Once in a painting class at school, the teacher put two carambolas on the lecture table and asked the students to draw. My seat is near the front row. One of the two carambolas on the lecture table is facing me. The carambola I saw was not what I usually saw, but something with five corners.
I read it carefully, drew honestly, and thought it was accurate.
When I handed in this painting, several students saw it, but they burst out laughing.
"Is the carambola like this?"
"It is better to say that it is a five-pointed star!"
The teacher looked at the picture, went to my seat, looked at the carambola on the table, then returned to the podium, raised my picture and asked everyone:
"This portrait?"
"no!"
"What is it like?"
"Like a five-pointed star!"
The teacher's expression became serious. After a long time, he asked, "Is it fun to draw a carambola into a five-pointed star?"
"Good-laugh!" Several students scrambled to answer and giggled at the same time.
So, the teacher asked these students to sit in my seat in turn. He said to the first classmate who sat down, "Now look at that carambola. Is it like the carambola you usually see? "
"No ... like it."
"So, for example?"
"Like ... five ... five-pointed stars."
"OK, next."
The teacher told the students to return to their seats and said kindly, "Everyone is familiar with the formulation of carambola. However, carambola looks different from different angles. Sometimes it looks like a five-pointed star. Therefore, when we see others painting carambola as a five-pointed star, don't be busy laughing, but look at the perspective of others. We should trust our eyes and draw what we see. "
What the teacher said is too similar to what my father said. Their teaching has benefited me for life.