Verbal Rule Breaking
November 6 2013
Nonverbal Rule Breaking
Recently I was having a conversation with my mother, nothing out of the usual. But I figured what perfect person to try the nonverbal rule. Generally my mother is very adamant about communication and how it is delivered and how one has to be give eye contact at all times, she gives me a much more difficult time because I used to have a really bad habit of not looking at people in the face while talking. One day last week while we were having a conversation, I decided to blink extensively in the beginning but that didn’t seem to work, so I decided to uncomfortably stare at her. I am sure I looked creepy. She looked at me very strangely and asked what was wrong with me, but I continued on starring at her. Now she was beginning to get frustrated, so I eventually told her what I was doing and the reason for it.
I have actually had an experience before with a lady who would talked so close to my face that I always thought something was wrong with her mentally, but I later found out that it was a part of her culture. She was an elderly lady from Panama and from speaking to other Panamanians I found out that it is very typical, specifically for older people to talk so closely in other people’s faces. I learned how different cultures can be and the many communication factors, because here in America and many other countries, speaking too closely to someone is a definite nonverbal rule broken. I am glad I experimented with my mother because I think with any other person I would have been laughing the whole entire time. This was a good experience; I will perhaps do some more experimenting in the near future.
Nomfundo Leslie
Extra Credit
Done Made My Vow to the Lord
This performance was performed by the University Concert Choir. The beginning of the performance was very sultry and kind of boring, and then as the song progressed and I started to pay more and more attention to the lyrics, I fell in love with the song. The
Nonverbal Rule Breaking
Recently I was having a conversation with my mother, nothing out of the usual. But I figured what perfect person to try the nonverbal rule. Generally my mother is very adamant about communication and how it is delivered and how one has to be give eye contact at all times, she gives me a much more difficult time because I used to have a really bad habit of not looking at people in the face while talking. One day last week while we were having a conversation, I decided to blink extensively in the beginning but that didn’t seem to work, so I decided to uncomfortably stare at her. I am sure I looked creepy. She looked at me very strangely and asked what was wrong with me, but I continued on starring at her. Now she was beginning to get frustrated, so I eventually told her what I was doing and the reason for it.
I have actually had an experience before with a lady who would talked so close to my face that I always thought something was wrong with her mentally, but I later found out that it was a part of her culture. She was an elderly lady from Panama and from speaking to other Panamanians I found out that it is very typical, specifically for older people to talk so closely in other people’s faces. I learned how different cultures can be and the many communication factors, because here in America and many other countries, speaking too closely to someone is a definite nonverbal rule broken. I am glad I experimented with my mother because I think with any other person I would have been laughing the whole entire time. This was a good experience; I will perhaps do some more experimenting in the near future.
Nomfundo Leslie
Extra Credit
Done Made My Vow to the Lord
This performance was performed by the University Concert Choir. The beginning of the performance was very sultry and kind of boring, and then as the song progressed and I started to pay more and more attention to the lyrics, I fell in love with the song. The