Differences in Communication

It was rather different evaluating myself on communication and then having other people evaluate me. We all did not have the same response my score was a little bit higher which was hard to believe. The one thing that was surprising to me was how close we all was on the score. I did not think anyone knew me that well, but I guess so. Another insight I learn is that I am more business like, but until doing this survey I would of never thought of that.

 

Another insight I learn is that we cannot judge someone from the cover. We need to really get to know a person before you can tell what that person is like. You do not want to judge them the wrong way and come out with the wrong perceptions of them. I would be very upset if a person would judge me without getting to know me first. Sometimes we have no clue of what that person might be going through at the time. Unless you have walked in their shoes do not judge them give them a chance.

 

The two things that I would share is:

 

1)  Not to judge someone from the cover you could be uncovering something you do not want to uncover.

 

2)  Do not assume you know someone by just looking at them. When you assume you can be very wrong at one point or another.  first impressions can through you off all the time. We need to get to know them before judging what they do on a daily basis.

 

By doing these will enhance me to be a better person to communicate with others without any barriers. Communication is a big skill to master with talking to other people.

Communicating Differently

I do not see myself Communicating any different to people from other groups or even cultures. I see myself talking in a different way depending on what the situation is. I know when I am teaching in my classroom the children know when I am serious and they know when I am kidding around with them. I think it depends on what is going on around the room and the concern you are dealing with. I have to really know you to kid around or be joking about something. There are only certain people I would know how to communicate without them getting mad or even upset. You have to know their personality really well to joke around.

 

Three Strategies that I would use to communicate more effectively are as follows:

 

1) To get to know that person before kidding or joking around with them. When I first meet a person I can usually tell if they good or not so good. Getting to know a person would be good, so no one is judged for their actions.

 

2) Make sure if you are communicating with someone not to use any type of body language at all. To take their culture into consideration when talking to a person.

 

3) To apply the platinum rule as much as possible on a daily basis, and to take in consideration of the other person and the feelings they are going through. The main thing is to remember this rule as much as possible

Communication Experience

Communication Experience

 

 

            Well was not too sure which show to choose to watch, since I am not one to watch TV other than the news or lifetime, and that is usually at night. I had to force myself to sit and watch the "The Cosby Show" with the sound off that was very hard to do. This is a show I used to watch when I was little, so that is why I chose to explore this show.

            It has been a while since I have watched this show, so I do not know their names. I do know one is a mother, grandmother, and than the other two I think are just friends. When the show first started you could tell a couple of them was on the couch wrapped in a blanket not feeling well. The grandmother came out of her bedroom all dressed up like she was ready to go out. One of the other ladies you could tell was just talking and talking, then it was a couple of seconds and they was all feuding among each other about something not sure what about. Then the grandmother walks out of her room, and the other three stomp to their bedrooms looking like they are really mad. You could tell they was upset at each, but could not make out why.

            Another scene was they were all in the kitchen hugging, so they seem to have made up. Then they were all sitting around the table talking about an issue, and then they started to yelling at each other again. Then they were all at a formal ball, and it seemed like they were enjoying their self and having a good time.

            While watching the show you could tell they had all kinds of different feelings going on. I could see mad, upset, love, anger, frustration, and happy. It was very hard to decide what was going on in the show without having any sound on. You had to really watch what was happening to decide if they was mad, anger or what. You could tell by their facial expressions what possible will happen.

            All of my assumptions were based on what I could see since there was no sound. My feelings was they were mad at each other for some reason, but not sure the reason you could tell the way they was looking and talking really fast. It was very hard for me to sit and watch a show without any sound at all.

            I think if I would of watched a show I knew well I feel my assumptions would have been different, because I would know what is going to happen. When you know a show well you look at it in a different way. If we are familiar with a certain thing or show we do not get what we should out of the observation.

            This was an experience I believe was very hard for me, but it did make me stop and think of different ways I send messages off to people. We need to be very careful of the way we use body language and even the way you look at people both of them are messages you can send the wrong way, and not meaning to hurt anyone.

Competent Communicator

I would have to say the person who has good communication skills would be my father. He is the person who has encouraged me to go back to school and get my degree. Without him in my life I am not sure what I would of done with my career. He is a person who has good knowledge and understanding about certain things. I can call him about a situation I have going on and he will be able to steer me in the right direction. My dad always knows how to communicate well with family members as well as other in the world. He is a Godly person and I know all of his feelings are coming from God he steers him in the right direction or knows what people to put him in contact with.

I would hope that someday I can model what my father does he a person who cares about everyone that he comes in contact with. I know with having the back ground from my father it can give me good ways to communicate with the parents. I need to be as positive as possible to give the families the best knowledge they need.

My goal is to learn as much about communication because the job we have we need to know how to talk to the families we serve on a daily basis. I know in the last class I learned that there are certain ways to speak to people, so I hope to learn alot about communication in this course as well.