6.29 just not my day.

speechless

Second Day- YORO

Last night, I was trying to memorize my 3 minute speech for the class, but I hardly remain words in my head. Unlike with my microbio and a&p classes that I could easily memorize the bones and the bacterias. The presenation is quite different from the speeches I had way back in my high school. It is because it is not about the government or persuading the higher officials to do this or that, but it is about my own life, how am I raised and why I am me now. Honestly, I slept late, I was thinking for the whole night how would my speech presentation come out.

So, since I stayed up late the whole night I was late in class. While I was walking I was worried that they might have started the activity and I might have lose my chance to do it. But luckily, we had to analyze the homework first. Regarding the homework, I learned that communication class is not just a "boosting up my GPA course", but it's a course that could help you throughout your life. I also learned that a good communnication skill is a plus when applying in a job. And a good communication skill plays an important role in a relationship. We also had an activity on how to solve the problems given by our professor, and all of the solutions that were given requires a good communication skills. After that, we studied about the history of communication. From this chapter, I learned that it was Aristotle who found the school "The Lyceum" and Plato was his professor. And the most intersting part is that the school is exclusively for boys before. I also learned about the ethos which means the ethical aspect or the credibilty issue, pathos or the emotional aspect and logos means the logical reasoning or decision making.Lastly, we were asked to do our speech. And it's very unfortunate that I had to do it first. I was so nervous and worried what might be the outcome of my speech. and worried what might be the reaction of my classmates and teacher. But then, while I was doing the speech, felt very proud of myself that no matter what happened or I had experienced years ago or will experience in the next 10 years, I will be very strong and I will always be determined to get up and never give up.

From all the speeches that I've heard, I can say that, in life there are ups and downs, and if we choose to succeed we must not let our fears, or bad experiences to put us down but rather we must take them as lessons and challenge to move on and have a very much better life.

What a Disclosure Day

Wow!!! I'm so amazed about speaking about my life so frankly in front a large group. This have always been easy for me if I am talking to person one on one. During the lunch break I was panicking over speaking about my life because I felt disgusted and somewhat ashamed. Luckily I saw a friend of mine and he was able to encourage me that I should embrace my story because I have persevere so much and that may help someone else out. I am always down to help someone especially if my life story will help because I do not want anyone to ever feel what I felt. I am a survivor and that is what I learned about my self disclosure. I am not sure what I am feeling right now, but what I do know is that I am speechless and that is surprising when it comes to me.

Over all the speeches I heard gave me strength to tell my own and I also learned from my class mates stories. I do appreciate all of you being so honest, which help me to reveal my journey much easier. This was an experience that I will never forget and I am pretty much speechless right now. I am still in awe about this whole disclosure.

Second Day of Class

Today was a very interesting day. I came to class really nervous because we had a do a 3 minute speech entitled "my journey". I had prepared my speech and rehearsed it the night before thinking that it would help me to remain calm. But we didn't do the speeches right away. First we talked about an article about communication. Then we did some slide shows on the history of communication and the different types of communication. This was very informative and I was able to see why communication itself is so important. It is definitely a skill that everyone needs to be able to contribute to society. After that lesson we did a little exercise in groups of 6. We each had a scenario that we had to figure out from beginning to end in a group. It was very interesting to see how we all contributed in the group. After that exercise we began the speeches. The first one was awesome and fun. I went third. I was really scared and nevous but wanted to get it out the way. I talked about my background and my journey in the military. How it helped me become the person i am. Also how I can overcome and do anything I wanted to do dispite what someone else thought about me or my goal. After lunch everyone did their speeches and it was soo mind blowing. I even cried during a few of them. Its amazing how you never know what someone is going through. You think sometimes that you are the only one going through something when in reality its just your turn to go through it. Other people already have. Hearing everyones disclosures helped me to open my eyes to the reality that we all have our issues. We all have pain and we all need love and understanding. Never judge anyone because you have no idea what they have been through...........

Second Class

I am so nervous about my first speech and I think I could handle it step by step because it is not to worry about to tell my classmate about my past. I am so happy because I can tell everyone from my heart in 3 minutes speech about my past. Still, I am feel excited about this class because we need to work in group that I never do it before. Working in group is very exciting because not only with class work but we also could communicate in different topic like talk about our personal life, college work and work environment too. In addition, I feel closer with my classmate because we have to discuss the project in the future and how to present the self-disclosure in front of our classmate.
Most importantly, I feel more familiar and closer after heard their self-disclosure and now I know that I am so fortunate because I got the happy family and they force me to come to the United States is for my own good. I learned that everyone has different background and the matter is how we could handle it in the best way. From my understanding about today speech is almost everyone had a hard time in the beginning when they start their new life in United States. Sometimes, I feel that how I can tell everyone about my deep self disclosure but when I heard another classmate express everything about they specific personal life I started to tell everything from my heart. Moreover, the speech today is totally different that what I have been plan for couple days ago. Finally, I will work hard to continue my communication with each other.

