Re: Choices and Learning TopazOwl Thu Aug 20 10:30:10 1998 *br*Beirdd wrote,*br*: May I make one suggestion that goes beyond classes and *br*: lessons? The cultivation of real conversation is something *br*: which has been lost to us. How many times do we find *br*: ourselves spending the time that the other person is *br*: speaking thinking about the next thing we will say rather *br*: than listening? Our silences in conversation, with others *br*: let alone within ourselves, is of vast importance, since it *br*: is in the silence that we learn, breathing in knowledge and *br*: inspiration.*p* That, and reading for comprehension. Can we re-teach that? It's something that the majority of our speed-reading, instant gratification culture seems to have lost the ability to do as well. *p* In both mediums, oral conversation and reading/writing conversation, and indeed in all of our interactions with the Worlds and between them, listening is an important part of it. *br*Listening is definately a skill.*p*Leigh Re: Choices and Learning Beirdd 146 Wed Aug 19 22:25:42 1998