LP 10 Week 6

My speech was on Jospeh Stalin. I would have to say that I did descent on making eye contact, but the more eye contact the better! I think I did well with not rocking back and forth and using some hand gestures, the notecards make it a bit more difficult to use a lot of hand gestures. I did use credible sources, but I did not cite them orally (wasn't quite sure how to). I believe that the best way to organize my information was chronologically, which is what I did. I think that I was well prepared with my speech and information and I did practice it quite a few time. I had a little extra practice when the battery died and the card ran out of space during my last sentance! :) I think that I do need to work on remembering to speak slower and a little more clear.

LP 10- Week 3

I chose Joseph Stalin because I think that he is a very interesting man! From the start of his childhood and the way he grew up, I believe that your childhood has a major affect of your personality and the way you view the world and people. Especially since he turned a country into a world power, that takes a man who has inferiority issues, and he definitely did!

Thesis Statement: Joseph Stalin a man that had a dysnfunctional childhood, which lead him to turn a country into a world power at any cost.

LP10 Week 1

http://www.southafrica.info/mandela/929173.htm

This article contains a lot of information on Nelson Mandela. It gives dates of important events and information about his schooling and what he did throught his life and his impact on Africa and the world. It doesn't go into great detail of everything he did, but it at least gives an outline which is a good start!

LP9

I was born in 1994, meaning that I am part of the Generation Y or "The Millenials."

I think that my generation could be considered the "technology" generation as of right now. There are so many different things coming out every month, such as the iPhone 5. Even going back a little into the late 1990's when the first cell phones came out. I remember my mom's first cell phone, it was one that had to be plugged into the cigarette lighter in the car. Now you can get your e-mail and internet on your phone. The rate of technology growth is rapidly increasing. There is so much more diversity and globalization that it makes it easier to talk to someone in China or communicate without being hostile. Although there is still ehnocentrism, I think that it has gotten a lot better than it was in previous generations. I think that our generation is the most accepting of sexuality and race than previous generations. The increase in technology and communication leads to different styles and beliefs in raising children. Everyone has their own beliefs and values and that of course will always change between people. Not only does the generation that someone grows up in as well as where they grow up can influence their beliefs and values. I have noticed that people that grow up in the city versus people that grow up in the country have very different values and even priorities. I think your values are based upon your parents as well as how you view the world and the people in it.

If you can value yourself, than you can value others as well. If you can value other's talents then it can make life easier, especially in our fast-paced, diverse world.

LP8

Skills  that I can offer my group:
Computer skills- I can start a google document or google hangout.
Leadership skills- I can assign certain tasks to people  and make suere they complete their tasks,
Communication skills- I can make sure that we all touch base and that we are on the right track to finishing on time.
Organizational skills- I can make sure all tasks are assigned and that we have goals for when we complete tasks.

Proposed Code of Conduct
If there is a dispute in the group, we will calmly talk through it and figure it out fairly.

LP7

      A relatioship, everyone has relationships in their life whether it's family, a boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, co-worker, or friend. A relationship by definition is a meaningful, dyadic, person-to-person connection in which two interdependent people engage in communication of a persoanl nature, develop a shared history, and try to meet each other's social needs. The way we communicate in any relationship can determine whether that relationship will end in termination or not.
      In any relationship there is some sort of conflict, it could be about someone not taking out the garabage or about a financial situation. Some people would rather talk about the conflict and some would rather say nothing at all. There have been times in my life where I have done both. Sometimes I have a hard time explaing or expressing my feeling to others and in one of my relationships I kept my real feeling inside to avoid conflict, but in the end the reason that there was conflict in the first place was because I hid my feelings. Due to my hidden feeling, the person that I had a relationship with lied to me, which made more conflict. Eventually it got to the point where I couldn't handle the lying and going behind my back, so the relationship resulted being terminated.
      On the opposing side of me hiding my feeling, eventually I burst which is why it is never good to hold true feeling inside. A different relationship of mine with a family member got to that point of bursting. I eventually decided to speak up because I couldn't handle the anger I felt along with the stress. So, we started having a conversation, but it ended in screaming and walking away. After we both cooled off and thought straight, we met up again and had an actual conversation. We both needed to be understanding and talk about how we both felt. After our conversation, we both kept our word about working harder on our relationship.
      I believe that communication is really the key to any relationship in life. If you don't communicate with eachother, then you won't know what the other person is thinking or feeling. I have personally learned that if you express your feeling and tell the truth it's so much easier to have a closer relationship with people in your life.

LP6

        Listening is one of the skills that everyone but may not use. The definition that Julian gives for listening is making meaing from sound. Without making meaning it, as the old saying goes, "goes in one ear and out the other." If we don't apply listening in a conversation, then the conversation is pointless. If we don't listen to eachother, then we don't understand eachother.
        Julian's main point of his speach was that people are losing their listening. They are not literally losing it as an ability, but they are not practicing it enough. If you don't practice something over and over again then you will never be good at it. Unless it comes naturally, which for some people it does. I completely agree with his points. There are so many different noises and sounds in our world that we rarely hear silence. When we do hear silence it can often be awkward or uncomfortable so we try to fill in the silence with any type of noise. So since that is the case, I tried the experiment of sitting in complete silence for three minutes a day. He said that it should recalibrate, so that we may hear the quiet again. When I tried this, it was a very different feeling for me. I am used to constantly hearing noises whether it be a fan on my laptop or a drawer closing in the kitchen. It is not only an unknown feeling, but also an unknown happening. Just to try to find a place that is completely silent is a challenge within itself. When I did find that complete silence, it was refreshing. You can let your mind go wild and think about things in depth without being distracted by someone or something. It was actually incredible. I am also a person who can't sit still, so just sitting or laying down for three minutes without a worry or something to finish was an experience by itself. All of the different excersises that he said can help by making you focus on one thing. If you can focus on one thing even when there are other noises, then you can apply that skill while having a conversation. You can listen to one person and really hear what they are saying while you block out the chatter or noises.
        It is a challenge for someone to hear someone over all the background noise in our lives, but it is an even bigger challenge to really listen to someone and understand what they are trying to say. Everyone has something to say in life, but a lot of the time it is mixed in with the constant chatter and not heard. Julian Treasure made some very good points that everyone should hear and really think about.