"Can't We Talk?" (condensed from: You Just Don't Understand)

Status vs. Support.
Independence vs. Intimacy.
Advice vs. Understanding.
Information vs. Feelings.
Orders vs. Proposals.
Conflict vs. Compromise.

http://raysweb.net/poems/articles/tannen.html

This article is chosen because everybody would be able to give a response to it at a deeper level of understanding. May this blog be the response hub for the 1st article for WP2201C.

Understand man like you would understand a doctor. Like a doctor, a man's reputation(status)is very important to a him. A doctor is constantly gathering intelligence(information) on the latest technologies and patients' medical updates. A doctor bears the highest responsibility(independence) on the patient's health. A doctor is always ready to give solutions (advice) to his patients' problems. Some doctors dares to challenge(get into conflicts) the current practices and measures and that's how they learn and improve quickly. Lastly, no one 'orders' a doctor around because he is in-charge.

On the other hand, understand woman like you would understand a teacher. Most teachers like to garner 'support' from her student. In the process, she has to be sensitive to her students' 'feelings' and her students' opinions are important (intimacy). A caring teacher is always ready to give her students a listening ear (understanding). They are focused on resolving conflicts rather than creating them as harmony within students is important to them and there can never be harmony without 'compromisation'. Lastly, a teacher is always glad to hear her students' suggestions (proposal).

So...doctor vs teacher...what u guys think? :)