Understand The Importance Of Listening Analysis

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Not much knowledge would be heard, O dear sophomores, of the Akron Early from speaking against the quiet. If you were to shut your mouths full of ear-splitting noise and stayed silent in a matter of seconds, you’d understand why silence is needed to comprehend what is around you. For when I am gone, there will be more silence heard than ever so before. I rather keep my tongue down and mouth shut than to speak unnecessary words to plead myself out of conviction. Just like two fishermen on opposite’s side of the pond waiting to catch comprehension. While the loud fisherman chatters away with the intentions on catching comprehension, when it has already made its way to the silent one. Now to my accusers, if you would’ve simply kept quiet, you would’ve absorbed in everything and thought thoroughly about everything going on and being said around us. The abundant delicate sounds that amplify when I am quiet are simply unheard words. If you continue with your loud, booming, roaring, ear-splitting noise, you will never truly understand the importance of listening rather than speaking. Listening helps a person comprehend subjects. If you believe that killing my silence would bring mastery to your words, you are …show more content…

When I do speak, you take me seriously. One should never speak over another, which is why when you need someone to listen you come to me for I listen to your complaints and grievances without talking over you with my opinions and complaints. I listen to other, and learn from their mistaken or offensive words and say the right things. When you ask for my thoughts on a situation you’ll notice that they can be very reflective. Ever since I sat in this room, this oracle of mine has sensed that even with death at the door, this broken silence is in the goods of me and my unspoken words. Even with death it’ll only bring more silence to

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