Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

301--3rd period

Family
Simple questions to kick us off. Family. How do we communicate with family? What barriers are there? What eases the way? How does trust and liking help or hinder communication with family? And what about families we create versus families of biological origin? Go.

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401--5th period
State of the Union Address. Yeah, it's been a couple weeks. That means it's been fully dissected in the press. Three part assignment for the week.
1) Read it and form your own opinion.
2) See what others say about it. At least 5 sources
3) What communicative theories are used in conjunction with what tools and to what end?

Comments

301--3rd period

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

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Re: 301--3rd period

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia signed in.

"I-well I don't really have my family anymore..." Maia said glancing over the questions. "But...well Diana chose me and we talk about things...so well I guess that works. We created a family after I lost mine..." Maia swallowed a little uncomfortable talking about families and the lack of her own.

Re: 301--3rd period

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep sits in the back and pays active enough attention that he doesn't draw attention to the fact that he's not actually answering the question.

He didn't have a family. Hadn't really, since he was 8 and his mother had died. He'd stayed with his father after that, bouncing around the world from Air Force base to Air Force base, but you couldn't really call what they did 'communicating,' and he'd run off to the Air Force Academy as soon as humanly possible and hadn't seen him again until his funeral. So... he really didn't have much to say here.

Re: 301--3rd period

[section9-togusa.livejournal.com]

Togusa watched the other students and thier comments, keeping his face neutral. He had come from a good family, as far as families went. Father a cop, grandfather a cop...nothing much to say there. He didn't mind the new life he had, so he couldn't complain either way.

He hadn't had much trouble with communication, so he went back to listening.

401--5th period

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

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Re: 401--5th period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth had watched the SotU live. And read it. She snorted.

"My opinion is that he shouldn't be allowed to talk about things that he doesn't undestand. But then I don't know what he'd actually be able to talk about."

"The British Boardcasting Corporation (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4667590.stm) have a panel of voters, and they have their reactions on their website. The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101688.html) had reactions from senators, and even some of the Republicans appear to be unsure of what Bush is up to."

She continued on babbling.

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Re: 401--5th period

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie read over the materials and did some internet searching.

"I personally think the President should hire better speech writers," she said. "And maybe learn how to speak proper English."

She smiled. "I found a lot of unfavorable reviews, but this one (http://freedomfry.livejournal.com/177336.html) was my favorite. It almost made me spit tea on my monitor.

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Re: 401--5th period

[wannabelawyer.livejournal.com]

Lindsey rolled his eyes at the mention of the SotU.

"I really liked the part about banning human-animal hybrids. Did he watch The Island of Dr Moreau the night before or something?"