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Who's
Listening?
by
Ann Marie Parisi
One
of the nicest things we can do for someone is simply to listen
and show genuine interest. So many people in today's "ME"
generation listen with their own "agenda", as if to
say, "I have something far more important to say than whatever
it is you're saying."
Listening
is integral to learning. The great Greek Philosopher Socrates
'invented' what has come to be called the Socratic Method. Socrates
went around asking questions of everyone and then he listened
quietly, not interupting the speaker and absorbing every word.
Doctors, salespeople and lawyers would be at a huge disadvantage
if they were not good listeners. To listen means not trying to
advance what you have to say but to grasp what is said. How can
a student progress if he doesn't listen? Socrates was a student
of the 'art of listening' and thus became very learned.
Listening
is also a necessary component of "dialogue". The first
two letters of the word dialogue 'di' means two. How can there
be dialogue unless both parties are listening to one another?
The
next time you watch a crime drama, pay attention to the questions
asked and observe the inquisitor's attention and the follow up
questions asked. There is a clear discernable sequence to the
follow-up questions. Why? Because the Inquisitor was listening.
For
more on listening and other teenage issues, e-mail me at info@lunchbagnotes.net
or visit www.lunchbagnotes.com.
Ann
Marie Parisi is a senior at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand
Oaks, CA majoring in Elementary Education and the author of two
books under the brand name Lunch Bag Notes. She lives at home
with her parents and younger brother who is also an author.

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