Communication Evaulation

This week I had a chance to take assignments to see where I am on communication. I feel I scored very well and agree with what the scores describe me as. I also had the opportunity to have two people take the same evaluations on me. The scores they came up with on me were very similar to what I can up with. I was surprised that they were very similar. People always have their own opinion so I figured they would think of me differently then I think of myself. 

The first insight that I have had this week is who I really am when it comes to communication. I am happy with who I am but I also learned what I can work on to become a better communicator. The second insight that I had was I need to communicate as I know what I am saying. If I show any signs of nervousness I will not be taken as serious as I would with confidence. 

I do feel like I communicate differently to people for different culture and groups. I feel I communicate in a way that they understand. Such as a work meeting I am going to communicate professionally but with my friends I communicate in a fun way. I also use to work with a agency that had a majority of African Americans. I feel I started talking as they do when I am around them.I also communicate differently to people that I do not know. I treat and talk to them the way I would want to be treated since I do not know them. Another group I talk to differently is my students. I use words they can understand and most of the time it is in a calm positive voice.  

I feel you have to talk to different people differently. As I said you are not going to talk to your friends as you would talk in a work meeting. You just have to use your best judgement on how to talk to who.

For this assignment I watched the show Secrets and Lies. It is a show that I had recorded because the previews looked good. I just did not have the chance to watch it yet.

The first time I watched it I had the sound on mute. The beginning of the show looked like he was running for help. He looked like he was in a hurry. The guy looked very scared. He runs into a house and the girl who opened the door look very confused. It then went too a different scene and the guys face looked like he was wondering why anyone would do this. We found out that he found a little boy that was killed. The guy then was walking back through his neighborhood and his neighbors looked concerned for him. From watching it mute there were a lot of different emotions that I saw. I was able to see how everyone is related. 

After I watched the show with the sound on. The emotions that I recognize were correct. I feel that it was not hard to recognize the feelings on mute.Especially since I saw the police and the body of the little boy. Who would not be sad, angry and concerned when there is a body of a little boy. 

I feel that if I watched the show prior to this assignment I would have been more bias in my write up. 

Communication

For this assignment I had to think of a person who has strong communication skills. For this assignment I picked my Priest. He has really strong communications skills for public speaking but also for one one one speaking. He is not forceful to get his point across but he gets his point across in a loving kind way. With being a Priest there are many people that will come to you and tell them their problems. He listens to them and does not judge them. He gives his honest opinion but not in a way to make the person feel stupid and embarrassed. I would want to get some of his communication skills because I have many parents that have to come to me with issues they are having in their home. I would want them to feel that I do not judge them and that I am here to help them get through their trouble time.