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    difficult condition? The intentions why many Americans choose not to take benefit of their freedom of speech still remains secrecy. William F. Buckley Jr. in his essay “Why Don’t We Complain?” attempts to influence his audience that they are cautious to speak up when faced with circumstances which demands our attention. This essay addresses what he feels to be an important issue in today’s contemporary American society. Why are we so afraid to speak up when we have a problem? Though consideration

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    Summary James C. Peterson‚ author of Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating & Connecting in Relationships‚ through trial and error learned the value of communication balancing in which he found that the counselor must listen awhile‚ talk until the other person stops hearing and then listen until the person calms enough to hear again.(Peterson‚ 2007 Pg. 5) This concept is enlarged into a process in which Peterson calls the flat-brain syndrome. The purpose of the writing of this book according

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    The story why don’t we complain‚ is a story that brings up the face about american worries‚ or lack there of. The author’s first example was when he was on a train‚ and its freezing outside. Unfortunately the temperature in the train was is the mid 80’s. In the 50’s ‚business men wore heavy black suits which was not the most comfortable attire for a hot train car. When he decided he was going to ask to lower the temperature the people around him told him not to bring it up. Why ‚ because american

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    Practical Book Review One: Why Don’t We Listen Better Presented to Prof. Max Mills‚ M.Div‚ PH.D Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Lynchburg‚ VA In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Course PACO 500 Introduction to Pastoral Counseling By Marcus A. Banks-Bey February 12‚ 2012 Petersen‚ James C. 2011. Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating and Connecting in Relationships. Portland‚ OR: Petersen Publications

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    willing to go to extremes to avoid confrontation. However‚ with the expansion of the internet world‚ many of those who are too afraid to voice their opinion in public have an outlet to complain behind the mask of a computer screen. In the essay “Why Don’t We Complain‚” Buckly uses multiple personal anecdotes to show how our culture

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    because I didn’t know about Thanksgiving. I knew it was the reason why my teacher spent the days leading up to it having us make hand turkeys and watch the Charlie Brown special in class‚ but my family never celebrated it. I never realized how strange that was until I shared it with a friend the week before. “What do you mean you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving?!” he exclaimed. I recall the awkward predicament this put me in‚

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    official labor force‚ they perform nearly two-thirds of all working hours‚ receive only one tenth of the world income and own less than 1% of the worlds property´ Despite such investments in time and labor by women‚ why is there so much discrimination and inequality? To answer this‚ at first we have to know what does gender mean & inequality mean? TRANSFORMATION IN FAMILY STRUCTURE: The period since the end of the WWII has also witnessed a dramatic and rapid change in the nature of family structure

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    In his essay "How We Listen‚" Aaron Copland classifies and divides the listening process into three parts: "the sensuous place‚ the expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane" (1074). I believe by this mechanical separation‚ Copland succeeds in discussing difficult topic‚ so natural that most people tend to by pass it. He uses analogy and sometimes stresses on certain situation where these planes are abused or become a cause of a problem. The main purpose for Copland to separate the listening

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    visit was not organized and arranged. Peterson didn’t plan ahead but just expect it would go as he thought. He has not prepared both himself and for his staff to answer the question which may be asked. During the visit‚ the situation was totally out of his control. He didn’t provide information on the problems and solutions to the managements during their visits. Lack of communication with Jenkins and HQ on things happened in Biometra Before Jenkin’s visit‚ Peterson communicated little with Jenkins

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    entitled “Why Don’t We Complain?” The essay poses the question‚ why don’t modern Americans complain‚ share their opinions‚ or take a stand? The essay‚ unintentionally‚ sums up what we can learn from Buckley in today’s world. Even though it was written over fifty years ago‚ Buckley’s call upon Americans to make a stand‚ and advocate for themselves remains just as important today as in 1961. We can learn from Buckley’s career of challenging institutions and ideologies to challenge what we believe to

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