Everyone communicates daily, as this is a method of interaction humans need for survival. Verbal communication is one approach for individuals to communicate head-on. Several of the basic components of verbal communication are audio, words, dialog, and language. Whichever technique of interaction is used, whether through written, body language, or verbal communication process, each is deliberated as forms of communication and is needed for us to inter-connect. Today, to begin a journey for success, possessing clear communication skills are…
During high school, I worked part time as a player attendant at the local country club golf course. During my time there, I formed a relationship with a member who later became a very important mentor of mine. Late into my senior year, he suggested I look into Investment Banking and loaned me his favorite book, Den of Thieves. The book was thick, nearly 600 pages, but told the story of Michael Milken and the insider trading of the 1980’s perfectly. As a high school senior with little business knowledge, I understood maybe 50% of the content, but the book sparked my initial interest in banking. Pursuing this interest, I found the booth for the Investment Banking Club at the Kelley Carnival and eagerly signed-up. Through attending the meetings…
Mark Bauerlein's “The Dumbest Generation” states that being meaningfully connected is important, yet significantly interferes with our learning. The excerpt explains that we need to tone down our social connections in favour of education in order to excel in life, evident in Bauerlein’s statement, “Kids need a reprieve and retreat. For them to grow up into mindful citizens, and discerning consumers, then, adolescents need to break the social circuit and think beyond the clique and the schoolyard.” Bauerlein also holds the opinion on how “Maturity follows a formula: The more kids contact one another, the less they heed the tutelage of adults. When peer consciousness grows too fixed and firm, the teacher’s voice counts for nothing…
In the essay, Myth of Adolescence, Alex and Brett Harris incorporate their thoughts on what they feel about what teenagers actually go through during their period of `adolescence.` They go on to compare this phase to an elephant. They say that an elephant is a powerful beast that can be restrained even by a piece of twine. According to Alex and Brett, young teens are the elephant and our twine is the concept of adolescence. Unfortunately, these low expectations end up limiting teens for no reason. Teenagers, between the ages of 13-18, are held back by society and aren't able to excel in life. The essay, Myth of Adolescence, states that the socials expectations are becoming obstacles for teens. We as teenagers, need to erase the invisible shackles…
"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning."…
Beers, Kylene, and Lee Odell. Holt Literature & Language Arts: Essentials of American Literature. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003. Print.…
Speech, language and communication play a vital role in our lives. Without being able to talk to, and understand other people we can’t do things alike: Almost everything we do involves speech, language and or communication…
Lorence, James J. Enduring Voices. 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. New York. Document Set 2, Chapter…
How does the use of distinctive voices emphasise the ways that individuals respond to significant aspects of life? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text Severn Cullis- Suzuki and J.F. Kennedy and ONE other related text of your own choosing.…
This text made me think about the way I talk and how I sound to others. Growing up in a family who uses Black English, I rarely use it myself. Sometimes I can hear myself say certain phrases that I feel normal saying out in public, but most of the time I speak Standard English. This text…
As students grow older in life and in school their written as well as, their oral communication will mature and become more sophisticated. I will be informing you of how my written and spoken communication skills have gotten better throughout my years in high school and how they have improved being in college. I will first do this by talking about how my communication was in high school football and how it compares in college. Secondly, I will focus on my current major of communications and how my public speaking has changed over the years. Lastly, I will talk about the oral and written communication within the real estate profession.…
Compare the way distinctive voices are created in the speeches set for study and one related text.…
As we are all unique, hearing voices can be equally individual; some voice can be positive providing support and encouragement someone needs to get through the day. Other voices can be confusing, perhaps echoing thoughts or repeating strange phrases, some voice can be very frightening, saying things that are critical, threatening or commanding. Voices can claim to have great power and knowledge, which can sometimes leave the voice hearer feeling scared and powerless as the voice are often diminishing the voice hearer and may comment on the person in the third person, or make other remarks for example “she is turned the tape on, stupid isn’t she?” or voices can argue each other. In all cases these voices are perceived as being distinct from the individual’s own thoughts. (Graham, 2008)…
A distinctive voice creates an emotional response to texts through its ability to connect with an audience and position them to understand their purpose through the use of a range of written techniques. The two speeches “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King and “Address to the Plenary Session” by Severn Cullis-Suzuki and the song “dear Mr president” composed by pink will be used throughout to help show you how a distinctive voice creates an emotional response to texts.…
I can remember all the way back to when I was a young child in elementary. I didn’t think much about the kids around me or how they lived and I can honestly say that very few kids stick out from those years maybe because it seemed to me at the time that we were all pretty much the same except for our physical appearances. What I can remember about the kids in junior high school was the need to fit in and be liked at all costs. Making fashion statements were much more important than answering the question about the meaning of life. High school though became a stepping stone into the complex and dynamic reality of the world around me that I had never investigated nor even identified. Beginning with my freshman year I encountered many more students than I ever thought I would. I started to notice quite quickly that the school population was extremely diverse and segmented. Groups were everywhere; jocks, nerds, gothic kids, trouble makers, and of course the ever present popular kids. This was the first time I could see with my own eyes the fact that we were actually quite different from each other. Kids that I had befriended in junior high slowing began to change and pull away from me for reasons that were not understandable to me at the time. In actuality, not only were they going through changes but I was going through them as well. My taste in clothes, music, sports, and my views on certain topics began to expand and diversify. Yet I started to realize that in doing so meant leaving my old friends behind and meeting new ones. My family had always been a cornerstone in my life who established my belief system as far as religion and values and therefore the perspective on the young life I had led up until that point. That upbringing enabled me to be able to compare and contrast the beliefs and ideas of others with my own and so the journey into the world of high school led me to come face to face with that very opportunity. One example which stands out in my mind…