Language...

          For part one I found this experiment a bit hard. I couldn’t help but laugh at seeing the other person’s reaction but it was an interesting assignment. I would always want to just jump in and say something in words but I knew I couldn’t. So keeping quite was hard. It seemed like my partners were getting frustrated to not hear me speaking back to them. They would ask me the question a few times waiting for the answer they wanted, after a while they just didn’t want to speak to me anymore. I would think that the ones communicating verbally would have the advantage. It is easier for the ones speaking verbally to get things done. I can see this difficulty in the hard of hearing and the mute. It must be very difficult for them to get their point across to people and the only way would be writing or just doing things on their own.

            I was not able to do the whole 15 minutes for Part 2. As much as I tried, I would try to not use my hands or facial expressions I would end up finding myself using them. It was difficult to just be a person sitting there as if I didn’t even exist. They found my communication funny because I was expressionless. To them it was like talking to a wall or a doll. I had never really realized how much I use my hands or facial expressions when talking. I feel like in this world we just see speech as something everyone should have, and forget those who are mute or deaf. I now see how important it is to be able to speak and use our expressions. I think there are people that have a difficulty reading body language. Not everyone may take body language the same way. I think it is important to be able to read body language in order to know how a person really feels. If a person says please but has a very strong body language then you may see that person isn’t being sincere. Body language says a lot about you and how you feel. Not sure when body language wouldn’t be used because I feel body language is important to get to know a person.