The need to be right can arise from a fear of being disrespected. Or it may come out of the fear of being seen as we really are: as flawed human beings who are perfectly imperfect and full of contradictions and confusions.
Julian TreasureRead
We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more importantly still, listening.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the lack of focus on speaking and listening skills in education, despite their importance.
Julian Treasure's quote highlights a significant gap in the traditional education system, where the emphasis is predominantly placed on reading and writing skills. He argues that while literacy is essential, equally vital are speaking and listening, which are often overlooked in school curricula. This lack of attention to oral communication skills may hinder students' ability to effectively express themselves and engage with others in meaningful ways.
Themes
EducationListeningSpeakingCommunicationSkills
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about improving education, one could quote this to advocate for better communication skills training.
More from Julian Treasure
All quotes βYou can't truly listen to someone and do anything else at the same time.
Julian TreasureRead
The human voice: It's the instrument we all play. It's the most powerful sound in the world, probably. It's the only one that can start a war or say 'I love you.' And yet many people have the experience that when they speak, people don't listen to them.
Julian TreasureRead
Intention is very important in sound, in listening. When I married my wife, I promised her I would listen to her every day as if for the first time. Now that's something I fall short of on a daily basis.
Julian TreasureRead
Just three minutes a day of silence is a wonderful exercise to reset your ears and to recalibrate so that you can hear the quiet again. If you can't get absolute silence, go for quiet; that's absolutely fine.
Julian TreasureRead
People find birdsong relaxing and reassuring because over thousands of years, they have learnt when the birds sing, they are safe; it's when birds stop singing that people need to worry.
Julian TreasureRead
Similar quotes
It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person's ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making
Alan GreenspanRead
Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.
Wole SoyinkaRead
You know, you can make a small mistake in language or etiquette in Britain, or you could when I was younger, and really be made to feel it, and it's the flick of a lash, but it would sting, and especially at school where there's not much privacy, and so on. You could, yes, undoubtedly be made to feel crushed.
Christopher HitchensRead
I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
Malala YousafzaiRead
I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities.
David McculloughRead
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
Adlai E. StevensonRead