How to Listen

Coming into this class I thought that this class was just gonna be a classic poetry reading class where we read poetry and try and find meaning in it. However, in the first week of classes my professors told us that we were going to be listening to peoples stories and writing a monologue and performing it. The idea of having to write a monologue on someone else was very daunting to me. As the semester progressed we read and watched videos that taught how to actively listen to people, and my professors especially gave good instructions on how to be a good listener. I learned that an active listener mostly just sits in silence and looks like they are active in the conversation with the person, and does not try and interject into the persons story. My professors have also taught me to put myself in other peoples positions and try and remove any biases that I might have. I have been able to use this information in my everyday life especially in my romantic relationships this information has helped a lot.