“If a teacher wants to know something why doesn't she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she's the teacher!” IfsKnowsWantLooksTeacherStudentsListeningBenefits Book:Up the Down Staircase Source: Up the Down Staircase
“Some people never learn how to talk to kids. They turn up the volume and enunciate with extra care, as if talking to a partially deaf immigrant. They sound as if they're reading lines somebody else wrote for them, or as if what they're saying is really for the benefit of other adults listening and not just for the child. Kids sense that and turn off.” PeopleIfsChildrenCareKidsTurnsReadingSoundLinesTalkingListeningBenefitsAdultsExtrasImmigrantsVolumeDeafTurn Off Author:F. Paul Wilson
“Teamwork represents a set of values that encourage behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to points of view expressed by others, giving others the benefit of the doubt, providing support to those who need it, and recognizing the interests and achievements of others.” NeedsGivingValuesInterestViewsSupportDoubtTeamListeningBehaviorAchievementBenefitsEducationalPoint Of ViewTeamworkProvidingRecognizingTeam BuildingRespondingTeam WorkTeamwTeam WorkingBenefit Of The DoubtTeamwork In Education Author:John Katzenbach
“Aside from that i’m an introvert and i’m a quiet person. The benefit of that is I listen. It’s not like my mouth is open and I broadcast everything and i’m drowning everyone out. When I’m listening to the incredible artists I work with and i’m hearing their specialised advice on what they would do with something then we can, all together, as a big collaborative group, all work together to achieve something together.” PersonsBigsTogetherArtistGroupsAdviceListeningQuietBenefitsMouthsIncrediblesHearingIntrovertDrowningQuiet Person Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“I thought, giving Jeb Bush the benefit of the doubt all these years, that he was sitting, saying, what a numbnut, what an idiot. My brother's a fool. He's listening to these neocons that talked him into this war. Dad would have never done this.” GivingYearsWarDoneDoubtBrotherListeningFoolDadBenefitsSittingIdiotMy BrotherBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Chris Matthews
“I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz