Lesson 2 - Speech Events

Sorry for the late post y'all.

This class was interesting to me. The items normally learned intuitively by individuals as they interact with other individuals was clearly articulated and defined. As such, I felt that this lesson will be relevant to the future as events that occur naturally around us can be clearly and objectively articulated and classified. By equipping individuals to analyze events objectively, the individual would be able to anticipate and overcome potential obstacles and problems in the future at any work event.

The events of the past experiences shared during discussion session also helped me understand how other individuals deal with similar issues. For example, the issue of debt collection was interesting as it has never occurred to me to use certain etiquette when attempting to reclaim an debt owed. Perhaps among my groups of friends we never had the problem as money owed would be paid as soon as possible or just requested plainly to have it returned, Even then, offense would not be implied or felt.

Lastly, perhaps my biggest takeaway from this class was the fact that each individual has to be dealt in the proper context with the eight components more or less in an appropriate manner. However, appropriate manner is subjective to one's interpretation of the situation. Perhaps in that case, one must appeal to the values and principles we have learned from our cultures and past experiences.