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Speakers are either ‘interactive’ or ‘non interactive’. The interactive talks are lively while the non interactive kind thrives on content. Similarly listeners can be broadly classified as ‘listening’ or ‘non-listening’. Since listeners are generally more in number the classification of listeners is not as easy as it seems.
An uninterested speaker has to just talk and more often than not, it would be a presentation that would’ve gone into his head by repetition right from his ’listening’ days(in some cases these presentations are made shorter by the speaker “those are out dated, u can look up the updated data from the internet”) . A listener on the other hand has no other option. Social responsibility, public etiquette and respect for the speaker (in some level) stops him from breaking away from the maddening monotone or the overwhelming camaraderie (depending on the type of the speaker).

Every listener has his own identity; it is similar to a finger print of a person. But, a pattern can always be found and some of the most common patterns are listed below.
Note: All These characters are ‘listening’ in some level. A write up on ‘non-listeners’ is in the anvil and will be updated as soon as it takes shape.

The Dog

http://smileluver38.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=76970469

He’s the first smiling face in a class, he is a first bencher, he bobs his head so much that it makes the speaker dizzy watching him, he titters when the speaker smiles, he takes copious notes and every syllable is noted down. Lines are drawn for every heading, important sections are marked (every section), key words underlined or in other words he is the ‘notes’ keepers of the class. Any budding speaker wishes the room is full of this kind, as He is a ‘confidence booster’. He’s the First chapter in ‘wise cracks 101’, a bible for the last bench 'wisecrackers'. He need/needn’t be brilliant in his work, but he’s found generally,suffering from an condition of advanced ‘psycho’fancy(sic).

The Cool guy.

http://georgecoghill.com/blog/346/cartoon-dog-with-cigar-mascot-logo-illustration/

Though the above tag is trite, nothing can describe him better. He sits in the second or the third bench. He is the fellow who looks a little out of place among the nonchalant last benchers.  Generally, he doesn’t like to be labelled a dog; hence he dresses up a little differently, walks a little differently and acts in a way that might imply cool indifference. This sham is perfected by practice. An average speaker can identify this clan easily while a good speaker immediately makes contact with this group to get the attention of the majority. In Some cases the inherent ‘doggie’ness he was trying to kill resurfaces and he ends up becoming the secondary source of ‘class notes’. These people are the first to try out/copy assignments and sometimes partner with the doggies to finish it.

Last benchers.

http://reuningscherer.net/stat230/

This is the last classification of the ‘listeners' and this is typically a group behaviour. They are very lazy; They are intermittent listeners with sporadic bursts of attention. At other times, a speaker may encounter lazy half nods, man eating yawns, half suppressed laughter (jokes directed at him or one of the first benchers) or the residual smirk after the laughter. The more-adventurous of the lot read news papers, play hangman or if the scenario is conducive, catch a recent movie in his/her laptop. This gang behaviour is fuelled by each one trying to match the others’ guts in crossing the moral line. These people face real pressure in meeting deadlines that are created by them after the actual deadline to salvage some points. They write fast and copy faster. When a speaker spots frenzied writing during his talks, it is not because of him speaking, but it is the last minute scramble to finish an assignment.

P.S:

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