into a good science or engineering college, get a good job, make a lot of money and be very happy!”. Zika replied in a sad tone, “I may be good in Science and Maths but I am not sure that’s what I want to do. Actually I love to draw and paint and I would like to become a painter. But nobody supports me and everybody feels that artists are good-for-nothing people and don’t make any money. I am not sure I will be happy doing Science or Engineering’’ Rina replied, “Oh! I never thought about what you are interested in- I assumed that as many people are desperate to go into science and engineering, you would want to do that as you are good in these subjects. I was not thinking about what you are, and what you want to do. From now on, I will try to understand each person directly and avoid making some assumptions about them based on stereotypes”.
Rina was telling Zika, “Zika, you are so lucky that you are good at Science and Maths- you will get admission into a good science or engineering college, get a good job, make a lot of money and be very happy!”. Zika replied in a sad tone, “I may be good in Science and Maths but I am not sure that’s what I want to do. Actually I love to draw and paint and I would like to become a painter. But nobody supports me and everybody feels that artists are good-for-nothing people and don’t make any money. I am not sure I will be happy doing Science or Engineering’’ Rina replied, “Oh! I never thought about what you are interested in- I assumed that as many people are desperate to go into science and engineering, you would want to do that as you are good in these subjects. I was not thinking about what you are, and what you want to do. From now on, I will try to understand each person directly and avoid making some assumptions about them based on stereotypes”.