SECOND COMMUNICATION CLASS

I'm learning a lot in this class until now. It's very entertaining, useful and offers valuable insight, which make it more effective. It just confirms that I'll improve my communication skills thanks to it; I still have to overcome my fears though. I'm eager to learn more and more. I'm excited and really interested in continuing this exciting jorney. This class is worthy; the time goes so fast that I want to take advantage of it to the fullest.

With the article "Why take this class", I learned how important is communication is our daily lives. Because what-we-are changes while who-we-are does not, we have to build good communication skills. It's an essential tool that allows us to better our competency and everything in our lives. Some employers are even willing to hire and train someone without experience just and simply because they like him/her. That makes me realize that knowlegde and having the capability to do a work is not enough. It just encourages me to keep trying to improve my communication skills. I really need it because there are times when my non-verbal language is often misunderstood because I don't express myself the way I'd like. I hope it haven't affect so much my today's presentation. I got nervous and emotional that, of what I had prepared, I missed some parts and ended up adding others. That's because I don't use to talk about myself so often, but disclosing has been relieving for me. This activity let me share a piece of me and discover more about my classmates... How they manage and have managed their lives until now, their dreams, their past, their problems, their experiences, their motives. I listened to them, and their stories touched my heart. We never know what other people feel or why they behave the way they do until we understand their reasons. I'm eagerly awaiting for the next classes.

Self Disclosure Speech

Today was a new experience for me, I actually got to share my family situation which helped me out in so many ways. I got to vent and express my true feeling to my classmates. They supported me through out my whole speech. I was very nervous, scared of being judge. After hearing the stories I felt a little more comfortable sharing my feeling and thoughts.

After hearing another classmate story that was similar to mines, I felt and know that I wasn't the only one going through this. I felt what she felt, and dealt with it the same way she dealt with it but I am happy to say we both got it off our chest the same way and that's through our self disclosure speech.

"My Journey" of my second class by shoma

This was my second class and I can say after today's class that I am sorry it is going to finish in another four weeks but I thinking of taking another class in communication.The whole experience was very powerful for me and I give the credit to the article we read in the class. How important is to take this class in today's day and age where people has so less time to know about you ,the only effective way you can make yourself known only through effective communication.
How communication is an art, as it teaches you how to express yourself like an artist express himself with his brush and canvas. If you are a good speaker you can paint a picture which can change this society in good and bad ways. You can have that power.

The history of communication is so old that it creates a mystery ,how the art of communication is base of any society to progress. How the three main part of communication plays their role and how they are interrelated but the most important part of today's class was the "Self Disclosure" speech.

In the morning I was very nervous about my class as we had to deliver the Self Disclosure speech, I was thinking how can I open up myself in front of my classmate who I just meet,how can I tell them story of my journey? My journey is my struggle of my life ,how I can share that with strangers. What if they laugh at me and find my struggle less important than theirs.

Today I heard some very heartfelt speeches about" Self Disclosure" which were not limited to thoughts,feelings,aspirations,goals,failures,successes,fears,dreams,as well as one's likes and dislikes and favorites.often time people fail to disclose their true selves to people around them for reasons that vary , todays class made an impreastion which will stay with me for long time to come. I think todays class made me realize that sometime its important to speak your heart out.

My Self Disclosure Day

WOW!!!! this was really intense for me. It is amazing that what I self disclosed my speech was a very short and extremly diluted to my actual journey. Once I got in front of the class I felt freaked out a little bit but as I started to talk I promised myself not to cry. After hearing all the speeches I knew I had to be a little bit more raw than what I prepared myself

Presentation day

Today every bodies self disclosure speeches where great. Some people really dug deep inside and let the class in their life and struggles they have been through. I myself spoke about something i really don't share with many people, but i guess that struggle has me made who i am today. I accomplished 2 things today letting perfect strangers in my life and getting up and speaking in front of people. That in itself was a big accomplishment for me. Granted i was shaking like a leaf, my face was twitching, and i almost cried but i did it. Any other time i would of just dropped the class, failed the project or taken a lower grade. But its all about growing and accomplishing new things in life. Not that I'm saying i want to do it again or that I'm more comfortable but just the fact that i did it, I'm proud of myself.
I also learned from the reading today that communication is very important in the workforce, no matter what career u choose in life. It helps u grow as a person (which i did today), builds confidence ( i didn't run out the room) , and it helps maintain quality relationships, which u need to build to get ahead in any job. Even for an interview u need to communicate what u have to offer to that job if not you will never get your foot in the door. So far im glad i have taken this class and this might be one of the few classes i might get something out of.

