Communications Department

When the topic of the communication department came up as a topic for my blog I felt that I would have a tough time writing about it. But, what I realized is that communication studies is the only area where I really showed interest. When I came to college I had no clue what to do in terms of choosing a major and minor, but the my communications teachers throughout my GE classes really cleared my mind. I had two very good teachers for Comm 20 and Comm 40.  Those two teachers were able to really influence me into making communications my major. I learned a lot about the department and how it works as well as the professors and their methods of teaching. I am really happy with my decision now; I feel that the teachers who I have had have been really flexible in terms of meeting with them and interacting.  Something that I have noticed also is that my professors really take interest in knowing me as a person rather then as a student. We talk about issues in our world as well as communicating in daily life. I feel like I might not be able to build as positive of relationships in other departments and that is why I’m very content with my decision to choose the communications department as my major. 

Wheel Chair Rugby Discussion

Today in class we discussed a topic that I felt was really interesting regarding wheel chair rugby.  The topic itself was not what caught my attention, but some of the topics brought up caught my attention. For example, we talked about how playing sports with people with disabilities is just different. From a personal experience of my own I know that people with hearing disabilities are just as capable baseball players. When I was a junior in high school we played a near by team that was from a school in which was designed specifically for hearing deficient students. At first I was oblivious and felt that the team would not be as good as any other teams we play. But, I was very mistaken; this team was so detailed with the fundamentals of the game that they were able to compete just as well as any other team in our league. To a person in the stands there was no difference between the two teams. Baseball is different then most sports in the sense that verbal communications is not nearly as important as non-verbal. We use hand signs to indicate exactly what is going to happen. There is really no need for verbal communication during a game. Although, at first I did not feel that the team we were playing was going to be able to compete with us, but in the end I was mistaken and in fact they played a great game.  The moral of the story is to never really underestimate anybody and give every person the respect they deserve for playing and compete with the same amount of intensity no matter the opponent.