Final Blog post

This semester went by so quick I truely cannot belive how fast it went by. On the first day of Comm 101c class, I knew I was going to learn about different kinds of communication. As the class went on I felt extremely comfortable to participate and speak my mind which was awesome. I am glad that the class had a wide range of people with different opinions and ways of viewing certain subjects. I felt like I was able to get more out of the class by having a solid class discussion and hearing different points of views. I'm glad that the class had a relaxed vibe to it and I definately enjoyed writing these blogs. As a communication major I plan on taking more comm courses and furthering my knowledge in this area of study. Of course as you all know, I plan to work in the training and development unit for MAC Cosmetics one day and Comm studies has already helped me with that journey. Comm not only has helped me with my career but has also helped my everyday relationships with family and friends. I feel like I took this class seriously because I was genuinly interested in the content and I learned so much by our professors teaching style.  I know it's horrible but I used to not study in other classes for quizzes but I actually made it a priority to study for these quizzes because I had so much interest within the subject. I saw a change within myself that I cared more about my grade and took control of how much I took out of the class which is why I participated alot. It was a great semester and lovely to have met all of you!

Trade Show

Yesterday I attended the bussiness and professional speaking class's trade show for applications made by students. There were 6 different booths each with visuals of their unique application. These students looked like they put alot of time and effort in the applications they made and I noticed they were each in groups of about 4 to 6 people so of course group work was involved. Each group member was dressed up in professional attire and were extremly friendly while enlightening me about what their App. stood for and how it would be useful to me. There was one app that stood out to me at the tradeshow which was called "The Spartan Book Finder Application". This application stood out to me because the group members explained that since students need to get books every semester of school, "The Spartan book finder App" will help students find the books they need by comparing prices of the book side by side that way the students gets the very best price and knows exactly where to get the book. I feel like this app could be efficiemt to me because I would be able to use it to compare pricing of my textbooks so conveniently that it would save me alot of time and stress. I was impressed on how well these students knew their app and every little detail of planning that went into it.The trade show was held in the Almaden room located in the student union. I enjoyed all of the App project ideas and was truely

impressed with the students who came up with the ideas. I think it's great how the comm department puts on events such as the tradeshow because it allows the students to interact with other comm students and give feedback to their peers if necessary.

Poetry

Recently there was a poetry spoken word outside the library at San Jose State. There was a nice stage and many seats available for the public to take a seat and listen to some poetry. This event was the SJSU Legacy of poetry day. It is amazing how something as simple as spoken words can engage a full audience. I understand how powerful poetry can be because I used to write poetry when I was younger. I am the type of person who feels the need to be strong at all times and won’t allow anyone to see me in a vulnerable position because I don’t like to feel hopeless or sad. If I am ever in a sad or dramatic situation, I would rather just burry my feelings or transfer them somewhere else. While growing up, poetry was my way of transferring my feelings away from my mind. While I was listening to the poems being performed in front of the library, I felt a strong connection to the poets because of the way they were reading them. The poets were reading their poems with such passion I couldn’t help but feel inspired to hopefully start writing again. I appreciate being a student at San Jose state because I enjoy events that the University hosts such as this poetry reading. I literally had just been released from class and heard the performances going on and was able to watch and enjoy poetry for free. Even though I was surrounded by people I did not know, I still felt like I belonged there in that moment and we were all connected because we were all there to purely enjoy poetry. Communication of meaningful words is what brought the audience together in a peaceful manner that day.