Self Disclosure Class by Shoma Mukherjee

Billo's second class of communication

In the first part of the class, I learned that communication is a paramount of importance. Whatever major you choose, you will communication skills not only to tell people what you know, but also to build a confidence around you. Furthermore, you need communication skills to connect and maintain a quality relationship with people.
I had a huge relieve today again not only by telling my story in class, but also by hearing many touching stories from classmates. I realized no matter what situation you are in, you are not alone. Some situations are even worst than yours. Therefore, there is no excuse not to succeed.
I finally learned ethos or credibility issue, pathos or emotional appealing and logos or logical analysis.
Billo Sanoh

class 2

The class today was very interesting through out the morning. When classmates started doing their speeches it still is emotional. All of them in class has been excellent. But, my favorite one has been so far number 1 angelica. When she opened her mouth and spoke from the heart it really touched me deeply. When the assignment was first given i thought it was going to be boring people was going to make up anything. That has definitely changed my opinion. This speeches so far has come from people experiences and heart. Most of them has gone up with their index cards and when they started speaking they have forgot all about the index cards. They kept speaking deeply Now I know what is self disclosure deeply.

Second day in HUC101 Class

Today, after Prof. Trapini expained the article of "why take communication class", I learned that it is a skill that people need to have in order to function well in society. It helps us grow as a person. Having good communication skill builds confidence and maintains good quality in relationships. The reason that people always complaint and being pissed off when there is a problem because they lack communication skill. They choose to stay quiet and do nothing instead of argue. If we argue, at least we will get a chance to win.
Moreover, I also learned the history of the communication. It is the study of rhetoric in ancient Greece. It is the art of how we think and feel about something. They also have 3 components in communication which are Ethos, Pathos and Logos. Ethos appeals credibility. Pathos appeals emotion. Logos appeals thought and action. It is true. When someone is trying to say something, it is necessary to have credibility because you are trying to convince others to believe in you and it proves that we have thought critically. Overall, it is my honor to take this class.

The class on 06/30/2010

Today, I think the interesting part is the explanation of ethos, pathos and logos. It is very useful information to improve communication. And then, we are separated to four groups to discuss how to solve a difficult problem. We not only can learn how to communicate with the classmates and be a good listener, but also we can learn to cooperate with others to solve problems. If we can add this useful part to each class, I think all of us can improve our communication skill a lot. Finally, we will make a self-disclosure speech. I can learn lots of life experience from their speech. Some of them have an interesting life experience sharing with us. It is so great that we can learn a lot of things in such a happy way.

6/30/10

Today is the second class. We read the article about why take this class. For me, it is not only the requirement for my senior college transfer; but also it is a path way to improve my communication skill. English is not my first language. It is not comfortable for me using it in my daily time. And I am a shy person, and I'm afraid to talk with people. Hopefully, I enjoy this class. I start to talk to people around me. The first reason to take this class is to learn how to communicate with people better in English.

The communication class helps us grow as a person. Communication is everywhere. It is contextual. Good communication skills build confidence and maintain quality relationships. It is not only helpful for daily life, but also in career. Within a company or a group, good communication skills help process work better. And communication is only way to show everybody what kind person you are, and what talent you have.

