My friend Aija and I have known each other for about two years and have gotten pretty close within the last year. Reading through all the stages of the Knapp model I would consider us to be at the intensifying stage. We took our friendship pretty slow, however I would say that we went through the intensifying stage rather quickly. It started by her inviting me to a art party she had in her home, then I started inviting her over to my house for girls night or to just chat for coffee. She then started staying at my house for a night or two while my husband was away for military reasons. At some points in time we see each other a lot and then other times we don’t see each other for weeks at a time due to being busy. We do favors for each other, we make each other feel appreciated. …show more content…
We always remember to check up or send a quick “I love you” text if we have not spoken to each other for a while. When she comes over to my house there is no knock on the door she just walks in, I have even thought about giving her a key. We have our relationship in pretty good flow. We know how each other works and are sure to be honest with each other. I am very satisfied with our level of communication; however, I do sometimes realize I do a lot of the talking about myself. Sometimes after we have a talk I am like dang I should have talked to her more about herself. She is just such a good listener I get so wrapped up in my own thoughts that are in need of venting. I am going to start working on being more focused on her talking to me and ask her more questions about what’s going on in her life. She agreed with me on the stage our relationship
Kudler Fine Foods is a local and upscale specialty food store with a total of four stores in La Jolla, Del Mar, and Encinitas California with their main base store in San Diego, California. Each store maintains and sells high quality bakery, pastries, fresh produce, meat, seafood, specialty condiments, packaged foods, cheeses, and dairy products.
Anchorage, Alaska- The Alaska Grizzlies delighted fans by selecting Fairbanks University football star, Jeff Knutson last night in the first round of the NFL draft. This came after trading their sixth and seventh round picks to Las Vegas to move up to 12th from 19th. After last year’s disappointing loss in the playoffs, general manager Jack Storer thought that it was worth it to move up to get the fan favorite running back.
Ravitch?s discussion on ?achievement gaps? points out that African American students academic scores have progressed remarkably since 1990 to 2011. She also states that the Hispanic and Asian have progressed as well. Achievement gaps will continue to be an issue, as long as there are different races, ethnic groups, the poor and the wealthy. The more disadvantaged one is, is going to lack in education and prosperity. To solve an issue like the achievement gap, we need to take action and begin at the root. These children are suffering because lack of proper education in the school system, which stems from the poverty in the segregated neighborhoods. Low income
Thanks for the nod in this piece. I feel compelled to adjust the impression people might get reading it. Like you, Col. Stapp and Joe Kittinger were also two of my childhood hero's. Col. Stapp bravely strapped himself into the seat of a rocket sled to determine how much punishment a human could safely absorb during an ejection or a sudden deceleration (crash). To this day, the results of Col. Stapp's experiments still define the limits of human tolerance for the design of ejection systems and crashworthy seats.
My family and I did well on food stamps because we went grocery shopping prior to this assignment, and we generally keep our groceries stocked. We are a family of three who had an allotted amount of $511 for the month, which was a total of $18.25 per day, and we were on food stamps for six days. We spent approximately $50 within those days on mostly unnecessary items because of not being prepared for dinner. However, had we not went grocery shopping and did not have many groceries on hand, this assignment would have been extremely challenging.
Throughout high school I have grown as an athlete and person. I have loved playing sports my whole life, but I have learned to love giving back to the community and youth even more. Although playing sports have taken me across the country and also brought much success and joy to me, nothing brings more pleasure than passing my skills and knowledge on to the youth here in Knappa.
