Conversation

Goodreau asked the class? Everyone began making conjectures about the basics of factoring and where Erika could have made a mistake. All were valid reasons, but none were correct. As the conversation went on the reasons became more absurd and out of control. Here I was thinking I’m so funny and amidst the conversation I hollard “Maybe she’s on her period”. There mixed reactions among the crowd some laughed others were frozen, but one rose above all. Mr. Goodreau’s face was mixed with both…

race/ethnicity fell under the category of a minority (Black/African American, Latino(a)/American) seem to have more meaningful conversations than other races/ethnicities. It was difficult to analyze each conversation because there was usually a long line waiting to get inside Oliver Hall, but the Sodexo workers either smiled or took extra time with students they knew/had a conversation before. Being Latina and actually knowing the Sodexo workers, I noticed that they did this for me…

and the way each gender listens while communicating. In the story of “Hills like White Elephants” it’s about a couple that is having a problem. The way they handle their problem is by going to a restaurant and having a drink over conversation. Men go into conversations seeking a problem, and their main focus is trying to…

Interpersonal communication is in our everyday lives, conversation with our friends, family, and colleagues are all examples. By definition interpersonal communication is dyadic, contains two or more people, and influences either the sender and/or receiver’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships (Cohen 2016). Despite the fact that everyone communicates interpersonally, many people do not do it very well. Brian H. Spitzberg and William R. Cupach are two theorists who have an assessment…

self esteem. Such approaches as conferring allows students to be exposed to questioning about their writing, it creates this personal world of self reflections, sharing of ideas and creates closer trust connections as students are able to led a conversation about their work and it gives the teacher an opportunities to tune into their students imaginative world of…

builder concepts that I feel pertained to my experiences this quarter were other-centered messages, initiating conversation, clarifying supportive intentions, and describing feelings. Starting with other-centered messages I feel that I used this skill throughout this quarter. A particular example that comes to mind with my utilizing of this skill is just recently when I had a conversation with my sister, Danielle. My sister Danielle is currently taking a break from classes from BC as the last…

Active Listening Scenario: My active listening conversation occurred during my first training workshop for the NOVA ambassador program at JSOM. It was a Friday afternoon, and among the attendees, there were 3 staff members and 14 NOVA ambassadors, including myself. We were at a small classroom that invited people to sit close to each other, allowing a closer group interaction. I took a seat right in the middle of the classroom, facing right at the presenter, a school faculty member, with a…

behavior of swearing at her parents is defined as any time the patient uses profane language during a conversation either towards her parents directly or casually in the conversation. This most often occurs when the parent brings up a topic sensitive to the patient (i.e. the moving from their old lives; running away from their problems) and is followed by the patient controlling the conversation through rude sarcasm or swearing. Therefore it is hypothesized that the function of this behavior is…

into a full conversation, lasting pretty much my entire visit, about philosophy, epistemology, nature of reality, solipsism, physics, time, aesthetics, our struggles, western lit, etc. I should mention that this person was the same curly-haired fellow who I had passed earlier. I might add now that upon passing him the first time the reason I thought I recognized him was because previously this evening, at the hostel, I thought I had seen him check-in. During the course of our conversation, he…

life. After that destructive relationship, whenever I feel tension, I effectively stonewall. I have begun to use this mode not only in my personal life, but in my professional life at work. At work, I feel no need to engage and participate in the conversation that arise throughout the day, I chose to sit and do my job requirements and work my required hours. However, I lessen the use of stonewalling at work and employ the use of holding back. It is essential to hold back what I really want to…