Life Lesson: You Must Listen to Learn
Whenever I would have my annual checkups as a kid, my mom would jokingly have my pediatrician double check my hearing. The doctor would laugh and go along with the joke as he reassured her that despite her frustration, there was nothing wrong with my ears. He then continued the joke by diagnosing me with the imaginary prognosis of “selective hearing” and explained to my mom that I would grow out of it. Reflecting on this memory, I realized that I really didn’t suffer from “se