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“There's no way in hell I could have achieved what I have without being a good student and listening to the wisdom of others”

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Author:Phil Heath

“As a child growing up in the precincts of wealth, and later as a college student, newspaper reporter and resident of New York's Upper East Side, I got used to listening to the talk of financial killings and sexual misalliance that animates the conversation of the rich and the familiars of the rich.”

Source: Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

“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!”

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Book:Up the Down Staircase

Source: Up the Down Staircase

“We know that African American students tend to be relational learners. It's about the relationships between a teacher and student. Students respond well to teachers they know, believe in them, care about them, but also who teach in a matter that elicits a more active approach to learning, rather than just sitting and listening. The research on this is strong and has been available for a long time, but it is not widely practiced. That's a huge obstacle.”

“With repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a person for the first time. When you first meet someone, you reference that person with others who are similar; but, as you get to know that person better, you begin to understand his unique qualities.”

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Author:Paul Lansky

“Students are suffering under incredibly high tuitions and high student loan interest rates. They graduate from school, and they're having a very difficult time finding a job. They don't feel as though there are honest leaders who are listening to them, and who will be a part of the solution.”

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Author:Tulsi Gabbard

“I think that's more a reflection of the fact I've never been a student of any particular school of writing, or even listening.”

Thinking Writing Facts School Students Particular Listening Reflection

Author:Feist

“The students were missing out a lot in their ensemble playing because they weren't listening to each other or the environment.”

Environment Missing Students Listening Ensemble Missing Out

Author:Pauline Oliveros

“I try to impress upon my students the importance of looking, listening... paying attention, in other words. You must pay attention.”

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Author:Nikki Giovanni

“As long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a teacher, but a turning point for me was attending HBS as an MBA student. What I experienced was the power of the case method - that is, how much students can learn, not by listening to lectures, but by engaging in an intense discussion. This can be an exciting way to learn and a powerful one, because it really gets all the synapses to connect.”

Long Remember Powerful Teacher Students Listening Exciting Intense Discussion

Author:Joseph Badaracco

“In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.”

Source: Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America

“Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me.”

Giving Trying Has Beens School Mother Talking Journey Students Listening High School Incredibles

Author:Jill Scott