Today we were talking about why the Oral Commmunication class is important.We were working with the article "Why Take This Class" .Than we had to form a groups ,and make decisions about what would we do( explain in a few steps ) with the problem that the proffesor told us about.My group had to immaginate that we have 2 years old baby and that one day someone came to our house and informed us that the child that we have is not ours. It wasn't easy topic to work with but my group did a good job. The main purpose of that excercise was to think about how we work and act working in teams. He told us that we need to work on our character because it is important bo be a good leader of the group.It is not good to speak all the time and it is not good to not speak at all, we should thinks about others and what they have to say.
After that exercise we have learned some information from chapter 1. We talked about what it means Ethos,Logos and Pathos. We also learned how does human actions influance speech-what was very interesting .We are ruled by our emotions and we shoudn't be a prejudices because it will have bad affect on our life and work.When we finished that chapter a few people gave a speech .The speech was about a Self-Disclousure- and I really enjoyed what the students had to say.

conquest the fear

Communication is really the learning process. It mean that we need to learn to interact with each other. What really happen is that there is an action that happen inside our body (at least it is happen with me). I feel very nervous especially when I had to make a presentation. Even I had prepare my paper, I just can not make it so naturally to look at them once in a while.
Communication is as true as the perception, motivation, interaction and opportunity that people have to balance in order to have an effective communication. There is a time that I just do not dare to show my opinion because it is the voice inside me that remind me not to make foul of myself.
Communication is really the life long experience that we must accumulated in order to make a nice once. Hopefully, by the end of the class we can master our little voice inside our head so we can control our fear

My second HUC 101 class

Today was my second class and I really enjoyed it.We worked today at groups and that is what I would like to write about.It was great experience for me.I realized that it is hard to communicate with other people.When you have different ages and culture around you and people have different values and youy have to find one decision and negotiate, it appeared very difficult to me.Also I realized that I like to speak but I don't really give a chance for other people to tell their opinion.And professor mentioned that that person who always keep silence and doesn't speak to much, that one might know the right answer.And I starting thinking about it.And it is true.
Also we starting our speaches.I was so confident before the class and I thought it gonna be easy for me, but not really.It was hard to keep you voice down and try not to snow your nervosity.It was hard to look at my classmates eyes and tell my speach.I like this class very much and that is exactly what I need, because I need this skills for my future, for my job , for my career.I think that I am gonna learn a lot of more .And I am looking forward aou group project work

06.30.10

In today's class the professor explained to us why taking a communication class is an essential tool when it comes to socializing. He went over the article "Why Take This Class" and pointed out that employers usually look for a person with a good oral and writing communication skill. The professor then explained to us the origin of rhetoric speaking and pointed out that the classical periods were more focused on seeking the truth, the medieval or renassiance periods focused on religion and currently is more focused on the scientific evidences to support or there is a lot more observations.
Aftterwards, we got into groups to find a solution about what we would do if the government told that they were going to shut down our restuarant because they were going to build road there. After we were done, the professor listed a few questions such as who spoke the most, who spoke the least, and etc. I didn't realize this during the group work, but I did most of the speaking and most the things that were said outloud were all my thoughts. Although I thought I gave everyone a chance to speak about their thoughts, my only goal at the moment was to accomplish this particular task which I was realized wasn't completely right. Also one of the person in my group mentioned me that I was a control freak which I wasn't offended by, but this whole experience really made me reflect on my way of communication.

Still excited

The second class meeting is still exciting. Prof.trapan gave us new thing to discuss in a group. The case he gave us is what steps you do if there is a couple standing in front of the door claiming that they are my parent. To do these I have to gather information and find the facts if they are right. Other groups did the same way even though they different cases. I think this part of communication which listening.

Class # 2 - First Speech

I just finished giving my first speech and I must say it actually wasns't that bad! I was very nervous and as I spoke I noticed my body doing things on its own like shaking and swaying a bit. I also noticed that when I am nervous and speaking I tend to just speak more I felt like I added some information and forgot other things. Even though I had it written down when I looked at my paper I couldn't read what was on the paper! I just looked and then started talking! I think I did well with the eye contact which I thought would be the hardest part. The hardest part was actuallu catching up with my words. I am happy though I think I did a good job. I really liked the first speech it really was heart felt and she basically did not hold back. I felt it was very poetic and I honestly was not breathing that's how impacted her speech was too me. I think everyone did a very good job so far and I am looking forward to hearing more speeches. I think as a class we are all going to bond very well!

First Class

I really like the way the course is constructed, the reason being I had just dropped a class due to the fact I felt it was unfair the way it was outlined. The previous proffessor gave little turn-around for in depth research papers and also stated that we were not going to give speeches at all which I thought was the most important part of this class. I really like how the proffessor uses psychology in order to realte to communitcation because it really helps identify why we do the things that we do when speaking. The story that Santo told about the man on the train that lost his wife really touched me because it is true you never know what someone is going through just by looking at them. It really made me take more a look at myself and the role I play when I am communication with someone and making the wrong assumptions at times. I feel this class will definatly change the way I view communication.

