Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Listening
I am sure everyone has had a time when they were talking to someone and you could tell that they weren’t listening to a word you said. Or you were giving a speech to some classmates and they were goofing around and not listening at all. This could be for many different reasons; they could have been watching a movie or a sporting event on T.V. or they were listening to music or they just don’t think you are important so they aren’t going to listen to you. When people don’t listen to you it can create many mixed emotions. You could be mad at the person or persons because they aren’t listening to what you have to say or it could make you fell little because you believe that you aren’t important enough for them to listen to you. For me when I feel that I am being ignored I get mad at that person and I usually quit talking to them and ignore them back. But we should probably not do either one of these because everyone of us has been there and for some reason or another didn’t pay attention to what a friend or family member has said to us and we are acting like a two year old. You can usually tell that a person is not listening to you when you ask them a question and they don’t respond or they say what? This reflection is important because when a class mate is giving a speech we should listen intently to what they have to say. Because when someone doesn’t listen to us we get mad and feel like we are unimportant. So we should give the respect to the person that is giving the speech the respect that we want when we are giving our speeches
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It's hard to find a consistent good listener! Even my best friends tend to let their eyes wander, and better yet not even pay attention. If I am ever ignoring a friend it's usually because I am watching tv, (whether I am on the phone or it is in person). I know the feeling of being ignored, so I hope to slowly drop the habit. It's important to make people feel wanted!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean when you said you get mad and frustrated so you just stop talking or ignore them, because that is exactly what I do too. But then I realized that I’m the same when other people are talking to be so I guess it goes both ways. but like you said we should respect people when they are giving the speech like the way you want respect also.
ReplyDeleteI think that once again people are losing touch in face to face conversations. It's hard to concentrate on someone's story about his or her self when you have a story that tops theirs, or the Superbowl is on, so they shouldn't even be talking in the first place :) I think that if you have something to say you should be able to listen first because you would want someone to listen to you.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is really hard to find someone who will listen to a whole story or even just some sort of intruction because there are so many distractions in our world. Text messaging is the worst especially when you are trying to talk to a friend. People are constantly on the phone while in another conversation with someone else and it just doesn't seem fair to either of the people you are suppose to be listening to. I think it has just become second nature for most and they don't even realize it has an effect on those who are trying to get a point across.
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