The three most deeply felt learning from this program were:
Interpreting Communication
Watched with Sound off
As I watched an episode of this show the characters
relationships were easy to interpret. The main character usually set the mode
for the other 3 to 4 characters. I could
tell the main character had a close, if not, intimate relationship with the
woman character. The neighbor which is
another main character, played as the instigator. He appeared to stir things
up. He would always barge in the
apartment, cause a diversion, and then leave. The performers all appeared to be
close friends and trust each other enough.
Even their parents were included in this episode. The diversion appeared to be about an alarm clock
and how it has the ability to awaken people.
The conclusion of the show, the clock didn’t wake the person up. The nonverbal communication skills that were
used in this episode were, how the woman character was physically so close to
the main character always. The grabbing
of the arms and the intimate touches, leads me to believe that these two
characters are in an intimate relationship.
The neighbors that came over were communicated their relationships by
entering the apartment without knocking, being comfortable enough by going in
the refrigerator without permission. The
humorous events in this show were communicated by people pushing each other,
falling down, facial expressions, and just simply laughing.
Watched with Sound On
As I watched this episode with the sound on, I realized that
my interpretation was totally wrong and misrepresented. Most of their
expressions were correct, but mostly were wrong. The two main characters were not in an
intimate relationship. They were all
close friends and the interpretation about the alarm close was incorrect as
well. The story was about them refraining
from self-gratification. I thoroughly
enjoyed the show and laughed hysterically.
I did learn that most things can be misinterpret especially when we are
not aware of the relationship of individuals, not familiar with their
expressions and not clear of their culture of how the understand each
other. Until we can hear exactly how
someone feels, we shouldn’t assume our own conclusion.
Communicating More
Effectively 
To effectively communicate, it is important to diagnose
their emotions and understanding those signs. According to Beebe, Beebe &
Redmond (2011), to effectively communicate with each other, it is important to
see their world view differently from our own.
"Individuals
who fail to consider other cultural perspectives are said to suffer from
cultural myopia, a form of nearsightedness grounded in the belief that one's
own culture is appropriate and relevant in all situations and to all
people" (O'Hair & Wiemann, 2015, p. 43).
Improving my
perceptions and communicating more effectively with others:
·
Be
thoughtful when you seek explanations.
Look beyond the most obvious explanation for what you observe. Being thoughtful sometimes means just pausing
to give yourself time to evaluate.
·
Look
beyond first impressions. Don’t rely
completely on your first impressions; these often lead to inaccurate
conclusions. Hold off forming a
judgement until you can gather further perceptions.
·
Question
your assumptions. Don’t assume that you
know what others think, feel, of believe based on their group affiliations or a
host of other cultural factors. Thinking
that everyone else in your demographic believes the opposite of you is a common
perceptual error.
When we consider the simple things in life, if we were to
really dig deep and search more than the surface of things, we would
appreciate, even those things that seems so insignificant. The three items I would take to another
civilization to preserve my own culture would be a photo album, an African
American cookbook, and an ipod or some type of technical machinery that could
play recorded music.
The photo album would allow me to envision and keep a vivid
memory of what people of my culture looks like.
Often times, we allow others to paint a picture of other cultures, or
origins of a people, that sometime is not quite
accurate or we see something different from what they may be trying to describe.
An African American cookbook would preserve the authenticity
in the foods we are use to eating. Every
type of food is cooked in a unique and very very very favorable manner. The seasonings we use, the preparation and
even the presentation is very important and makes all the difference in the
world. The taste and the special events
in which certain foods are cooked are essential as well. This cook book would be a vital item to have
and a must to take in order to preserve my culture.
An ipod or something that plays recorded music preserves the
soulful sound that we are uniquely known for and there is definitely no other
way to describe music other than hearing it , straight from the horses mouth.
If I was told that I could only take one item, that item
would have to be the ipod. There is no other way to preserve and recollect
sound. Through the recordings we could
still record recipes if need be, and give description of what we look like, but
music cannot be preserved in any other capacity other that recording it and
replaying it.
I learned to appreciate those things that I htake for
granted like, seeing others that look like me, and being able to cook freely
and listening and hearing the music that I assume will always be there. This was a very interesting assignment.
Culture is common group of beliefs, language,
food and diversity is the reason why a group of different ideas, culture and
language.
Culture makes you who you are. Diversity is when your open mindedness to
various cultured, belief systems, and others views points, no matters what
color, shape, or creed
Culture is like what people are known for. Once you’re known for something you’ve developed
a culture. Diversity is the ability to
adapt and cope with a wide range of anything ( people , food, anything ) Being
flexible and open and inclusive.
Culture is more about what people have in common.
Race no withstanding ( ex. The culture of the Celtics is that they are hardworking)
Diversity is specifically about the mixture of ideas or ideals (exam.. a
classroom can have diversity regarding a variety of ethnicities or a boardroom
can be diverse regarding the differing of
opinions.
These definitions hold the general idea of what culture and
diversity mean. Culture is a set of unconscious rule that govern everything we
do. Diversity is a benefit and a
necessity, it allows us to adapt and understand.
One of the greater benefits from conducting research is the
findings and the affects that are learned from the research. Unfortunately, it is a risk that has to be
considered but in the end the results help to find cures, causes, and
treatment. For example, there was a
study done on why children are spending more time with technology and the
effects that are inhibiting their abilities to recognizing emotions.
The research was performed by The University of California,
LA and was published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior,
found that sixth-graders who went five days without exposure to technology were
significantly better at reading human emotions than kids who had regular access
to phones, televisions and computers.
Even though technology has advance in everything, over the
years, doing things the “old fashion” way
has better affects and benefit our children better, overall. So, instead of having your child Google their next homework assignment, make a trip
to the Library and check out the encyclopedia.
My long term goal is to own or direct a successful business that advocated for young children. The vision and mission
of the day care really speaks for itself.
It states, excellence in early learning for all children. Satisfaction is providing a safe and caring environment for all. Our focus to encourage education promote
their social and emotional development as well as their physical and social
development. We are committed to the
families as well as the children and to bring peace of mind to the parents as
we work together in molding and shaping the future. It gives a strategic concept of steps in
providing the best care and education for the children who will be looking to
make their mark in the future. The budget
is based on the performances and the progress of the children. Providing the best care, the best materials, best
curricula, high quality care and food is the expectation of the program. With
all of these particular in mind, the budget was care thought through
thoroughly.
To my fellow colleagues it was a pleasure and an honor to work with you and to go through the uncharted experiences with you. I have learned from you, been inspired by you, and have been encouraged by you as well. I pray that our paths meet again, perhaps in a Doctoral Degree Program or work place through our travels. I wish you all the very best and hope to see your smiles and cheers of accomplishments at graduation. Congratulations!!!!! Until we meet again!