Billo Sanoh

Before the beginning of the class, I thought it will be all about standing in front of classmate and talk. However, when the Professor told everybody to introduce himself to everyone in class, I learned that different people from different part of the world can have many things in common. I found some class mates who speak French like I do. I also found out some new ways to start conversation with someone I have just met such as talking about some celebrity in the person's country.
Furthermore, I learn that it is natural thing that a human being talk to himself. In my West African country of Guinea, when people see you talk to yourself, they say that you have mental problem or you are crazy.
The last thing that caught my attention in this class was the third reason of self disclosure; catharsis. I learned in this class that catharsis is a good way to relieve emotional and personal tension.

My Impressio

"Communication class? this is BS! 8 hours!? sigh! Boring! Boring! Crazy! Well I don't have any choice but to take this class." Oops! Before you react negatively about what I said and think about anything else, let me clear out something. That was just the first thought I had when I haven't been in the class yet. Gratefully, everything changed when I attended the class. I realized that every single impression I had for the class were all opposite. This class is just amazing and there's no way that I could argue about that.

Eight hours? It felt like it was just an hour. Our professor, Santo Tarapani was really energetic and amazing. He's really smart and he know's how to make his students give our full attention to him when he's talking. The class was also "cool" diverse students all over the place. I really love this class. One more thing that I loved in the class was the "getting to know each other" part. I thought before that its hard for me to do such a thing as introducing myself in front of the crowd but because of Professor Tarapani, I was given a chance to overcome my fear. I am really thankful for choosing this class. I felt like all the money I paid for was worth it.

Well I'm surely hoping for more good and awesome moments for this class. I promise that I wouldn't be absent in this class. :)

What i gained in my first communication class.

Before taking this, I had contemplated what this class was about but I had no clue. I have heard from other students that the class is so difficult and you have to speak a lot. Besides, this class would provide more credits in my major I don’t see this class only that way. Enjoying and getting as much as I can from this class is one of my goals. I also want to learn to express myself meaning confronting my fear and learn to speak in public. It is very hard to me when it comes to speak in front of people. One thing that holds me back is the language. Since communication is the most important tool in our lives whether you’re at home, school, workplace or anywhere, this class is one of my priories now.
I must say that the first day I was really scared but at the same time I was excited. As the class went on, I felt more relax and the nervousness was little less and even more when the professor explained that “FEAR” is something that we can work on it. Everyone feels fear and that you aren't alone. So this made me felt a huge surge of relief and happiness.

It is not until the first day of HUC 101 class I realized that an ability to communicate can be learned, not a gift. When I started studying in Laguardia Community College, I always tried to avoid any class related to a lot of reading and writing.Not only because English is not my mother's tongue, but also that I have never been good in these subjects. I chose AAS in accounting in order to deal with numbers only. But to continue to a four-year college I had to change to associate science. Changing to AS in accounting I have to take Fundamental of Speech communication. After experiencing the first meeting and absorbing what Prof. Trapani lectured,now I know whichever major I choose I have to communicate. Like in real estate they have motto location, location, and location., in education we have to do communication, communication, and communication.

Communication, communication, and communication

Start from Small Talk

I feel exciting on the first day, because I have a funny and nice professor. What’s more, he really can teach lots of important knowledge and make you keep the knowledge in mind. I very like the way the professor uses to make us practice how to build a relationship with strangers step by step. I think “small talk” is very useful. When you start a small talk with somebody, the person will realize you care him/her or you feel interested with him/her. Standing in that person’s shoes, you must be happy that someone be active to chat with you, whether you are interested with the person. If the person also feel interested with you and you have present your positive attitude, the person and you will easily build a friendship with each other. In my opinion, active people often have more advantages and get more knowledge than passive people. Small talk is the first step to get a deep insight into somebody. I think when we know how to use small talk to build a relationship with a stranger, we would not feel nervous at all.

First Day of Class.

First of all, I like this class so much and I feel comfortable when attend this class. I learned a lot of business word that I never heard before. I am so exciting to try our one day class from 9.15 to 4.25. To be honest, this schedule is almost like regular office's hour from 9-5, but I am so surprised that this class is not bored at all. I meet a lot of friend in first class and I also feel more comfortable to speak out. I am a person who don't like to talk because I think sometimes people feel bored to talk to me. All my classmate was so nice and they all came from different country. For example, Poland, France, Colombia and so on.
Secondly, I did understand that people needs to speak up especially in the business world. I am so nervous when Prof Santos called us up to meet our classmate one by one. In addition, I feel more nervous when Prof called us up to front to introduce my partner in front of all my classmates. After, the introduce was done I was laughing at myself that why I am so nervous before stand in front of all my classmate and speak out. That is nothing special and nothing to be afraid about. Finally, I enjoyed this class so much and this is also very interesting class.

