Blog Post #2 Prompt
Please respond to the following questions: 1) What was your favorite part of the city tour and why? 2) What did you learn? 3) What surprised you most?
Blog Post Sixteen: Effective and Ineffective Communication
A great example of effective communication that I found came from Thea. Thea was communicating with her host mom and mentions: “I have enjoyed hearing about politics and the ways of life from Maria my host mother and would love to learn more from her.” Thea showing interest and engaging within their culture is very effective and can lead to continued effective communication. An example of ineffective communication came from Elizabeth. She mentioned that: “I feel like I respond to my host parents with the same answers all the time. I want to be able to tell them more about myself and let them understand more of who I am.” Ineffective communication is never positive, but thankfully Elizabeth’s was only due to a language barrier and not a form of ethnocentrism. She shows eagerness to communicate effectively as well which is positive. One more example of effective communication comes from Meng during her time at Mitad del Mundo. When she saw the shrunken head she initially felt “a...
After a wonderful day of traveling, I think my favorite part of the city tour was when we went down to the tombs in St. Augustine's. It was fascinating to go down the ladder, into complete darkness, and see the graves of historically important people. It almost felt like an honor--to pay my respects to historical figures.
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned about Santiago was down right disturbing. For instance, I learned that he lost his temper and as a result of an interruption, he pulled the ear off of the "intruder." I also learned that he spent his time in the in the asylum painting.
What I was surprised about the most today was how congested the streets are with traffic. Every bump and turn felt like a rollercoaster. I was also shocked that at 9,000 ft. in elevation, I could almost touch the clouds. I cannot wait for the cloud forrest adventure.