Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

301--Friendship

All righty, gang. Sit down and shut up. This week we're working on friendship and communication. Notice how this just keeps building upon itself.

Now you might think that family would be more important in communcation, but it really isn't. Friends are chosen. Therefore the communication used with them is more carefully chosen. The things you talk about, the ways you show to one another that each is important to the other [she turns to the board and writes RECIPROCITY] The ways in which there is reciprocal respect and action. It's amazing what we say when and to whom. Have you ever told a complete stranger somethign you would only tell a close friend after a long passage of time? It's the human condition to do that. Let's talk, we'll ease in. Intimacy, trust, and platonic friendships. Whatcha think?

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Before Class

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica makes it a point to get to class a little early. She wants a moment to talk to Professor Cregg about what happened on Saturday.

"Professor, do you have a minute?" she says.

[http://users.livejournal.com/sydney_bristow_/]

Sydney came in and took a seat. "Sorry for my absence, I had a doctor's appointment." she told CJ quietly.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

I suppose there are things you can say to a complete stranger because you don't care what they think of you. Friends -- people whose opinions you respect -- you want to present yourself in the best possible way, so you hide things you think they might not like. Which isn't the best way to communicate.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica thinks about all the things she could say, but settles on, "Sometimes it's easier to tell a complete stranger something meaningful because they don't have any preconceived notions about the kind of person you are."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It's easier to say things to stranger because first of all, you don't care what they think of you, usually. They won't be around to judge you later, either," Rory says, sliding into a seat.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

*Elizabeth slips quietly into the classroom, placing a coffee on CJ's desk. Her hands wrap tightly around her own; it's not her first of the day. She looks Tired*

*when she speaks, her voice is quiet*

A true friend is past trust, is past intimacy and is something else. She is one who knows you as well as you know yourself, and sometimes even better. She's the one who, as cliched as it may be, will catch you no matter how hard you're falling.

[miss-monochrome.livejournal.com]

::comes into class quietly and more withdrawn than usual, her mind on her next class::

Before coming here I hardly ever told anybody anything about me unless I had to. ::shrugs:: I guess it's that, talking to a stranger tends to distance yourself from the subject. I can talk to people here about things back home because I know I'm never going to have to be in that environment with them.

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes it's hard to tell someone you really like something," Allie says, a faint blush on her cheeks. "Especially if you're really emotionally invested in their response."

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"I've always found myself in situations where I make the best friends when I skip the first several steps - when I just assume the small talk progressed and we shared common interests... When I start a friendship at a more intimate level right away, the bond seems to be deeper and more genuine because we didn't try to impress each other and hide things in the beginning."

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

"I gotta say I agree with Harkness and Veronica, it's easier to tell a stranger something because with a friend even if you know they'll be there for you sometimes you just don't want them to know. If you tell someone you've never met something then odds are that any sort of pity you get from them is a one-time thing cause you probably won't see them again. With freinds though you see them all the time and even though you know they aren't trying to hurt you seeing that pity just kinda gnaws away at your insides."

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

Wearing dark glasses and cradling something that may or may not be entirely orange juice, D'anna slumped into a seat in the back. "May be it's easier to talk to strangers because we have less invested in them."