Amazing Class

When I registered for HUC101, I thought this class would've been boring because it is one day class. However, it's the opposite of what I thought and it amazed me that in fact the class is far more interesting. In real life, I am the person who is always nervous when standing in front of so many people to present something but this class motivates me to speak up.
On wednesday, I learned the way to present effectively. The reason stops me from presenting something which relates to the four letters "FEAR". It is true because everytime I wanted to say someting in front of the class, I would feel fear. I scared whether I would say something wrong or unappropriated which make the class think I'm stupid. In addition, speaking of "FEAR", I remember that professor Trapani mentioned about "intrapersonal Communication" which is to communicate whithin yourself as "you r self". The self always exists inside our mind. Therefore, the only person who makes us fear is the self. After that day, I am released from fear beacause there is nothing to be scared. Honestly, this class is really worth taking.

06.23.10 - First Day

It took me quite some time to write my blog regarding my first day in my first ever speech class. When I registered for this class, I checked the ratemyprofessors.com just to make sure that I have one of the best professors in laguardia and when I learned that I have Prof. Trapani, I was so excited for the first day. Honestly, due to my excitement, the night before the first day, I already fixed my pens and notebook, my ID and metrocard in my bag. My friends have been telling me that my professor is great and I just couldn't wait until I prove it too myself.

When I got to school, I started to become nervous. All of the excitement that I had were gone. I was feeling very nervous and just hope the day would go fast. As my professor entered the room, I felt like I was riding in a roller coaster that I just can't wait until the time stops. He started to give us an activity to know everybody in class and fortunately, this made me feel comfortable and relaxed just to sit in the classroom and enjoy the first day. As the class goes by, Prof. Trapani taught us the different types of communication. I learned that whenever there is like a "second me" who disagrees over the "first me" it is called the intrapersonal communication. This is where I learned that "YOURSELF" or "YOU r SELF" is consist of two different personality inside of me. Thus YOU is the exposed to the environment and SELF is the pure one. I often wondered that why is it that every time I have to make a decision in my life there is this "second me" who disagrees with my decisions. I also learned the other two types of communication and these are the interpersonal communication which dealt with the relationships and Public communication. I could definitely say that I learned a lot in my first day, I enjoyed it, and I didn't feel sleepy at all seating for 6 hours in a class room for the first time. I'm hoping for more great discussions, ideas and activities for the next 5 meetings.

My first communication class

I am very communicative person ans I like to communicate with people a lot.I never learn how to do it right.My communication class will help me how to do it.
I like my first class a lot, because it was interesting and I learned a lot of new things.The professor mentioned about being along.And this my phrase.I always saying to people:"I am lonely,I am alone".So professor explained to us about the word 'yourself'.I never heared about it before. And I was impressed and I realized that really we are not alone and we already have someone inside us.And it is true that one person is pure and always tryes to put us on right point and the other is exposed.I like this idea very much.
Also I like the idea of group work project and I think it is very good.It is very important to know how to communicate in groups ,and only with good communication between each others you can do a great job.I am looking forward for that project and I am sure that I will learn a lot from it.
When we introduced each other in the clas it was very usefull.I learned how should I behaive and I should look at people, not in my notes or at the wall.Because first impression is the most important.And that is what you want - a good impression about yourself.
I like this class a lot, and even it is 6 hours, the time is flying and I can take it very well.I am sure that at the end of 6 weeks I will be more confident of myself in order to speak to different categories of people and this course will help me a lot in my future.
Thank you

