Many times, we, as a people have a true problem when it comes to listening to what people are telling us. That is where the misunderstandings come from within the relationships that we have with others, whether it be boyfriend/girlfriend, employer/employee, racially/religiously different persons, etc. We tune out people when they aren’t speaking our language, our dialect, or whatever we don’t want to hear, remaining ignorant to our surroundings and situations. When people aren’t open to the ideas and opinions of others, it creates more tensions and rifts between the people involved. I, myself, have been found guilty of this just as most people on this earth are but what makes me different from the others is that I listen, although it may not change my view, and when I listen, I understand and comprehend what the other person is saying, instead of just hearing the different sounds that come out of the other person’s mouth. And with knowing that, I had to make changes to my speech, seeing that if I tune out when someone is talking in a manner that will make me tune out, someone else will tune out if I speak in a manner that they don’t too much care for. Its a vicious cycle and the cause of many misunderstandings between the classes, sexes, races, cultures, religious beliefs, etc.