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.
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