FIRST DAY OF ORAL COMMUNICATION CLASS

First Day of Oral Communication HUC 101 – 06/23.2010

I took this class because it is transferable to Queens College where I would like study in my future. I have never liked to speak in public even in my native language so the idea of taking this class scared me. Next year I will have my weeding and when I think that I will have to say a few words to all my family members and friends it make me nervous. The first day of class activities made me feel more relaxed about the idea of public speaking. The words of the teacher stating that: “everyone is perfect” and “ there is nothing wrong with anyone” – got my heart. In my opinion the main idea of a teacher and the key to be a good public speaker is to start believing that we are perfect…and now I hope there is a way to really make it work in my life. I have never believed in myself and I can say many things that I don’t like about me but if I won’t think about that. I believe my self-esteem will be stronger and I won’t be so nervous.
I have learned that I am not crazy when I speak to myself J because there is a “yourself” which YOU means the outside world- we react to the environment by expressing through communication and SELF- pure me. It was very interesting to learn that only when I was born I had experienced the pure SELF. After this class I can say that I want to break my shyness and became more open to public speaking, I have hope that the positive environment in this class will help me in it. This class is one of my challenges to reach, and I need to use here the bad word – I feel FEAR.- and I am sure after 6 weeks of class with this teacher I will never ever use that word againJ))))

6/23 first class

When I took this course, the first thing in my mind is how can I stand for six hours class. I have to take one day’s class because of my internship. In fact, the class is so interesting. The professor is really good at teaching. He knows how to attach students. I am shy to talk to others because I am not confident enough in my English. In the first hour, professor asked us to meet everyone and have a small talk in the class. It made me feel more comfortable and relax. I found so many nice people around me. It is a good chance to know more friends and learn more form class.

The most interesting thing in my mind is intrapersonal communication. I heard ‘yourself’ separate to ‘you’ ‘r’ ‘self’. There are 2 different person communicate within one person all the time. Intrapersonal communication is though process. The individual becomes his or her own sender and receiver, providing feedback to him or herself in an ongoing internal process. Communication is learned whatever intrapersonal or interpersonal.

6.24.10 by yang huang

i stay up late, thinking about what we did on yesterday's morning. i rewind my memory. and i realized ate we did in classroom is talking or you can say communication. pros. Santos said " Communication is learning." which i totally agreed. within those six hours, people are talking (even thought i keep my mouth shut.) sharing ideas. life experience and our family background. while people are sharing ideas, others and me are learning and benefit from people who are talking. of course we aren't just learned from others. we learn the way to introduce others. also what should we do when we introduce by others. anyway i had a fun time with class, but next week speech. it makes me speechless.

FIRST CLASS

This class has been very interesting so far. I had heard that Professor Trapani was very good at teaching this subject, and, in fact, I liked the way he explains the class. He makes us feel comfortable about facing new situations. That's pretty good because many of us, even though it is not noticeable, feel apprehensive under certain circumstances. He has made us understand that we are not the only ones feeling fear--fear of being rejected/judged (which is probably the main reason why we don't feel confident enough when communicating). And, believe it or not, knowing that others feel the same way is relieving. He made us know that even the best public speakers feel nervous when they have to give a speech. That feeling is quite natural, but it doesn't mean it has to be an obstacle to make an effective communication--an imperative skill to succeed in life. Learning how to do so is my challenge and so my expectations. I do look forward the next classes and continuing this exciting journey. I know I won't be dissapointed but rewarded.

Reflection of My First Day by Shoma Mukherjee

When I was coming to the class in the morning, I had lots of questions.
The most dirty four letter word (F E A R) on my mind and the pit in my stomach, I was thinking what this few hours holds for me as I always have too many questions to ask, I took this class as a part of my major and as a science student I was little skeptical about course. As my habit I asked myself the first question why a science student need a class with “Fundamentals of Speech” so I remained myself with the a famous quotes by Epictetus “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” And I warned myself not to ask too many questions but I still did. I must say that it was a just amazing and I did not know how the whole class started and finished.
The activity we did in the class was learning experiences for lifetime. I can say honestly that in my all the four semesters this is the only class where I know all my fellow students. The quality of the overall class was very formal, loved the fact that Communication can be learned; communication vs. effective communication and very touching part was when we learnt about Intrapersonal communication or communication within the self. I always use to think self is the conscious Awareness which is control by me but it is the other way around. I think in the end of the day it gave me the catharsis I wanted.

6.23.10

Today was the first day of the six consecutive hour long oral communication class. I was a little bit caught off guard because I never thought I had problems with communication, especially verbally so I thought this class would be a breeze, but my first presentation in front of the class was absolutely nerve wrecking. However, the class didn't feel like it was six hours long because I enjoyed listening to the professor. He spoke mostly about intrapersonnal communication which is communication with yourself. He then separated the word (you-r-self) to show the class that we are constantly communicating with ourselves. He later pointed that 'you' is exposed to the environment and therefore the reactions of 'you' depends on what kind of the environment 'you' was brought up in. 'Self' on the other hand is pure and that is why sometimes when 'you' wants to spend hundreds of dollars on shopping, 'self', or our subconsious thoughts, would oppose this in our mind.

