Concept I Take With Me

Because of this class I feel that I will be able to bring a better form of communication with all of my personal relationships.  Before taking this class I felt that I had pretty good communication skills with ones that are close to me.  However, I realized that I had a lot of areas that I could improve my way of communicating with others.  One thing that I felt that needed to be changed is how I tend to voice my opinion to others when that is not what they are looking for from me.  I also learned that avoiding a situation that is built around tension needs to be resolved in a timely manner.  I have learned that it is not a good idea for the problem to linger on, or else it could damage the relationship beyond repair.  These concepts will help build relationships that I already have, and I feel that it will make me a better communicator with others that are close in my life.

What I liked, disliked, and improvements

What I liked about the class was the fact that the assignments were very self explanatory.  With past online classes that I took the assignments were not very user friendly like this course was.  The fact that our instructor also responded to our emails very quickly was another thing I like about this online course.  One thing that I didn't like too much about the course was the twelve hour waiting period between posts.  With my schedule outside of school it sometimes was tough to reach that window.  It wasn't that big of a dislike, but it was something that I didn't like very much.  I wouldn't really change anything about the course.  I felt that it was very smooth operating and very user friendly.  The assignments were easy to comprehend, and the teaching factor was very useful with the instructor responding quickly to emails.  Don't change a thing...well maybe the twelve hour window factor ;).  Thanks for a great class!!!

What I learned

Internet classes are something that people (including myself) think are going to be much easier then an in person lecture course.  This is so far away from being the truth.  Rather than being easier it actually is a lot more tough.  Some reasons from my personal experience are the factors of procrastination and time management.  I would seem to wait until the last minute on some assignments thinking that I can work on them later than sooner.  I would then realize that I would sometimes not have the correct amount of time to complete the assignments when they needed to be finished.  It has taught me that I need to put myself in a position that I need to complete my assignments early.

When it came to the class concepts I learned that relationships take a lot of work to maintain with communication.  Both parties need to have the ability to want to help the relationship for it to be maintained healthy.  I can say that from what I learned it will serve as useful tools that I can be used in all of my relationships that I partake in my life.  I also learned that the relationship I built with my girlfriend took all the steps in building a romantic relationship.  I didn't realize that my girlfriend and I actually went through all the steps until I wrote my paper about our relationship, and how it progressed.