post 3

A concept that stood out to me this semester was when we learned about verbal and non-verbal communication. When I entered high school a lot of people didn’t like me because they said I didn’t look approachable. Non-verbal communication is the most important in my opinion because the non-verbal communication you make is the reason why someone does or doesn’t talk to you. If you want someone to approach you, you have to actually look approachable. Verbal communication is what keeps people around and makes relationships strong. People don’t realize how communication can make or break a relationship. In my family our biggest issue is communication. Being in this class has helped me improve my communication skills with my family. My communication with my family is important because I have moved away from home, keeping our communication strong is very important. Being in college and having roommates that I don’t know can be very frustrating because we are all different. Communication has made our apartment run smoother. 

Post 2

What I liked most about this class is that the website to blog was very easy to access and easy to post. The questions were never confusing and pretty self-explanatory. It was easy to communicate with other students. What I didn't like is that we had to wait 12 hours to post and that we had to comment on 3 peoples posts.it was hard to remember to post sometimes because there was no actual class to be reminded of the work that was due.  I think there should be a way to meet up in person because sometimes it’s easier to talk about grades or problems in person. Using two websites to keep track of the class also got confusing at times. I would sometimes forget to go on D2L to take the tests or quizzes or to see prompts for the essays. I wish this class wasn't online; learning about all the different types of communication would have been really interesting to learn from a professor. 

#1 dec 3-9

In this course I have learned the different stages of friendship and that there is more to communicating than just talking. Knowing the different stages of friendship has helped me understand what my best friend and me are going through. I compared our friendship to the stages and realized that we fit right in on how we met and got close. It also never occurred to me that there were different styles of loving. Its weird how we can love things different, like the love you have for your phone is different than the love you have for a boyfriend or girlfriend. Storge is the type of love I have with my boyfriend right now, we started off as friends and I would have never though id ever be with him and love him how I do. This class has helped me re-evaluate my relationships and communication skills. Knowing the different stages of relationships can help anyone with their relationships.