The
television show I decided to watch was Good Luck Charlie. It is a children show
about a family that has a lot of family drama and comedy. I watch this show
because, my grandchildren were over and they always watch this show. I begin by
turning the sound down and watching it without the words. One of the daughters
called Teddy and her boyfriend were sitting on the sofa, being without sound I
assume they were having a conversation. All of sudden he goes outside and Teddy
goes to open the door up. Not understanding what was going on I turned the
sound up and he decided to go outside and come in and ask her to the prom in a
gentleman fashion. When her mother found
it was time for prom, excitedly she asked Teddy to wear her prom dress. Of
course, Teddy was astonished that her mother asked her to wear her old prom
dress to the prom.
Looking
at this show without the sound I found that I interpreted differently as to
what they were talking about. Teddy decided she would hide her dress outside
and led her mother to believe she was wearing her prom dress. Her brother P.J.
also needed a date to the prom so,Teddy found him a prom date. P J.’s
expression was of surprise when he found out his date was home schooled and her
prom was going to be in the basement of her home. He felt disappointed about
the prom and text his family about what was going on.
Teddy
and Spencer were at her prom and Teddy had changed into her dress instead of
her mother dress. Feeling sorry for her brother she decided to attend his prom
in the basement of his date’s house. In the meantime, knowing how disappointed
her son was, his parent decided to go to prom in the basement as well. Walking
in the basement Teddy’s mother was very disappointed that Teddy did not wear her dress. Teddy felt bad and talk her mother into wearing her own dress, they
all enjoyed the prom in the basement.
From
Listening to this program, I learned listening is the most used communication
skill of them all. I interpreted wrong by looking than by listening. Although
perception is often blamed for communication problems, it is a necessary
element in making sense of the world.
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Kathleen,
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Mary Jo
Kathleen, I have to agree that body language alone can be misleading. I noticed the show that I watched used sarcasm. I noticed in sarcasm, body language does not match what is being said so it was very misleading. With sarcasm, it can be difficult enough to distinguish it when you hear the words let alone just the body language.
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