Discussion 3

The topic that i feel like i could use further in discussion and in future references will always be the topic of arguments. Sometimes when i feel really passionate about a certain subject i try to argue my point and persuade people to try to change their minds and take my side on a specific thing. I learned many different  persuasive techniques i could use in the future such as stating facts and using emotional techniques for my advantage because i know from personal experience many people take sides based on what their emotions are telling them because they may feel guilty or bad if they choose to take another side. I don’t think ill be aggressive when I try to argue my point because I know that being assertive may be good, but some people may be turned off by it when im trying to explain my point and reason for a subject.

Discussion 2

I think the one thing i didnt really enjoy from working in this class was working on group projects. I was never really a group project guy because in the past I have always had difficulties in group projects because some group members always failed to communicate so it was always me ending up doing the whole project by myself at times. I was lucky that in this class I was able to get good group members that were able to have the same work ethic as me so that we were not only able to finish the group project, but we were also able to finish the project days before it was due. The thing I liked from this class was the blogs because there were a lot of different topics we had to talk about and it was fun looking at everyone else’s opinions on some things especially if I thought the exact same way on a topic.

What I Learned

From this class I have learned a lot of different things. I learned how to work better in groups and how it is essential to communicate with everyone in the group in order to meet the overall goals that the group is trying to achieve. Even though i dont like group projects at all it really helped  my communication skills and leadership skills. I also learned the different types of arguments and I thought that was interesting because it showed different persuasion techniques to go alone with it. The persuasion techniques was interesting to learn about because it gave me some insight on how I can persuade or convince my audience to take my side in a situation for the future. I thought I knew most of the things that we learned about, but I only knew a gist of some of the things and this class was able to help me broaden my knowledge on the topic of critical thinking.