Week 2_Post

Bonjour!

My alias name is PARIS, due to the fact that I love Paris and the Parisian culture. I am a part-time student and a senior at SJSU majoring in Communication Studies with a minor in Business. I work full-time as a Senior Administrative Assistant in R&D with a medical device technology company. I am married and have two sons, and three granddaughters.

I moved to San Jose, CA in 1983 from Honolulu, Hawaii. In my spare time (which is rare), I love to golf, exercise, “Shop till I drop,” and travel to Paris and Manhattan.

My communication story goes something like this. I would like to communicate more clearly and concisely on a personal and business level. Thus, I am very interested in Interpersonal and Intercultural Communications, Communication and Human Relationships and finally, I am fascinated with the communication dynamics within a Small Group.

My experience in Communication Studies includes such classes as public speaking, rhetoric and public life, communication and culture, multicultural communications, persuasion, interpersonal organizational communications, critical decision making, communication and human relationships, public speaking, argumentation and debate and intercultural communications.

My goals for this class include the effective use of the Canons of Rhetoric model of invention, style, arrangement, memory and delivery in class, in my work environment and for my personal use.

By taking this class, I hope to understand how my role as an individual in this society with my biases can still bring peace and unity as I communicate and interact with others.