Week of December 3-9 - Question 2

My favorite thing about the class was the awesome communication Carol had between her students. I didn’t think I’d be able to effectively communicate with an online professor, but I actually had better communication with her than I’ve had with any of my other professors. I liked the word count for the blog posts and comments because it wasn’t ridiculously long and it allowed me to challenge myself by paraphrasing what I had learned. My least favorite thing about the class was that the blog posts had to be posted 12 hours apart from one another. It was really difficult to remember, especially since I would read over all the questions when writing my first post and lose my train of thought after 12 hours. I think others can relate to this because I noticed that when I was looking through blogs to comment on, a lot of people only had one post by the end of the week. Other than that, it was a great class and I learned a lot! :)

Week of December 3-9 - Question 1

Over the course of the semester, I learned everything from understanding emotions, nonverbal communication, to mindful listening. I have discovered that I’m really interested in interpersonal communication as opposed to other concentrations. One of my favorite chapters that I read was chapter eleven, which was about committed romantic relationships. After experiencing several relationships and observing those of my friends, I’ve developed a great interest in romantic relationships and ways to improve them. The fact that there are different love styles and specific stages of romantic development really caught my interest because looking back, I could really pinpoint those love styles and stages associated with my exes. I also learned a lot about myself while reading this chapter. I discovered that I strive for a relationship based on eros, but I am mostly an agape lover. This means that I strive for the kind of romantic love that you see in movies, but often find myself loving others while expecting nothing in return