How hard is it to follow instruction?

The Oxford dictionary defines instruction as a process of teaching. The ability to listen and follow instruction is a learnt skill. Without this basic skilfulness, you might find it impossible to listen, never mind understanding instructions. Your intellectual growth would be stagnant.

My father is a primary school educator for the past 16 years. Having spent more than a decade teaching school kids, he would know all about how frustrating the lack of listening and following instruction is. “School kids do not follow instruction because they just don’t listen”, he says.

I like to believe that kids listen differently and like my father, you quickly learn how they think and accept that. Acceptance provides opportunities to do differently. It gives birth to ideas that help you help others. My father learnt this lesson rapidly.

Consider, that the inability for people to listen and follow instruction is due to them being different and therefore listening differently. In a country with 11 official languages and a diverse people, tolerance and our knack for understanding others, might help the process of giving, listening and following instruction go much faster.