Sentence:  Yet the incident did not in the least diminish my respect for my teacher. I was by nature blind to the faults of elders. Later I came to know of many other failings of this teacher, but my regard for him remained the same. For I had learnt to carry out the orders of elders, not to <WSD>scan</WSD> their actions. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. (from 16th C.)