Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Coms 301 and 321: Blog Due 3/7
You guys are all working on public presentations for Earth Day on 4/20, and speeches for class...Keep up the great work! For this Blog, tell me in five lines or so, about a funny and embarassing experience you have had in front of other people. This is to use worse case scenario strategy to get you over your anxiety of speaking in front of people...If you can survive a really embarassing moment and laugh about it, you come to realize that nothing is as bad as it seems, right? RIGHT??? Blog on Virtual Brothers and Sisters!!!!
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Rose N. Williams
COMM 301
I can't of a time that I didn't have an embracing moment; I've just learned to play it off. A thing like that always happens to me but I never let it get to me. For example, I don't want to use anything resent because I don't want any one who was involved to read it; but like I was saying, Sophomore year in high school in my English I always sat in the front set were my teacher could notice me, Well all I can say in five words is: Quite, Hands, Panty, Pull, Eyes! That’s right, everyone in class saw what happened; except for the instructor of cores. I never believed that someone with my skin tone could turn so Red! But I did and everyone who was in my class still reminding me whenever they run into me.
FYI: I THINK YOUR DUE DATE IS A BIT OFF...3/7/06? OR 4/7/06?
Rose N. Williams
COMM 301
I can't think of a time that I didn't have an embracing moment; I've just learned to play it off. things like that always happens to me but I never let it get to me. For example, I don't want to use anything resent because I don't want any one who was involved to read it; but like I was saying, Sophomore year in high school in my English class I always sat in the front set were my teacher could notice me, Well all I can say in five words is: Quite, Hands, Panty, Pull, Eyes! That’s right, everyone in class saw what happened; except for the instructor of cores. I never believed that someone with my skin tone could turn so Red! But I did everyone who was in my class are still reminding me whenever they run into me.
FYI: I THINK YOUR DATES ARE OFF. 3/7/06? OR 4/7/06?
OMG! You people are killing me with these hilarious stories! --Sandra
My embarrassing moment is not a speaking experience but a "writing" one. I came to the US 7 years ago and my first job was as an admin asst in SFO. Part of my job was to write to members responding to their concerns/questions. Before getting the job, I had to take a writing/typing/computer efficiency tests. I made it - and thought I was "good" or at least what the job needed. When I did my first letter on the job, my boss handed me an English writing book - he wanted me to take it home and study so I can write better. It was very embarrassing to me in the sense that I was part of a creative department (before US) and used to writing business correspondence, promotional materials, etc. "Not in the US standards you're not" - that was what his gesture meant to me. I took the book and asked some friends about it - most of them have lived in the US for some time. It's good to have well-meaning friends you can ask. They all agreed it was good decision I took the book. People's writing styles are so different - especially he is a man, has a different culture/race from mine and my writing was a little to the "advertising/flair" kind compared to his direct to the point all business tone. I learned and still with the same company.
I was working as a new accounts clerk at a bank in Anchorage Alaska. My desk was in the middle of the lobby floor in a relatively buttoned up (nothing in Alaska is truly buttoned up) environment. I had 2 customers, a couple new to the area, who I needed to greet. I got up out of my desk, stood up, and shook their hands warmly. And, as I sat down, my rolling chair, did indeed roll, away from me, and I plomped, unceremoniously, onto the carpeted floor. Well, everyone had a laugh that day, especially the tellers, who had a ringside seat. I had to laugh too. Oh, and I did open the account, with a smile.
---Paul DeLong
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