Despite the numerous different theories consisting of different stages of friendship they all contain certain aspects of relationships going through stages of increasing familiarity. They all show how we select friends through a stage model and how relationships also break down in stages. They provide Factors that increase friendship like after helping another person we like them more due to feelings and emotions such as empathy, or a decline in a relationship by the need for too much help and support that can cause stress and anxieties. If we feel empathy we are likely to help, and there are several factors that increase chances of friendship,
I will cover different topics such as self-disclosure in relations, how to be an empathic listener, the accurate levels of self-disclosure, as well as tactics for running interpersonal divergences and so on. Remember I will not be taking in anything from my own personal life; I will be giving you just a course of action. Self-Concept is expanded and uphold by the things we as humans are prone to watch and pursue, self-concept is also professed by our peers, by our parents, sisters, brothers, neighbors and so on. Purkey (1988) articulates that your self-concept is erudite; it is prearranged, it is active, and it is variable, you can build this sense of personality by communicating with yourself alone and with other people by what you tell yourself and what other people tells you regarding yourself. As I am providing you the mechanics to preserve your relationship, your self-concept of one different person will only get worse if you both are reluctant to adjust and uphold who you are. While it would be simpler to fully disregard one another, the truth will linger, you both should
When we communicate we influence how others view us and we create an impression, when we receive opinions from others especially our significant other it influences how we feel about ourselves and helps create our self-concept. The reaction of others, your comparison with others, the social roles you play, and the groups of people you identify with all contribute to the development of your self-concept. According to Bevan and Sole part of the way you construct your self-concept is by choosing to accept or reject what other people tell you about yourself. Your self-concept is influenced by the people you surround yourself with and by what they tell you, to keep a positive self-concept it is helpful to surround yourself with someone who is positive and who speaks highly of you. You both must lift each other up and help each other to feel great about yourselves. “To grow and learn about yourself, you must be open-minded about other people 's opinions,” (Bevan and Sole 2014). Your opinions of each other mean a great deal to how you both feel about your selves and how you perceive yourselves. Your self-concept is how you feel about yourself but if you are told everyday of your life that you are ugly you will eventually think that you are a bit ugly, but if you are told you are beautiful you will think you are beautiful. Don’t ever put each other down even if it is unintentionally, always think before you speak! You can criticize or tell one another your thoughts and opinions
I was the one who initiated my relationship. First impressions were made from behind a screen, with a Xbox controller in my hand. I couldn’t help but notice a teammate from an online game chosen at random. I drew the conclusion that she had at least one thing in common with me, so I added her as a friend. Once she replied, I climbed onto the experimenting step. We bantered about our interests in the game, and eventually, our mutual tastes in activities and music. I was shocked that someone was so similar to me. As time progressed, our relationship started intensifying. Our communication increased, and I had the privilege of video chatting with her on Skype for the first time. In a way, a new first impression was formed. She seemed so shy compared to the girl I used to twiddle my thumbs for. Hearing her nervously say, “Hi, it’s Sydney," for the first time opened up another channel of communication.
The necessary basics a writer must consider are audience and purpose as both of these are the foundation of a writers work. For proper consideration, he or she must determine whom they are directing their work towards and the purpose of their writing. Purpose is not what a writer wants to do, it is what the writer wants the audience to do as a result of the interpretation of the writer’s theme. A writers purpose is the reason for communicating with someone and it will determine what they write about. A writer may want to inform, persuade, or express an idea. On the other hand, it is necessary for the writer to understand their audience. The audience is the person or people the writer is trying to communicate with. It is important for the writer
Knapp’s Relational Model is the holy grail when it comes to interpersonal relationships, whether they be new or old. The model defines different stages of a relationship and at which one’s the relationship is coming together or falling apart. Furthermore, many things in life can bring two people together, it can be a positive experience in life or a negative one. My best friend Kenna and I met in eighth grade, we both loved the band One Direction, from there we were inseparable. Now we can know what each of us are thinking using nonverbal communication, which happens a lot in our relationship, the interpersonal attraction towards one another also had an effect on if maybe we were meant to be friends or not.
Many Americans are opposed to same-sex marriage, while, at the same time, in support of civil unions (Dudley). Many same-sex marriage opponents disagree based solely on the use of the word “marriage.” Those opponents to same-sex marriage feel that the term marriage is defined by societal norms or established by religious tradition and should be limited to only define a relationship between a man and a woman. Opponents to same-sex marriage based solely on the use of the word “marriage” point out that “from a lawful perspective, marriage and civil unions encompass the same benefits” (Smith). The argument over what to call same-sex marriage however fails to take into account the true nature of what members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community seek and what opponents oppose. Members of the LGBT community seek full marriage equality in term and in accomplishment, not a separate but equal standing. We need to extend the debate beyond terminology and focus our attention towards the issue of why the LGBT community merits equal access to all rights, specifically marriage.
John evolved into my best friend and, wrapping myself in his world, I lost my core group of friends. We had reached interpersonal commitment. All of my time belonged to John. We went to events and hung out according to his time frame, with little consideration for my time. All John needed to say was “no, I don’t want to do that,” and I respected his decision. Looking back, I realize how little John respected me. Our relationship grew in predictability as we learned each other’s schedules, emotions, and family habits. Dates always went the same way, involving dinner with his family followed by a rented movie. Our interactions never involved social bonding beyond our families. Instead, moments of novelty, like rock
To begin, I met Oniqa about 5 years ago during my freshman year of high school. It was our first class of Physical Education in the gym playing volleyball. After some instructions from our teacher broke the class up into partners, and surprise my partner was Oniqa. Both of us were extremely shy, quiet, and didn’t talk much during the 45 minutes we spent hitting a ball back and forth. Luckily our friendship didn’t with second period PE. With time we became good friends. In reality, the first day we met wasn’t the start to the typical friendship. Looking back, we were an unlikely pairing that without realizing it had many similarities and experiences. Despite our somewhat awkward first encounter, the following years spent getting to know each other better I learned she was a lot more than a shy girl in my PE class.