Miscommunication often happens between people, whether it involves the different meanings of words or the lack of words all together. There have been times when things have been miscommunicated between two people, it happens all of the time. For example, I have had teachers in High School that were not clear on some assignments that they wanted us to complete. My senior english teacher for instance, would give us examples of previously written papers, some written by her and some by her students, and would expect us to then write a similar paper without explaining what her requirements were or telling us what she is grading for. She gave us a rubric but most of the time it said "student successfully completed the requirements of the paper" and, " Student had an addequate introduction". Her rubric did not explain what we had to do either. When we asked her what she wanted she said "I want a paper just like this, explaining about a life experience." She would not give us any other information. So I just assumed she left it open ended for us and I wrote my paper the way I thought she wanted it done and ended up receiving an F on it. I asked her about it and she said that it was not even close to what she was looking for. I replied, "Well you didn't tell us what you wanted specifically, I did not know what form to right it in, if it is suppose to be a research paper or fictional piece, you did not clearly explain anything to the class and your rubric did not help clarify anything. The whole class was confused."
She replied with "Its all in the way you interpret it, that is what I wanted you guys to figure out." I thought this was rediculous because if this was the case, why did MY interpretation of the paper get me an 'F' ? I asked her the same thing and she avoided the answer. The next day I checked my grade online and it said I got a B on the paper.
I think that she didnt realize that she didnt communicate well with us until I confronted her about it, but even after she realized she was wrong she would not admit it. This is why clear communication is so important in everyday life.
My question: Has a teacher/ professor/employeer every been unclear with you regarding what they want for a particular assignment or task?
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Week 11
There are major differences between your perceived self and your presenting self. The way you perceive yourself means "how do you describe yourself as a person" and your presenting self means "how do you describe yourself when you are around other people?" This can also be described as "front stage and back stage" in other words, when you are "front stage" or in front of people/friends, you typically act differently then when you are alone (back stage). We all know that different people expect different things from us and we change our behaivor accordingly, but our true self does not usually emerge until we are alone with no other influence to change us.
We commonly see this "front stage" behavior at scool, work, and other public places where people attempt to impress other people. I remember a time when I was in highschool and one of my friends started to act a lot differently than before. This was the durring the transition from elementary school to middle school, and as you all know, that is the hardest of them all. She started wearing a lot of make-up, wearing tighter and more revealing clothes, and hanging out with the "popular" crowd. She became a jerk to me and our other friends at school, but after school she would call us up and appologize and ask to come over to hang out. She was putting on her "presenting self" at school, and at home she was back to her normal "perceived" self because nobody around her cared about her presenting self.
We commonly see this "front stage" behavior at scool, work, and other public places where people attempt to impress other people. I remember a time when I was in highschool and one of my friends started to act a lot differently than before. This was the durring the transition from elementary school to middle school, and as you all know, that is the hardest of them all. She started wearing a lot of make-up, wearing tighter and more revealing clothes, and hanging out with the "popular" crowd. She became a jerk to me and our other friends at school, but after school she would call us up and appologize and ask to come over to hang out. She was putting on her "presenting self" at school, and at home she was back to her normal "perceived" self because nobody around her cared about her presenting self.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Week 10
Perceptions-
I think we can all say that a lot of our perceptions, especially in current times, are made based off of physical appearance. I too fall into this catagory. I try not to, but often find myself judging others based off of how they look. I believe that it is part of being in society today and that we cannot help but form oppinions and "catagorize" people, and things right away. Some of the things that we, I included, perceive related to physical appearance, are clothes, makeup, disabilities, skin color, hair type (dreds, smooth, strait, dyed, natural...) and even the places we occupy (in front of the library or in front of a porn shop). These are all things that make us judge instantly, and it is all a form of perceiving.
I believe that I perceive myself differently than other people perceive me. The way I see it is, as humans we have the tendancy to perceive our selves in one of three ways in relation to other people: 1. We think we are better than them, are confident, and smarter.
2. We have low self-esteem and don't think we are at the same level as everyone else
3. A combination of the two, somewhere in the middle.
I think that I am pretty modest and confident, but I don't think that I am better than anyone else, so I guess I would fall in the third catagory being a mixture of the first two. I couldn't tell you what people think of me as a person, but I can bet that it is different than how I see myself.
Question: What are your perceptions of yourself and how do you think that relates to what other people think of you?
I think we can all say that a lot of our perceptions, especially in current times, are made based off of physical appearance. I too fall into this catagory. I try not to, but often find myself judging others based off of how they look. I believe that it is part of being in society today and that we cannot help but form oppinions and "catagorize" people, and things right away. Some of the things that we, I included, perceive related to physical appearance, are clothes, makeup, disabilities, skin color, hair type (dreds, smooth, strait, dyed, natural...) and even the places we occupy (in front of the library or in front of a porn shop). These are all things that make us judge instantly, and it is all a form of perceiving.
I believe that I perceive myself differently than other people perceive me. The way I see it is, as humans we have the tendancy to perceive our selves in one of three ways in relation to other people: 1. We think we are better than them, are confident, and smarter.
2. We have low self-esteem and don't think we are at the same level as everyone else
3. A combination of the two, somewhere in the middle.
I think that I am pretty modest and confident, but I don't think that I am better than anyone else, so I guess I would fall in the third catagory being a mixture of the first two. I couldn't tell you what people think of me as a person, but I can bet that it is different than how I see myself.
Question: What are your perceptions of yourself and how do you think that relates to what other people think of you?
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Week 9 Blog
I have heard many speaches before. Some were emotional and sad while others were dull and boring. The variation of responses that arise from different types of speaches make me think. What is it that make speaches so variable? I think it has to do with the speaker's knowledge of the type of audience that he is talking to and the way that he adapts his/her speach to appeal to that group. They use many tricks though, age, sex, religion, origin, and other factors all play into the different types of audience reactions that they will get.
I have personally seen a speaker who appealed to his audience in an emotional way. He was talking about the hollocaust and the negative effects of the war. He had managed to make every single person in the audience cry, and all he was doing was telling us a story of what his life was like when he was a kid; he even showed us the number tatooed on his wrist. All in all, it was a very effective speach and he had our attention for the entire three hours that he talked.
I have also seen a speach that focused on a needs based appeal. In fact we see mini-versions of these speeches everyday when we watch commercials on T.V.. All of the ads that we watch are all speaches telling us why we need certain products and how they will make our lives better. I think that this is a very effective way to reach your audience because as human beings we like to be told what we 'need' or what will improve our lives.
I have personally seen a speaker who appealed to his audience in an emotional way. He was talking about the hollocaust and the negative effects of the war. He had managed to make every single person in the audience cry, and all he was doing was telling us a story of what his life was like when he was a kid; he even showed us the number tatooed on his wrist. All in all, it was a very effective speach and he had our attention for the entire three hours that he talked.
I have also seen a speach that focused on a needs based appeal. In fact we see mini-versions of these speeches everyday when we watch commercials on T.V.. All of the ads that we watch are all speaches telling us why we need certain products and how they will make our lives better. I think that this is a very effective way to reach your audience because as human beings we like to be told what we 'need' or what will improve our lives.
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