Pick one concept or idea from this week’s assigned
reading and discuss it. Be sure to
relate the concept/idea to you personally by using examples from your life
and/or experiences.
An interesting concept that
I have seen applied in my life is powerless speech. The book states that
powerless speech is talking up to others, making requests or asking questions.
This normally happens when someone is nonassertive in the discussion or
conversation.
I have seen people execute
this concept in most group projects. I recall in high school there were always
people in my group that does not seem like they care about what was going on or
wanted to give any legit input. When
members of a group are incompetent, they would throw words like “could, maybe,
I guess so, don’t know”. This is because they do not have any power in the
group so they are not sure if their words can make a difference. When there is uncertainty,
they give comments that seem to be rather easily dismissed so that at least it
looks like they try in the discussion. To me I rather have someone say nothing
than to give a powerless speech.
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