Different “readings” of the same (?) event

For those who still doubt the same event can be “read” in different ways by different communities (is it still the same event if it was “read” differently?), here is an old, humouristic, and not-so-subtle take (by an author unknown to me) on Zidane’s infamous head-butt:

How the Germans saw the head-butt

How the French saw the head-butt

How the Italians saw the head-butt

The educational point I’m trying to make is: If being able to “read” the situation as a German/French/Italian is a big part of being & becoming a German/French/Italian, how helpful would it be to develop the ability to “read the world” as pharmacists/ mathematicians (remember the scenes from A Beautiful Mind below)/ financial analysts in our universities? If so, in what ways are our current learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment modes satisfying this goal of helping students “read the world” as somebody?

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