1st Impressions
In or first class, we conducted an activity on 1st Impressions of each of each other and the feelings associated with doing such an activity. Most of us took turns in reciting what we had to say and some of us didn’t elaborate on our first impressions of the other class members, which I thought was the objective of the activity. I went ahead and gave my first impression of the other students and felt ok, yet unsure of the effect my words would have, especially the thoughts which were not 100% positive. I felt this way because I am well aware of how interaction between people can be facilitated by using positive regard. In my experience, people don’t take too well to criticism. In the context of the activity though I felt it was ok so, I commented on how I felt some people were not as confident in their disclosure of poor travel experience or significant reading; something I felt a little dissonance over because I had recently finished reading “political” books by Tom Brokaw and Jesse Ventura which didn’t seem to fit what I sensed to be the prevalent mindset of the class, so I spoke about Stienbeck. Many other students didn’t mention 1st impressions so I felt I might have been out on a limb a little. Anyway the resul
One of the points the leader alluded to was that we must be aware of how 1st impressions should not be written in stone. I feel that I can read people fairly well, so I tend to see them through the clothes they wear, the tone and content of their speech and body language for example. Regardless of my perceived confidence in this area, I need to be aware of many variables which may influence the way people look, act or talk on any given day. For example People may have had a rough night without sleep and so are fully themselves when they meet me. What I need to do is practise giving people positive regard and get to know them over time, only then can I evaluate their personality if necessary. In my professional experience I have encountered this problem many times. One of my duties at my school was to interview prospective students to assess language ability. We had to do it in a hurry, about 4 minutes, because we had 12 scheduled interviews in a 50 minute block. In such a short time it was a difficult task to complete, I found myself rushing and in doing so may have relied too much on my 1st impressions rather than the content of their speech, for example, did they seem confident, if so they must be able to speak at a higher level. This leads me into leadership skills. At other times I needed to Support or Link students to help maintain a positive class environment. Sometimes, I could provide a student with a synonym or word which they are trying to recall, at other times when I had visual cues that another student agreed or disagreed with a statement, I could foster and exchange among students who often did not know each other and thus fel
Some topics in this essay:
Jesse Ventura,
Facilitator Positive,
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Support Link,
1st impressions,
students shy,
student student,
person interviewed,
aggressive trying,
modelling student,
positive regard,
content speech,
student feel,
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