Week 5- Question 3

Pick one concept from the assigned reading that you found useful or interesting and discuss it. (Choose a topic that has not already been covered in this weeks discussion).

For the first few weeks of school our discussions mostly focuses on how we can communicate through models, some basics on becoming a good public speaker and what kind of speaker we are according to the Greeks etc. This week I thought the concept of being a good listener was really interesting and that being a listener and part of the audience, we have our own responsibilities. I learned that we cannot blame all unethical speakers for our own conclusions and choices. It is our responsibility to get the right information, pay attention to both sides of an argument, and carefully evaluate and breakdown evidence and proposals of either side. In doing this we will wont “passively accept whatever we hear,” (Trenholm, 273).