The Importance of Listening

I believe that listening is a key component not only of education, but of communication as well. As a teacher you should always listen to your student, and hope that your students listen to you in return. Listening branches off from respect. But, unfortunately listening is one of the most neglected of the 6 Language Arts (talking, reading, writing, listening, viewing, and visual representating).

Within listening there are four different types. These are discriminative, aesthic, efferent, and critical. I believe that on a personal level I exclude efferent listening, which is listening to gather information. We take listening for granted on a daily basis. A lot of times, we want to hear what we want to hear and don't listen to other's point of view. It sounds completely selfish, but it is true. I am trying to make myself more aware of what others are saying and COMPLETELY listen to them. Once I sit down and think about it, I want others to listen to me, s I should listen to others just the same.

There is a difference between listening and hearing. Hearing is when you just hear the sounds and words, but listening is actually processing the information and put it to use. People on a regular basis put the two in the same category and they are completely different.

Propaganda
I believe that this is effective if it is used in an appropriate way. When propaganda is used against others and in a cruel way I do not think it should be used.