The professor also explained about communication vs. effective communication, and effective communication involves consious awareness which I strongly agree with. From experience I realized that the more you are aware of the surroundings of that person, you can alter the way you speak to that person to make my communication to him/her more effective. Also I was suprised by the fact that compared to forty years ago and today, the stimuli has increased "exponentially" because of technology such as, the internet, cell phones, smartphones and etc. According to the professor, that is why we get so tired by friday. Is that the reason I get tired by the end of the week? Maybe I should try to live without these stimuli for a week and see if I don't get tired by friday, but I don't think I can live without my smartphone for even a day. Overall I enjoyed this class especially because it didn't feel like I was in the class for six hours and I was able to digest a lot of information provided without so much effort.

First Day

I knew that this class was going to be interesting but I really didn't expect to be enlightened. There was so much that I learned today that has me thinking. What really made me think was when Prof . Trapini was talking about the word "yourself", how he broke down the word to "you r self". I thought that was genius. It is so true what he said about having two versions of yourself in side you. I personally have had full conversations with myself, but I thought that maybe something was off with me. Only to find out that we all have them. I also thought that I was comfortable talking in front of a group but today I was nervous when we had to introduce a classmate. Hopefully in this class I can learn how to overcome that fear and be a great communicator. I am excited about what I will learn next and how I can apply it all to my life.

My Expectations

Today is the first day of my Oral Communication class. My expectations of this class is totally different from what I expected. My belief of an oral communication class consisted of nothing more then writing and giving speeches. Today I was proven wrong! I learned about the different types of communication and how it has an effect on peoples personal lives as well as everyday life.

As a assertive communicator I am willing to Explore, Learn and share theories on various communication strategies and respect the different aspects, perspective and the rights of others. I honestly feel the next 5 sessions of this class will be very productive and useful to address issues and problems as they arise.

Favored Communication Quote related to today's experience,

"Communication works for those who work at it"

Beyond impressed on my first day of class

My first day in my communication course HUC 101.7650 and my expectations where that it is going to be a great class. Well on the first hour my expectations surpassed to the hundredth power. I do not believe in coincidence for many reasons but for this one I have to explain that it is meant for me to take this class with Professor Trapani. Before I took my lunch break I was expressing to the professor on how I am working on eliminating fear from my life and how it has been hindering my self confidence. To add extra information on Monday I started a personal project for the next ninety days to renew my way of thinking. The main point in renewing my way of thinking is to remove the fear from my life once and for all.

This is why I say it is meant for me to take this class and this course seems to be a vital part of my journey in this lifetime. I am looking forward to the knowledge, wisdom , and understanding that Mr. Trapani will be sharing with the class for next few weeks. I feel it will be short, sweet, simple, and to the point. It seems to me that I will defeat fear from my life. If so I would have achieve healing in a really important component, which is in my self.

First day of class 6/23

This class is going to be very interesting for me. I have gotten away without giving any presentations at school for the last 15 yrs of my life. I have always been the quiet one that does her work passes her test and leaves not needing to socialize or make any friends in class. But it finally has caught up with me. In the first day of my fundamentals of speech class i was forced to to introduce my self to strangers (my class mates) which did ease my anxiety just a little bit when i was forced to stand in front of the class introducing a fellow class mate. Getting up in front of people and talking would usually give me an anxiety attack but i guess the introduction earlier in class eased my nerves. I have been trying to avoid this type of class all my life but i guess i cant run from it anymore, i need it as a pre-requisite class for my bsn. Now in the next class i have to give a self disclosing speech and i am thinking of dropping the class. The only thing that keeps me going is maybe this class can help me get over my anxiety of public speaking. I will never feel comfortable talking in front of people or do i want to talk in front of people, but maybe it will help me not to run out the room hyperventilating.

First Day

I am happy and excited about this class. I did have doubts that the class would be boring but I am happily surprised that its the complete opposite.

Welcome Communication Students!

Today is our first day and I'm very excited toward meeting all of you. We will embark on a journey that will explore various aspects of communication, with a key focus on understanding the history, various perspectives, and our own communication skills. We will explore the three different types of communication such as intrapersonal, interpersonal, and public communication. We will study the various principles of communication that include language, non-verbal, interpersonal, group, and public speaking. We will also utilize new media (such as this blog) and discuss its benefits.

Get ready for an exciting six weeks. I look forward to your first post!