A very interesting post Sylvie. I like how you broke it down and explained how your understanding and approach to assumptions evolved. I got a sense that you and your teacher's definition of assumptions collided because you both had different perspectives on it. He saw assumptions as being rooted in believing one knows somethings meaning or future outcome without testing it. Your definition of making assumptions did not see it as a confirmed truth but rather as an exploratory process that started with assuming something, but would then move on to proving or disproving it.
A very interesting post Sylvie. I like how you broke it down and explained how your understanding and approach to assumptions evolved. I got a sense that you and your teacher's definition of assumptions collided because you both had different perspectives on it. He saw assumptions as being rooted in believing one knows somethings meaning or future outcome without testing it. Your definition of making assumptions did not see it as a confirmed truth but rather as an exploratory process that started with assuming something, but would then move on to proving or disproving it.