Video Reflection

Hello, this is blanca Hernandez, this is my video reflection.

Uh, first question being,

do you think taking this class on campus would have been a better experience and uh,

and I do think it would be

mostly just because I learned better in person.

I feel it, it allows me to focus more and

uh, it allows for less distraction, I would say, I think at home and just

distracted. Um I also just missed the idea of going into a classroom.

I like the feeling of getting up and getting ready.

I think it just adds a little little value or a little

purpose to life rather than just getting rolling out of bed and,

you know, logging on to a classroom.

I also think that it allows for that true interpersonal skill, uh,

to allow us to network, you never really know who you'd sit next to.

You know, it could be the next ceo to, I don't know, like apple or something, I don't,

I don't know,

but you get to meet new people and really make connections and just really feel

that level of inclusion

that you don't really get through an online class.

Um, so yeah, as a communications class,

I think it would be really fun for it to have been on campus.

The follow up question would be, you know,

what would you like to see done differently in this class?

And to be completely fair, this is my first time in college. So

I feel a little out of place answering the question.

Uh, for me,

this not only met my expectations of what

a communications class is supposed to look like,

but it actually exceeded it.

I felt

very supported

and I felt that there was just plenty of extra credit opportunities.

The assignments were very fun. I felt that I really did develop myself

and

yeah,

I just overall just a very fun and interactive class

and I expected a communications class to be interactive,

but I think the way that it was

handled for an online communications class was pretty,

pretty awesome.

Uh this is actually the only class where I was required

to show face and to actually answer questions for credit,

like class credit, which really just made

the entire class feel more like alive in a way.

So if I did have to change anything,

I would just say on campus because to make it an on campus

uh class,

just because

I think it would have added even more

volume to that Interactive Nous and and whatnot.

But ultimately, it it was a very fun class for me, a very great class.

I learned a lot as well

and I've applied a lot of that into my life actually. So the next question is,

what chapter

Did you benefit most from meaning,

which chapter did you think I can really use that in my life?

And actually chapters eight and 10 were pretty huge,

mainly just because of the timing at which we were learning.

It was

actually at the exact times where I was falling into a conflict

or there was like a silent conflict and we kind of,

you know, touched upon that within the class

and within the chapter relationships as well.

Whether no matter what type of relationships are,

I'm thinking of a specific one at the moment,

but it just kind of came at the right time where it kind of gave me a sidebar.

It was almost like

advice without giving advice in a way.

It was like, hey, you're going through that kind of, so,

you know, light bulb, like, let's try to figure this out, you know?

Uh, and that's,

that's pretty much the whole reason why these two chapters were highlighted.

But yeah,

all of the chapters were beneficial and I think I had to take all of them with me.

My thoughts on our

white privileged conversation

actually says, what about the conversation? Made you open your eyes?

I think ultimately as a colored person, as

a person of color

and a person who has siblings who are black nieces, nephews who are black.

Um, you know, best friends who are black, it's just kind of like

one of those things that were already pretty

near and dear to my heart

or it was a conversation that's already near and dear to my heart.

So I think realistically the discussion kind of opened

me up to be more knowledgeable and less angry.

Uh, just with knowledge.

That's where you kind of make the bigger differences I feel, but

where I was most affected within the conversation was actually the poem by Javon,

funny enough, that's actually my sister's name.

Um but and I actually showed her that poem as well.

Right after class, I sent her the text message like, hey,

you need to listen to this poem because it was beautiful.

And it it really did

uh

spark an emotion

in me

just thinking about

well,

all my loved ones in the,

you know, their biggest crime

being that they're not white essentially is kind of what it felt like. So

yeah, that poem really

actually I cried during the class.

So that that poem right there definitely opened my eyes up.

Um

all in all that entire conversation opened me up to to just be more knowledgeable. So

mm hmm.

So after the 30 day positive affirmation challenge,

I actually saw a change in the way I saw myself.

I've been working on the views of myself for a very long time.

I think I've gone through quite a bit in life to feel

just tired of the negativity.

I guess I'm very positive, outward, outwardly, but negative

uh in the inward sense. So the 30 days was something

that just made me feel open to believing in all of me.

And not just the little parts that I tend to pick

um like

when I define strength, you know, I was like,

I am strong and that was easy for me to write down.

But if I were to redefine uh

if I was to redefine strong,

it would look a lot different now,

especially after

Writing down uh for those 30 days, it

I think after like the fifth or sixth day,

I really started to realize how much I didn't have to say about myself

um

so after that I just kind of started

writing down things that I wanted to believe things that I was missing

and

so surprisingly

After those 30 days and the repetition of seeing those words every single day,

I do actually feel like

I am loved and I'm wanted and I feel

uh

I feel a different type of strength than I did before.

Mhm

So yeah, that's kind of how that changed me,

the next question was what

um

what excitement was most challenging and I honestly can say that anything that

that involves asking yourself questions or asking

questions about the self that kind of

it is difficult or having to uh reflect and whatnot,

it was pretty difficult presentations, I get very nervous, I have

a shaky voice and there's things that I would like to get better at

but nonetheless they are difficult because and I,

I haven't really had that opportunity to better myself in that aspect.

So definitely the 30 days were hard because I just, I

waking up

writing

something positive about myself

for 30 days,

it was pretty like what else, what else you got, you know,

like I woke up thinking what else can you possibly say about yourself?

And so then I just started kind of

like I said, I started just writing things that I wanted to believe about myself.

Um

And reflections are just

they have proven to be difficult. Um

Because it's really applying my my own opinion and

just really voicing that And I think my voice

it's something that I've always had a hard time with when it came down to

me and like my opinions uh can be protective over others and speak for others.

But it's been very hard my whole life for me to be able to use the the voice that I have

mm hmm

For for me and my opinions and uh

you know just a voice

things. Uh And

I don't know if that makes sense. But

And yeah, against the presentations. But

it is something that I want to

continue to grow better to continue to grow into

because I would like to be more influential when I speak

seeing as I hope to be a teacher to be a professor one day. And

mm hmm

To be a psychology professor.

So I think to be able to present and to be influential when I speak,

it's a pretty big deal.

Um So yeah

And

for my closing thoughts, I simply would like to say thank you.

I know this class is not over. However,

the semester is

coming to a close and if

uh if I could say anything, it would be just thank you for the value that you have added

onto my life.

These chapters and these conversations,

these discussions and these assignments have really added a lot of value to my life.

So

thank you very much and thank you for listening.

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