University:
University of the People
Course:
ENGL1102 | English Composition
Academic year:

2021
Views:

302

Pages:

2
Author:

Edgar Rowe

Dyadic Encounter: A Conversation with Faith Reash A dyadic Encounter is a series of questions used to help people better understand one another and thus enhance their communication and teamwork skills. In mine and Faith Reash’s meetings there were few distractions. Because of these few interruptions our conversations were purely unaffected by our environment. The four locations we chose for our discussions were very, very diverse. Yet somehow our discussions seem unfazed by the environments we were presented. Therefore, creating such an Incredibly, organic set of discussions. Our first discussion took place in the science and Technology Center on campus. This was the most interrupted discussion. Two or three times a couple of Faith Reash’s. Friends would come over and say hi to her while we were discussing. There were multiple points in the discussion where I felt a little derailed. However, the discussion went very well. We talked about some pretty basic things as we were just getting to know each other. Our second discussion took place in The Starbucks on campus. This discussion we spent digging a little bit deeper into each other, and even though it was a more crowded area, we had few interruptions. Again, one or two of Faith Reash’s friends Interrupted us. However, this discussion also went smoothly. We ended up digging a little deeper and we even talked about her personal relationships. Turns out I hate lattes. Our third discussion ended up at the recreational Center on campus. This is my comfort zone, yet we experienced no interruptions. We ended up taking a little deeper into each other and spending a little more time talking about our families. The environment had no effect on our conversations. Faith and I were very good at conversing with each other in All of our environments. We Never ran out of anything to talk about. Our 4th and final discussion took place outside of the science and Technology Center on campus. We had a few interruptions but most of them took only a few minutes to get through. Our conversations were deep in this one. At this point we were Comfortable. talking with each other. Even though it was their final discussion, we really didn't run out of things to talk about. We talked a little bit more about our families and about her boyfriend. I think these discussions revealed a little bit about personalities. Faith and I were very easily interrupted by people, but we also were very easily engaged in conversation. Since we were both comfortable with each other around the second time talking, it didn't really take much for us to get going. In fact, we didn't even use the conversation starter packets. Our environment had little to no effect on the way we were talking with each other. In fact, Faith and I were easily able to block out our environment, that included the loud Starbucks, And the damp outside weather.