Hey guys! Hope you are watching out for tornados! The spring this year is sure...unpredictable! Check out the following video and post a comment about how it applies to one aspect of either public speaking or interpersonal communication: It's such a cool story! Smiles--Sandra
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/79325/scored_20_in_4_minutes/
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Hi Sandra- did you really mean to attach a video of the tornadoes? The one I see is on Jason McElwain like what Luciano saw. I have seen the boy on TV and he was amazing. But you talked about the unpredictability of spring and tornadoes (?)in your intro-Just confirming. And the deadline is tomorrow March 20.
duhh...I was looking for tornadoes (?) - ha ha ha my mind has been blown by a tornado that's what happened! (Sorry for the literal translation Sandra). I have seen this video on TV (before this blog) as I always watch the news. I was really blown away by the story. I would credit Jason's parents in their effort - it takes a lot of courage and patience to develop an autistic child to what Jason is. Autism is a developmental disorder diagnosed in 1 out of 500 children in the US (www.nimh.nih.gov). Autism is associated with lack of communication and social skills. Sandra is quick in picking up the story for us to learn from the situation. Real life situations like these make us apply theories better. Mindfulness seems to be my favorite in the last 2 or 3 blogs. Jason was mindful - he was focused and did what he thought was best. His mind was in what he was doing and he responded that way because his actions are consistent with what he has in mind. He was "present" at that very moment. Because of a lot of noise around us, we are bound to lose a lot in our communication. That is where his heroism was felt more. No one expected he would deliver. He did it and did it triumphantly. He was amazing.
It is ironic (or perhaps not) that our next chapter, Chapter 7, is about emotions and communication. This story appealed definitely to the emotions.
Naturally, there is a part of mankind that pulls for the underdog -- or at least I'd like to think so. Jason was autistic and like many other children that suffer from diseases that are similar, they are usually outcast, highlighted by their differences, in society.
You cannot have the same conversation with Jason, that you would have with another young man his age. But...one can learn some things from Jason, and others that are, how-we-say "special" people.
Their zeal is pure and not mixed in with heresy, as many of our emotions often times do.
In this particular story, the journalist played in to this part of our emotion -- watching the joy is someone's face who is living a life none of us would ever choose. It's beautiful to see!
Happiness can be attained no matter what deck of cards one was dealt -- just ask Jason!
Rose N Williams
I think that it was so cool when he made all those basket. I remember when it happened everyone would not believe that it was his first real game. I'm so not surprised that he made all dose baskets. His cough said that after every game before going home he tries to make at lest 18 shots. I'm exited that they have this on tape because a lot of people in society think that people who are different then the average Joe are not capable of such things; so it's good to prove them wrong.
This is truely a very touching story and it made me cry a little, just to see a boy who obviously has dedication and determination towards basketball, but never got the opportunity to play in games. I just think it's an amazing story because it shows someone who does not dedicate his time to being a jock on a basketball team; it shows he dedicated his time to purely something he loves. In a way, I felt sorry for him in the beginning of the clip because the closest he got to reaching his dream of playing on the team was to be a waterboy. And if even seems that society views the dreams of autistic children of being the star on a basketball team to be intangible. It's an amazing story, because no one will remember the game as a win, but everyone will remember the person who won our hearts.
Michelle Koga
COMM 321/ MW @5:30
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