LAST DAY

Sadly, the class is over. but on the other hand, I have learned so much from what I expected.

I learned to be more consciously aware of my actions and the words that comes out from my mouth. The class motivated me to learn more and get more from the world of communication.

Next semester, I am very sure that I will be more active in class and be more confident in interacting inside and outside the class. This class made a in my big and amazing impact in my life.

Thank you very much Prof. Trapani for being my mentor.

sorry for doing the blog so late its bbecause was confined in LIJ last wednesday at 7PM and was only discharged this morning at 9AM. I can email to you the records Prof. thanks.

Last Class

We have finally come to an end of our class. I wish that we had more time but i know that the end to to come sometime. Everyone was nervous about class because we had two presentations to give. One was a group presentation and the other was a individual presentation. We did the individual one first. Mine was to persuade you to never get married. I had some really good feedback. I was told that I was holding back and didn't show a lot of confidence while doing my speech even though I usually come across as very confident in every day life. I really liked a lot of the other presentations. They were very persuasive and made you think. A lot of people were really nervous but they still did a really good job. But I do think that everyone was better this time around because we were more comfortable with each other. The second presentation was great. All the groups did a wonderful job. They were very creative and still professional but fun. I absolutely loved them. As for my group, I was a little disappointed and thought that we could have done a better job with everything. We did a presentation about "how media affects communication". It was really an experience working with other people that don't have the same drive as you. But it did teach me a lesson. That regardless of if someone does something or not, the job still has to be done. There is no time to sit and think about emotions because that is not going to help you achieve your goal. In all I am still very proud of the fact that we still did a good job considering the circumstances. This class has been a very liberating experience. I honestly learned a lot in these few 6 weeks. I would recommend this class to everyone. I find myself talking about what was done in class to my friends and family because the info that I got was so good that I just had to share it. Congrats to everyone. Stay consciously aware of all your surroundings.

Last day of class

Throughout this six week session in the class i have learned so not only about the class but, myself as a person have grown. I never thought communication was not that important in todays world but, i was wrong communication is everything. Without communication we as humans that we are wont be albe to function. To me communication is everything for example as this world continues to develop communication is in need of every demand. I have as a person learned so much about myself. I never thought i would open up and talked about my life. When we shared stories in the class about how thier lives have i was shocked we have our very sad moments in life and we can not let it interfear with our future. I was able to find myself and think deeply about life in every shape and form. Professor Trapani to me has been the best professor i have had in Laguardia. That professor has taken his time to hear about our life and tells us we all move on. That what is right and wrong about life. No one ever in my life has been such a good professor. I am happy to say that i have learned about and matured.

last day of class. first day of summer

Last day of class everything went well. Every group’s project and everyone's speech are well done. I think my speech has little bit more work to do. I believe I could done better, somehow the f*** controls everything when I was stood in front of class. I hope in future with a lot of practices I could become better and the fear will go away.
However, in our group project I learned a lots of stuffs and too much to talk about. All I wanted to share what I learned from group. For me the most important lesson that I learned. It’s that when you form a group with others, which mean you had committed to other members. You were likely needs to sharing Ideas, time, and helping others.
Through all classes we had. I learn to have a great communication skill is very important. It has huge impact in our life. Like workplace, family and hang out with friends. With great communication skill you were able to proactive. Stay away from a lots of trouble. Last but not least. I made friendship with my group members; I hope it will last for a long time till they used Steve Duck’s filtering theory to filter me out. I'm glad Tenille talks about me in her article, I liked to say Thank you. I'd appreciate. I'm also like to thanks Natasha, Johanna and billo. Thank for all the helps. Thanks Profs. Santo prepared for the class and his ideas.

