Listen Well, Learn Well

[Music] I don't think you listen to the instructions Barry [Music] Hey Barry didn't you hear me say at recess that we're going to play tennis today [Music] Barry I told you Jeff couldn't come for dinner we're invited out to Grandma's didn't you listen I think that half of what I say to you goes in one ear and out the other very huh did you call me didn't you hear what your mother just said to you uh-huh she said that she thinks that half of what she says to you goes in one year and out the other oh I'm listen all right the result is in now on the intersectional finals well I think you hold it I want to hear the score Bradley North 84 Brookdale 77 . I was waiting for that score that was a big game well you do listen when you want to but you're too easily distracted what do you mean sometimes when you should be listening to someone other things get your attention and so you stop listening to the important sounds and that gets you into trouble do you see what I mean Barry uh what see what I mean I I guess I wasn't listening something got my attention well that's what I was saying to you you let other things get in the way of your listening you have to learn to listen but but I know how yeah see yes some simple sounds do give us useful information hello but most of what you learn you learn by listening to other people talk oh it's you well maybe you are right how can I learn to listen better well I'll help you discover how for yourself hang up about some recent times when you didn't listen very well okay bye for instance what happened when your teacher was giving you instructions for that assignment I guess I started thinking about something else drag race and what about when your friends told you they were going to play tennis instead of baseball as a helicopter was flying by I heard the sound and then I tried to find it I love helicopters and what about when your mother told you about going to your grandmother's for dinner I think I was angry because my shoelace just broke and I was in a hurry and I really didn't want to go anyway feelings can get in the way of listening just like things you see and hear or other things you think about all right I'll give you some practice take that Bell and ring it every time you hear me name a color in the little geometrical story that will take place just above your head okay I'll listen for colors once there was a very special tree whose fruit was the most unusual in the world it ooh yellow equilateral triangles blue regular hexagons there were also Orange and purple trapezoids and parallelograms and last but not least a big red circle of course it was a geometry you're doing fine Barry let's change the purpose instead of listening for colors and ringing the bell use this counter do you know how yes and listen for numbers and add up the number of fruits on the tree that's your purpose now okay one day a greedy giraffe came by and ate all the fruit he ate the four equilateral triangles the regular hexagons orange trapezoids which were five in number the purple parallelograms there were three and the one red circle in all he ate how many 20 pieces of fruit very good and he felt just fine that's because everything you get from geometry is good for you the end hey that's okay does it have a title no do you want to give it one yeah but could I hear I hear it again I'll review it quickly for you so you can listen for the main idea so I'll be listening with a new purpose right right and one you Choose Yourself here goes and I'm going to do it very fast once there was a very special tree whose fruit was the most unusual in the world it grew yellow equilateral triangles blue regular hexagons orange and purple trapezoids and parallelograms and a big red circle of course it was a geometry one day agreed your wrath came by and eat all the fruitier before equilateral triangles the seven regular hexagons or five orange trapezoids three purple parallelograms and the one big red circle in all the 820 pieces of fruit and detail just fine that's because everything you get from geometry is good for you the end all right can you give it a title well bad you might come up with a better one if you think about it for a while listening with a purpose especially when it's your purpose helps you listen doesn't it well I think so concentrate do you think you can concentrate enough to repeat what I say will that be my purpose for listening yes here goes laser beam laser beam the distance from Earth to moon has been measured with a laser beam Earth the Moon has been measured with a laser beam the average distance from Earth to Moon as measured with a laser beam is now listen 237 086 miles the average distance from Earth to Moon as measured with the laser beam is I did listen 237 086 miles do you think you can listen as well as you just did if I give you a series of actions to do I'll try you will have to listen carefully I will all right stand up and sit down oh that was easy walk to one side stand on one foot raise one hand and disappear side stand on one foot raise one hand and disappear excellent Barry thanks now reappeared upside down arms out slide out of sight come back in again floating in midair turn green and then return to your normal color and sit in the chair wow what sorry good [Music] five very nice [Music] and back in the chair really good Betty really good some games like these help you learn to listen better because they help you want to concentrate and once you've started doing that you can start listening for clues that people use that will help you understand what you're hearing I don't understand well here is wow those words sure got my attention well that's what I mean some words like those tell you an important idea is coming like this is important the direction God I see oh listen yes they do help me listen they're sort of like notice that point is to summarize right right other words tell you about the order of things like first Earth sure later I get it finally I understand good I think you do and you won't forget about listening with a purpose will you I'll try not to when something goes in one year it'll stay there because you'll know how to listen [Music]