One thing that has seriously stuck with me and I share with my friends is the idea about the different styles of love that are given to us in Chapter 11. I have still been trying to apply the readings to every aspects to my life to figure out what type of lover I am. As of right now, I'm still unknown. We all possess different ways to love and it is influenced by how we were raised and the level of maturity that we reach in order to actual know what love is.
Another concept that really intrigued me was about the different Non-listening we all engage in from time to time in Chapter 6. At first, I didn't know that you could categorize "ignorant" listening. With the information that I have acquired I have been able to present this information with my best friend who truly fails in the listening department. We are currently working on ways to engage and compromise our listening habits for each other.
This brings me to my last note, Chapter 10 'Friendship In Our Lives' really finalized the friendships that I have encountered this far in my life. "Friends of the heart" and "friends of the road" had really settled things in stone for. I used to want to be everybody's friend, but after reading the chapter I have a clear understanding of what an actual friend stands for and how hard it is to come by.
Overall, I underestimated Communications because it was something we did naturally. I didn't know that it came in various forms and varied among our ethnical backgrounds and even gender communities. This course had been the gate way for me to start being more eccentric about spending the rest of my life in [Mass] Communications -I am very much ready for the rest.
Hey Tina, interesting post. You are right there are too many concepts to choose from this class because learning each concept was like an eye opener. Most of the topics seemed familiar to us, but the detailed information given in the book about certain aspects of interpersonal communication changed my perspective about things. I like the communication styles by different gender. I was also unaware of the loving styles in people and we have a combination of them. I also thought the class was pretty interesting and I learned a lot from it that can be used lifelong. It was good to read your blogs this semester. Good job and Good luck for your finals.
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