My semester with Purposive Communication has been thrilling and eye-opening. Despite some difficulty, the 13 modules that I spent daily do not do justice to how much I have enjoyed this subject. I am aware that my outputs were not top-tier, but I did my best and contributed to my works accordingly. I am grateful that I have spent my first year in college preparing myself for possible future encounters such as applying for a job, persuading/encouraging people, and using social media as an informative platform to make people aware. I can say that this semester has been challenging and tested my skills to balance my time properly. The subject does have extensive requirements, and so do other subjects. But despite having to manage all my assessments, I also learned how to organize and use my time correctly without risking one subject over the other. Another difficulty that I encountered was being grouped with people I barely knew. Although our friendship didn't progress, I am still thankful for the time that they worked hard on to finish our output. The activities that I had fun doing made me feel the need to continue the progress that I started here in college. But, the activities that I had no interest in/did not enjoy made me realize that in life, we go through certain situations where we don't want to be in but have to do something without question because it's part of life. Purposive Communication has taught me values greater than values. Meaning I see the importance of the activity and learn more than what the activity wants me to know. Finally, the semester is ending. I will continue and forever uphold the learnings that I have gathered.
Chapter 2 taught me about Intercultural Communication, in which I wrote a paper entitled, Ethnocentrism: Judged by so called "Superiors". Through this paper, I was able to differentiate the barrier that I have witnessed during Senior Highschool. There will always be differences between people living in the city and provinces. Through this activity, I learned that we shouldn't let our differences be a barrier to communicating with one another. To communicate should not cost any shame. We must interact and be fascinated with other cultures and appreciate what they add to our knowledge.Â
TO COMMUNICATE IS TO BE ADAPTIVE. THUS, IT’S NOT ABOUT HOW LONG YOU LISTENED, IT’S ABOUT HOW WELL YOU UNDERSTOOD!
Communication isn't linear. You listen, you understand, you contribute. You can't voice an opinion when you do not understand. Communication must be conveyed with purpose and appropriate language to avoid spreading misinformation. For this chapter, we were tasked to make a personal slogan which I had a hard time making because I wasn't really in a good position after I learned that I had a low score in a P.E Activity. Despite my bad mood, I still made an output worth passing.
For this lesson, we tackled how to speak persuasively. For me, this topic plays an important role, especially when dealing with businesses or presenting reports at school. I often think that speaking persuasively is a different kind of power when people who have bad intentions know how to do it. But it can do more good than evil or not do anything. It can be done through different platforms, like social media, letters, and even conversations upfront. Since it was by group, I had difficulty reaching out to my groupmates throughout the lesson since I didn't know them. However, over time, I had fun creating catchy phrases with them. We also shared some laughs from time to time.
At first, I found this topic boring. It was still about written documents and how to write business reports. But as I did the activity, it became an inside joke for me. Fun fact! Our internet provider is PLDT, and the letter that I made, was supposedly sent to the PLDT, asking for their deals, and in my perspective, it became an insulting letter. However, I found it funny and imagined if I sent it, how would PLDT react. Also, making the letter was easy since some lessons can be applied to enhance the business letter, such as persuasion in this topic.
One thing that came to my mind when I made this Job application was challenging. Both written and oral. I can't even imagine myself talking with a professional and impressing them with my achievements. I would probably stutter or go off track with the topic. But I realized that this activity is a big help for us students. Not only does it allow us to learn and enhance our skills, but to foresee our future just like what we have written in the paper. Not only that, but submitting the paper was the hardest. It felt like submitting it on an actual job application. Hopefully, I will get the part that I'm applying for.
The activity from Chapter 11 - Social Media Communication is quite sentimental for me. We were tasked to create a vlog or blog discussing a topic from different general issues . I chose to talk and create a blog about Bullying. I appreciate how a learning activity from Purposive Communication became an avenue for me to express my thoughts about bullying. I am still quite sensitive when it comes to these kinds of topic, but having to share it in an activity enables me to slowly open up. Furthermore, I find this activity fun since it also made me create a theme that would match my blog, and I consider myself to be artistic when it comes to designing anything.Â