Final Day of Class

I am so happy for this entire semester that I had better communication skill. This 6 weeks session was gone so fast that from what I am expected. Our professor had a good experience in communication skill cause even he talked for couple hours in front of the class I never feel boring and sleepy. I learned a lot of the relationship and communication is really the key for a good relation. I was so nervous at the beginning cause the self-disclosure that we need to stand in front of our classmate and talked about myself. To be honest my hand was shaking very badly when I talk about the self-disclosure.
Secondly, I want to talked about my experience when we working in the group project. We had been compromise with each other and we accept all opinion from our group member. Before the end of the project we finally need to make the decision to cut off some opinion and photo but it is so fortunate that our group member was so nice and every time we point out the error they do accept that was not a good idea or material to put into the video. Finally, I want to talked about my own presentation for our final speech that I am more confidence to look at my classmate and speak out in front of all my classmate. Every time I was so nervous especially I cannot communicate with excellent English, but I try to give myself confident and I remind myself that my English is not the worse in the class. Therefore, I speak out and finally I made it.

Today was our last day of class. I have learned so much. I shared with each of my classmates, be a better listener and have more confidence when I have to express something. Despite my participation in class was very little, I enjoyed the communication class a lot. This class is very different from other classes because it has a lot talking. Listening and sharing ideas was great.
When I first started class, I was so scared that I thought I wouldn’t be able to handle it and even worse when it comes to speak in public. Even thought I prepared, my hands were sweating and my tone of voice was very different. I tried to do the best I could to improve my second speech but I could not make it. The fear and insecurity made me lost potential when I speak. I did try to apply all the tips professor gave us but my speech is still weak. However, I don’t feel bad instead I feel proud of myself and I know that at some point I would do better. There is no way to say that is impossible to accomplish what you want unless you don’t want. It’s hard and difficult to speak in public but only takes time and lot practice. Keeping in mind all I’ve heard from my professor and classmates, I’ll try to improve myself doing a better communication. Communication is learned.
Also, I would like to thank the professor for being patient and friendly. Even though we made a lot mistakes in class, he never says is wrong. Instead he said that this would be better if we have done this way. He was there to help us. He has taught me that we learn from our mistakes and each day you can do it right.
What I liked the most of the class was that it was a very dynamic and entrained class. Besides, the group projects were awesome. Each group did the best and try to get to point that was asked. I enjoyed listenning the professor’s anecdotes and experience he has as he went to accomplish his dreams.

Last Day of class

This class has been on of the best classes i have ever taken. It made me come out of my comfort zone and give two speeches. I noticed the difference from the first speech to my last speech i was more confident less nervous and felt less anxious. I'm not saying that i want to continue to do this and if had the choice i wouldn't, but if i was placed in the same situation again i would feel less confident and more capable.
The persuasive speeches where great i really did learn some new facts and found some new places i would love to visit. I also had a great time watching every bodies group projects they where really funny and it showed that they really put their heart into it. I'm even surprised by the out come of our group project with all the complications it faced i still think we pulled through and made it work. Thank you professor Trapani you really make a difference

Last Day of class

Final Day

Before this class, I have made a lot of presentations. Those presentations are focused on the information about the major. I never notice that there are so many knowledge in the couple of minutes for presentation. I also learn many methods to make my speech or presentation become much more persuasive in this class. I love this professor because his assignments are good enough to make us use the knowledge we learn from the class and are not like some professors give us bunch of assignments and quizzes to force us to fill the things in our mind. Professor Santo makes me love study how to make a good speech. Also, when I am doing his assignment, I am always full fill with energy. What’s more, we share many different stories from the students. Some of them have got into the society and are working. Some of them are international student and just depend on themselves to solve the daily expense problem. Some of them have miserable and unforgettable experience with their family. Their stories stimulate me have more energy to make my dream come true. At the end of today, I hear so many persuasive speeches which are exciting and creative. And I have seen many beautiful places that I really want to go. It is a happy ending day. I am so happy to recognize so many interesting classmates. Thanks for professor Santo. Thanks for my good members.

LAST DAY

Today was the last class; it was very interesting. My classmates and I gave our speeches. I liked this experience because I learned a lot of things from the perspectives of my classmates, and I shared my own knowledge with them as well. We also, finally, presented our grupal projects. It was fun! All the groups made very nice, creative videos; I enjoyed them all and learned something from each.

