Week #2

May 29, 2009 11:03 AM
wonsk said...
Maria, I give you credit for even wanting to go camping in the wilderness and I'm glade that it was a learning experience. You experienced first hand nonverbal communication at first glance. And I guess you soon realized that gender and culture was present, and that this was the norm being demonstrated by the people who participated. By you being able to see past the obvious says that you are receptive and open to new ideas. You avoided stereotying and jumped right into the understanding mode. I think there should be more people like you willing to learn new things. I believe people are doing better understanding that you can't judge a book by it's cover,and you must consider the source, the background and the origin of the situation. I know sometimes time does't allow this to happen and that's when people are prejudged by what they see in front of them. I must commend you, you did a very good job with what was presented to you without a warning. Your responsiveness followed the book to the letter by your description and your recovery.Through your responsiveness by definition you showed "attentiveness through your understanding to others and interest, to use the facts presented and analyze them and most importantly, eye contact with the situation" You proved that the research is correct in their findings, "that women are generally more