Reaction/Reflection Entry

Language is something that all of us use everyday. It's nearly impossible to not use it everyday because it's required to communicate with other people in our lives. However, the way that people uses the language itself everyday varies immensely. So, I'll be glad to explain some certain events where I used language to help cope with some situations.

This story that I will share with you guys... it's not exactly a pleasant one for me to tell you but it's what came to my mind first. Back in the old days, my brothers and I (around 12 years old) went hiking in a huge but safe forest. Being little wild children, we rampaged the forest with our heavy feet and ran into the wild totally carefree. Suddenly, disaster struck as I saw my brother step on a beehive without noticing. I immediately informed my other brother and we ran for the car. Let me tell you, we ran like never before and that was the first and last time I outsprinted my brother. That night, all of us slept in agony as our backs were covered with dreaded stings.

Well, sometimes you just have to have a skill of persuading people into doing what you want for the good not bad. In one football game, this one player was being lackadisical as he missed many blocks and didn't do his assigments to help the team out. At the beginning, the score was pretty close so I got frustrated as I wanted him to play two times better than he was. Hence the plan I thought of during the game in order to motivate him into playing better. In the huddle, I got the attention of the lazy player and I told him that the opposing team mocked him every time he ran. The reason for that, he stood a towering 6'6 foot and weighed 250 pounds. Good enough, the next play, he ran like I never saw before and nearly beheaded a linebacker. After the game, he had tallied up eight pancakes which was unheard of in one game. Sometimes, persuading can be good when used in the correct way.

In the first day of being a Gallaudet University student, I was totally lost in the enormous buildings and everything looked like a maze. I felt like a mice chasing cheese in a maze that had no end to it. I tried to find my way around like Christopher Columbus did back in his day in Cuba... Unfortunately, I didn't have his skill of exploring so I had to ask other students for directions.

Trying to purchase a certain kind of combo at some fast-food restaurants can be a pain in the --- nowadays. The first thought that appears into your heads would be "Oh the damn clerks can't even write..." Hey, hey, don't lie, I know that's what you guys thought first. No, the hard part is trying to decide between all that great food. I always debate with my brothers which one to choose from and their opinions usually don't matter much because I'm very picky.

Praying is not something I do regularly but I always do it every time a family member faces a difficult situation or passes away. It's not a religious thing but more of a support system that I'd like to be for them.

1. Persuasion - It was relatively easy to convince my brother to run away from bees.
2. Persuasion - Had to dig deep to persuade my teammate into giving his all.
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4. Argument - They tried to convince me into ordering what they would.
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