Thursday, February 26, 2015

Pt.2: 1B - Sophie Astro

To be polite and courteous in certain situations is an important factor to obtain. Acts of frustration, anger, and rudeness won't solve anything. In fact, they can occasionally turn out worse.  Others could end up annoyed and rather ignore ideas to solve a problem. Instead, listening and respecting others' opinions will keep everyone interested in concluding a situation. Rather than acting impolite and arrogant, keep your cool and all will be orderly!
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  1. AnonymousMarch 1, 2015 at 3:56 PM

    Hi Sophie,

    Good post- being courteous to others is definitely a key factor to encourage your opponents to keep listening to you. People don’t usually want to take orders from people who are rude, or won’t take the time to understand messages that others are trying to get across. We see this all the time in real-life situations, usually when someone with authority is trying to get someone to do something, whether it is a parent demonstrating this with their child, or an officer enforcing the law. The main idea to keep in mind is how someone delivers the message, and how the opponent will receive the message. If a person is argumentative about getting his or her point across, it makes the audience less likely to see what they’re saying as a message, and more like an order or a command.

    We also saw this as an example in Twelve Angry Men when juror 11 asked to hold a secret ballot, and juror three told juror eight and five, "What do you mean? There are no secrets in here! I know who it was. What’s the matter with you? You come in here and you vote guilty and then this- slick preacher starts to tear your heart out with stories about a poor little kid who just couldn’t help becoming a murderer. So you change your vote. If it isn’t the most sickening” (Rose 27). This didn’t allow juror three to receive any respect, nor get his idea's across to any of the other jurors. Instead juror three could’ve communicated in a civil manner like juror eight did throughout the play.

    Again, good post.

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