You should listen when other people talk.
Fred is sitting in English class bored while the teacher asks students to read out loud a single line of a long poem.
Fred wants to entertain himself.
Fred doodles on each line of the poem as it is being read.
Fred daydreams about leaving school and playing with his friends as the other students read.
The teacher calls on Fred, who knows exactly where they are in the poem and reads with confidence.
The teacher calls on Fred, and he has no idea what line he is supposed to read.