Apartment Blog

At first I was indecisive about what to pick for my blog post this week.  But then, it came clear to me on what I should write about, no other than my own apartment .  I live off campus in a two person apartment with my good friend Micah.  My apartment is located at the bottom of the main street next to the CVS.  In the picture below you can see a pediatric office on the first floor and apartments on the second, this is my beautiful apartment building.  The complex is neat because there are eight apartments adjacent to each other and most of the apartments are occupied by my good friends since my freshman year here at Kutztown University.  It's a good example on how living in such close proximity to yours friends makes you realize their tendencies and gestures.  I can recognize my friends moods so easily just by facial expressions and body gestures.  Back to my apartment, it's small yet comfy.  As you walk into the door, you might get a smell of something cooking in the oven or on the stove. I usually like to cook on my spare time.  I have two green suede couches facing the television and a small, black coffee table in the center of the room.  The sofa and the love seat are set diagonally against the wall with the arms touching.  I positioned the couches this way so it is easy to communicate while watching the tube with my friends.  Since the couches are close and the apartment so small, it is a great place for conversation.  I love my apartment and wouldn't change it for anything.  

Nonverbal communications turned out to be exactly what I expected plus some.  The class is based on the nonverbal signals and gestures used in everyday life.  The objective of the class is to recognize and learn nonverbal communication, to help us students be able to read someones attitude and feelings without that person actually speaking.  So far in the class we have learned a lot about the basics of nonverbal communications.  The most interesting thing so far was being able to train the way to handshake properly.  The handshake is a very important part of nonverbal communication especially when introducing yourself, and I really think that was a positive thing to learn in this course.  Learning about nonverbal communication will help me in the workplace after graduation, using the tools I have learned to my advantage in any communications department.  Another interesting thing I have learned in nonverbal communications so far are how color schemes can influence peoples feelings.  I never knew that the color blue technically means calm and how red expresses excitement and love.  Every time I see an advertisement or commercial I instantly try to convey the color scheme message intented.  Learning color schemes and proper handshakes are fun to me, rather than sitting silent in a desk, working on a math problem for multiple hours.  I would much rather be in conversation learning things that will help me succeed later in life.  All in all, nonverbal communications is an awesome way of learning facial gestures, hand signals, and other non verbals.  If it was not for Dr. Bock's class I would have no idea of how important nonverbal communications is.