I can't believe how fast these six weeks have past. It's as if the first class was last week. However, although the time has gone very fast, this class has been very, very insightful. I have learned in a few weeks many things I wasn't aware of during too much time. The Professor Trapani has been a great instructor and has taught us the steps to communicate better in our daily lives. I just have to put all this knowledge into practice, practice, and more practice (because there are some behavioral patterns that don't change from one day to another) to communicate effectively. But, as the professor said, most people are not trained in communication, so we, as their lucky students who have learned a lot in this class, have to take advantage of this great opportunity we have had, stop feeling fear (I would love to get rid of fear), and communicate effectively; that's what I'll do. I want (and, eventually, I will) be consciously aware of everything I do so that i can improve my non-verval communication and deliver better speeches. This has been definitely an exciting class; it has helped me a lot.

Thank you.

Last day of class (8/04/10)

Today is going to be the most memorable date of my life. I feel sad and I miss this class. I could not describe my feeling right now. I wish this class could be much longer to allow me learn more but happiness won't last so long. I will never forget about today because it is the date that I really improved my communication skill. I realize that this class finished seems to be fast. Remember the first day I came to the class, I was so nervous that I have to speak all the time because I am an introverted person. However, professor Trapani encouraged us to speak even though we have a strong accent. He said do not let your fear control yourself. I think it is true. Until today, I proved that I could get rid of my fear when I presented in front of everybody.
After I took this class, I feel like I really want to take a higher level on public speaking classes. As a business person, communication skill is so important because it is the requirement for every single business field. Therefore, I will not let my fear take over it. I believe if I keep on practicing, I will be able to master my speech.

LAST DAY

Wow... I don't even know where to start! This was definitely a memorable class for me. I faced one of my biggest fears 2 times which is speaking in front of a classroom. The first speech I was a nervous wreck. The second speech I wont say that I was comfortable but I was less nervous compared to the first time. Today when I told the class the topic of my speech, everybody start laughing. It got to a point where I started to laugh too! But I'm proud that I was able to get myself back together and be serious when I was presenting my speech. As a was giving my speech I physically felt myself shaking. I was hoping that it wasn't noticeable but if so I wasn't going to allow it to distract me to the point where I have to stop or just give up.

Working on this group project the last week was hectic. At one point I felt like giving up because it seem as if things wasn't going to go through. I had so much faith in this project but the week before when Fannie left, I knew we was domed! We all panicked about the video because Fannie was the one in charged of it. No one in the group knew nothing about making a video nor knew someone who was knowledge that had the time to help. If we have had faith in ourselves from the beginning the last week and a half would of been smooth sailing. It took one day before for my group to toughing up and say "we can do it" this group not having a video is not a option. I started to work on the video from my house and Yang worked on it from his house. This was beyond stressful because my plans for that day was to just practice my project and individual speech but instead Natasha and I spent over 6 hours working and correcting the project and the video. Yang also had that same drive he put in a lot of hours and worked very hard on the video as well, I really appreciate him! Over all the project came out to be decent and much better then what I expected it to be. Johanna gave great ideas, Natasha organized the project very well, Yang worked very hard and put a lot of effort and Blo enjoyed having the title of being captain!

Changes

Should an introvert change? Prof.Trapani used to say:"What you are does not change, but what you know changes".
What I have learned from this class is not how to change from being introvert to become extrovert, but how to eliminate the fear so I can act and behave normally like other people do. Through learning communication I now how to be a good listener, to be reactive instead of reactive, to work in a group, and after all to communicate effectively.
Of course it is impossible to be a good communicator within six weeks. But this short term class changes what I know.
Thank you Prof.

08.04.10

Today was our last day of our communication class, it felt long yet short at the same time. Each time I had to go up in front of the class to talk, I felt like time was going too slowly. Even though I didn't completely get over my anxiousness speaking in front of the class, I definitely learned what I need to improve on. I feel like there is no such thing as being overly prepared to give a presentation in front of a group of people. I thought I could easily talk in front of the class as if I was talking to someone one on one, but I was wrong, again. My mind turned completely blank, I couldn't think of anything to say so I do regret not practicing and being "overly prepared".

