GOAL DIMENSIONS Near Term Goals (Fall ‘21 & 2021-22) Longer Term Goals (2022-2025+) PERSONAL My personal goal for the Fall of 2021 is to improve myself in order to become more emotionally healthy. This is through starting counseling through the school and working on the […]
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Journal #6
This chapter is very similar to what my last journal was about, but goes into deep detail. I find it fascinating that something as simple as sharing a personal detail or comparison with the audience during a speech revolutionizes it. It makes your audience automatically […]
Scheuer, Ungar, and Core Handbook
Journal #5
What I find so interesting about this chapter, and communications in general, is the ability to apply communications anywhere. It surrounds everything we do in life without having to put thought to it. The two types of communication, interpersonal and communication through media both fascinate […]
Journal #4
I want to become a better academic version of myself and who I am as a student right now. Doing this is a seemingly easy task, but it comes with the task of leaving an impact on the audience. In terms of connecting with the […]
Journal #2
Something that I found interesting in this book immediately was its seamless explanation about how even the mundane communication in our lives matter. The connections that we make through communication help shape our identities. It has an influence on the things we like, choices we […]
Journal #1
When I think of the word communication, I often associate it with the word expression. In communicating, you are trying to express a thought or emotion through words. Although, sometimes there isn’t need for words to be present. Communication can be through imagery and music […]
Biss Reading Response
Biss is able to intertwine the histories and stories of the creation of the telephone with the use of them for lynchings. To me, this was a very interesting take on both connection and history of racism. Traditionally, telephones and telephone poles were created with […]
Coates Reading Response
Coates describes the relationship between education and success as a tense subject. The societal pressure of an African American in his background to be successful in the street, but also the societal pressure to be successful in education. Coates challenges what this relationship means to […]
Essay #2 Self-Reflection
Mya Hankes ENG110 Professor Brod November 2nd 2020 The most notable strength that I found in my essay was the use of my voice throughout it. I used direct pronouns while mixing in some indirect sentences that underlyingly displayed my voice. Using DFW’s and Blooms […]