Several conversations I’ve had this week have focused on how hard it is to listen. In my experience, many people know how to speak, more or less, but far fewer know how to effectively listen to the response they get in return.<\/p>\n
So the topic came up — why not teach listening in school? Shouldn’t listening be acknowledged as one of the fundamental skills one needs to master, in order to become a high functioning adult? Surely it is right up there with reading, writing and arithmetic.<\/p>\n
And why isn’t this skill already being taught? Hmm, perhaps there is some deep seated societal aversion to the entire topic.<\/p>\n
After all, if we were to acknowledge the need for such a course, we’d have to examine our own inadequate listening skills. That may very well be the point in the discussion at which people just stop listening.<\/p>\n
I dunno — what do you think? I’m listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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