But I enjoyed listening to the other classmates' presentations, I especially enjoyed watching the group presentations. I saw how much hard work and effort the groups put in their presentations, and it was fun for me to see them. I was also very proud of our group presentation as well. We spent a lot of time on it together and also individually, and watching the finished video made me feel that our work has paid off. Overall, I had a great time in this class and I was able to reflect about how we communicate interpersonally and intrapersonally.

Last class

Hello

Today was the last class. And it was sad, because I really enjoyed all this 6 weeks. I think it was one of the best classes I had in LaGuardia so far, because I learned a lot of useful things that is going to make my life easier.

I learned that communication it is very important in your life and you can be speechless,, don’t say a word, but it is already a communication and you should be careful, because you can give wrong message to people(non-verbal communication)

I learned about listening. And I know that I am not the best one, and I always interrupt people. And I didn’t know that sometimes people want only to be listened, you not supposed to talk. It was very important information for me.

Today at class we did our projects and I really like all of them. My favorite one was the first one – the music video. It is really had sense and a point. And honestly I would be inspired of it if I am freshmen. And the music was perfect for that video.

This class helped me a lot to improve my communication skills and I am more than sure that I am going to take more classes in this field, such as Public speaking.

Thank you very much for such great classes

LAST CLASS

Today was the last day of the class. We did a persuasive presentation. I can say that all of the presentations were very interesting. I have learned a few new things that I didn’t know before and I think a few people had positive influence on my way of thinking. I know now that marihuana isn’t bad for us and that exercises are not only good for our body but also for our mind and emotions. My classmates did a great job with these presentations.

During the other part of class we were watching our group project. I can tell you that I had a lot of fun. All students did a great…really great job. I was worried that people will react very badly on my presentation but in fact I was happily surprised because they liked it. Some of the presentation were even shocking but in good way.

This class was one of the most interesting I have ever took in my school years. I truly thought that it is going to be one of the worst classes but I really enjoy being in this class a lot. The class mates vere wondreful as well as the teacher.

THANK YOU ALL!!!

It 's Never The Right Time to Say Goodbye by Shoma Mukherjee

Today when the class was ending for the very last time ,there was a song which kept on playing at the back of my head which goes like – “It’s Never The Right Time To Say Goodbye” by Chris Brown, It is always very hard for me when things comes to end but again life is a journey, has a starting point and a destiny. It is what you learn from all the experiences you had during this journey. My HUC-101 class stared as another 3credit course to transfer to a four year college but in this six classes I learned more than what one can learn during enterlife time. It opened lots of windows in fornt of me ,so I can look through them to find the right door for me. This class for the first time made me talk about myself in fornt strangers, work in a group ,made me give a speach and try to persue people to take a stand in my beliefs. I think it made me aware of myself. First very important thing I learned that I have to make myself happy to satisfy others. second how to deal with difficult situation and turn around to come as winner. Last but not the least you need and learn how to work with others and get the things doen.

In every class you take during your college years I think there are few which you really can use in your life but I strongly belive that Huc101 is one of them you need every step of the way.I hope all my friends feel the same way. Thank you Professor to show us some harsh reality are waiting in our way.

My Real Lesson

The final presentation which is persuasive speech is the time bomb for me. It is suppose to be something very easy since I have everything in my mind already. I already know what I want to talk, however, by the time that I ready to give the presentation it is not. I get freak out because I compare my speeach with someone else. I start to get nervous because I think it is kind of not like other people. I start to have the perception and afraid of what it is going to be like. In case I am the first or the second person who give the presentation, it might be a lot more different. I forget all of my information. Once I finish with my presentation, I get some feedback that remind me this is not a bad one. I get some feedback and it show that they are listening to what I am talking about. It is a real lesson for me so I just have to keep that in mind and try not to let the feeling getting over my work.

The class is really challenge, with all the technology and the task we need to do. We are need to write and speak but we just never realize that it is the task. Prof just make it so simple for us to follow the assignment till it turn out to be something easy to do.

I had learn that in order to communicate well you really need to practice a lot. It can apply to our real life situation that we can apply to our own daily life. With all the new communication channel it just open more opportunity for us to present our own voice and idea.

It is one of a great class that I had ever taken.

six down one to go.!!!

