I lived in the Philippines for two years and aside from emailing my family once a week, usually, I was completely ignorant of the outside world.
Someone mentioned in passing that Michael Jackson had died and I thought they were just teasing our lack of worldly knowledge.
I liked this post and I think a concept at play here is that people are afraid of the quiet as they're afraid of themselves. I experimented with different teaching methods and that while I was over in the Philippines and using silence and good questions were the most effective methods I came across outside of having genuine understanding of the person/group.
Someone mentioned in passing that Michael Jackson had died and I thought they were just teasing our lack of worldly knowledge.
I liked this post and I think a concept at play here is that people are afraid of the quiet as they're afraid of themselves. I experimented with different teaching methods and that while I was over in the Philippines and using silence and good questions were the most effective methods I came across outside of having genuine understanding of the person/group.
Silence.