Ponyboy wonders...why do the Greasers continue to fight the Socs? He says, “You can’t win against them, no matter how hard you try, because they’ve got all
the breaks” (11)? What does Ponyboy mean by this? Explain…

1. Sometimes it is more difficult to concentrate if you use active listening skills because you have to simultaneously understand what you are being told and reassure the speakers that you understand them by using verbal affirmations like for example "Sure", "I understand", "I see", etc. So, for me it sometimes caused me trouble trying to use active listening skills like nodding, establishing eye contact or paraphrasing what the speakers said in order to show them that I was involved.

2.  Some of my friends and family responded differently to my active listening and seemed to be more excited about what they were talking about because I seemed to be really interested in what they had to say.

3. I also felt a little bit differently because active listening is more demanding than passive listening and it required greater effort from my part.