In our world when people talks about relationship. Right away we think about intimate relationship. In fact there are many kinds of relationship not just intimate. Like partnership, friendship and relationship between family. Anyway there are way many –ships in our life because we play different role in different situation.
Profs tell us when two people are bonding, they likely to using we, our and us. People using pronouns like mine and yours. That means you two are not in bond. If you don’t want a relationship become past. You need to be proactive, when you feel something say something. Later, we talk about Steve Duck’s filtering theory and Mark Knapp’s Relational Development Scale. Steve Duck’s filtering theory is about how people find their high quality friends. By filtering others out. Mark Knapp’s relational development scale shows the stages of our relationship with others. And the most of the friendship stays on level 1 or 2. If you want move to next level. You need to have some levels of disclosure to others.
Unlucky, we need to do our speech 2. Lucky Profs will interrupt us to fix our mistake. I’m looking forward what will happen. I’m just look down on my grade.

Relationships

In class we talk about relationships which was a very touchy topic for me. Every relationship I ever been in was a long term relationship but for some reason I haven't found one that lasted. When I love, I loved hard and give my all and in return I expected the same feedback. I must admit this was the first time I looked at things from a different perspective, I put myself in the other person shoes! Maybe this person shows love differently, or maybe I didn't give the person enough time to open up! Not everybody expresses their feeling the way I do or the way I want them to but it doesn't mean that the person love u any less! If they didn't follow at my pace or my pattern I tend to distance myself feeling that our feelings aren't mutual.

In class we talk about the dysfunctional pattern and how to avoid confrontation within a relationship. I learned that relationships fail because people blame each rather than looking at ourselves. That's where the dominating and submissive role takes place. I also learn about Paradoxes which is sending a "double message". This really caught my attention because this is something I tend to do often. The teacher also went over the development and stages of a relationship. The Steve Duck's Filtering Theory and the Knapp's Relationship Development Model describe the steps and stages u go through in a relationship.

relationships

In today’s class, the professor explained us about relationships, with friends, family, boyfriend and girlfriends, as I understood we have relationships with everybody at school, at work with any people. He talked about the Mark Knapp’s Relational Development Model and Steve Duck’s filtering theory model.

It was very interesting, it help me understand people much better around me. I now know that it is through communication that problems can be fixed.

Then, he told us about what is he expecting for our next persuasive speech, how we are supposing to speak a front of the classroom. He gave us some example how to speak and how to look at my classmates. I will see how it goes, I am sure we are going to have a lot of fun!

We trap ourselves

The relationship can be either simple or complicate, it is really ourselves who can decide. We tend to look for the idealism that the outside world created for us. There are so much influence till we do not know which one is the reality. The pattern of our relationship is absolutely true especially with the continue circle. People are start to develop and continue till they reach the end of the relationship. Then we start our circle all over again. However, in order to keep a good relationship we should aware that there are the pattern which may involve with ourselves. Are we trend to push people away or attract people to us. We may not realize our personality since we are so get used to it. We also may be influence by the media till it create a sterotype that someone has to do this for us otherwise it is wrong.

The awareness of what is going on may give some solution to solve our endless cycles that we had to deal with relationship. We will surely need to aware of ourselves before we want someone else to think about us.

Relationships

Today we talked about relationships and how they start and the process that each phase of an relationship goes through. I was amazed by all the info. And how I actually have a better understanding about relationships and what we all go through. I think sometimes people think that they are the only ones going through something. We sometimes believe that no one understands us, especially in a relationship. We talked about how relationships fail because people blame each other rather than looking at their own behavior patterns. And when I really sit back and think about it. Its really true. We always see someone else's flaws but never our own. Prof Trapani said something that really stuck with me. He said that you can't change people but you can change behavior. And also that you have to be consciously aware of the role that you want. That in the future you should focus on the patterns in a relationship and not the personality of the person. Now as much as all of this makes sense to me, I believe that chemistry between two people is very very important. I mean, you can get along great with anyone but having someone that makes you feel a kind of euphoria is far and in-between. I just love this class and wish we had more time to really elaborate on some of these issues that we talk about in class.