One piece of advice for anyone who would listen...
BeRad
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This thought has crossed my mind many times and I am curious to see how others would answer.
If you could give one piece of advice to anyone who would listen, what would it be?
There are so many possibilities, it is difficult to pick just one. Two that I have heard that I like are:
1) Spend 30 minutes of each day daydreaming.
2) Question everything the government tells you.
From my own experiences my answer would be:
Learn to play a musical instrument, and if you can, play in a band for at least one session. Everyone loves music. After all, it IS a universal language. But once you are able to actually take part in creating music, you can appreciate it on a whole new level that invokes not only a greater understanding, but a heightened degree of emotion. Imagine how many more people would become passionate about quality audio reproduction if everyone did this during/after High School (or at an age that would actually hold attention and interest).
So... what's your one piece of good advice?
If you could give one piece of advice to anyone who would listen, what would it be?
There are so many possibilities, it is difficult to pick just one. Two that I have heard that I like are:
1) Spend 30 minutes of each day daydreaming.
2) Question everything the government tells you.
From my own experiences my answer would be:
Learn to play a musical instrument, and if you can, play in a band for at least one session. Everyone loves music. After all, it IS a universal language. But once you are able to actually take part in creating music, you can appreciate it on a whole new level that invokes not only a greater understanding, but a heightened degree of emotion. Imagine how many more people would become passionate about quality audio reproduction if everyone did this during/after High School (or at an age that would actually hold attention and interest).
So... what's your one piece of good advice?
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CaligulaPolk wrote: »Dont make fun of Deaf people or joke about Deaf we have feelings too:p
What?
Kidding, my aunt and uncle are deaf. We always made fun of her, but mainly because she's like 4'7". That and you know a comedy is funny if you can just read it in closed captioning and still laugh out loud.
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