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I thought communication between friends was pretty interesting and I was even more interested since we had to write a paper on a developing or developed relationship we have. I believe knowing these aspects of communication in my friendship help my friendships out so I won’t lose friends to these minor problems and issues. I am sure many of us can be associated with these aspects of friendship and the examples and concepts of friendship is and how to solve things. I could relate to these guidelines such as engaging in dual perspective and always acknowledge and be understanding of each other so the friendship can last. Second, communicate honestly that is important because we want to be truthful and honest even if it hurts because the lies will come back to haunt us. Third, grow from our differences so we should be open to diversity and experience new experiences. Lastly, never sweat the small stuff because its not worth losing your friendship for.

Favorite thing

This class was really interesting. It taught me a lot of new things that i never knew. I really enjoyed reading all the different ways to communicate. I found out that their are different kinds of love, that was pretty interesting. I just loved learning about the interpersonal communication we have and can use on others. What i really like about the class are the weekly blogging. It was tedious but it helped me and probably everyone else about each chapter and understand it better and opinion-nate on each post. I like how we had to do only 3 papers that weren't so bad where we could basically talk about ourselves and our opinions. The quizzes and midterm i felt were kind of tricky. I felt like there are multiple answers for some of the questions. I don't like how the answers don't pop up after we do the quiz, so we don't know which we got wrong and what we need to work on. With it telling us what we got wrong it can help us on the final. Overall, this class was great and didn't have me stress a lot. :)

learning throughout the semester

This class has taught me a lot of new different things/ terms about communication especially interpersonal communication. I learned about the non verbal and verbal communication which can be really strong. I learned a lot of different aspects of interpersonal communication in this class over the course of the semester. I have been using and will use a lot of the interpersonal communication skills in my life after finding out the new terms and how to use it effectively aka being a good friend, a good listener, trying to understand them, etc.  Interpersonal communication is a very important aspect of interaction within the family and friends and whoever. I found that communication dynamics with gender perspective most that stuck out to me. I do not like that men would rather eat, watch tv, socialize with their friends but they don’t like to discuss their issues with you. Women want the emotional support. Other things I learned is that family will always be there and you can be blunt to them. Defensiveness is okay sometimes but you have to be understanding and not blunt. Different countries have different customs. A lot of new things opened my eyes to help understand interpersonal communication better.