My Audience Evaluation

This Blackboard discussion illustrated a diverse range of personalities through questions and responses posted by us as classmates.

Several Q & A's posted to this thread reflected a group of individuals with a strong family orientation. Some indicated this through comments about present families, others with dreams of future spouses and children.

Personalities, with a God-based value system, were represented in answers depicting how God influenced their personal choices, values and worldview.

Obviously, this is a class of multi-tasking individuals. Many are managing several life roles, such as husband, father, wife, mother, sister, employee, or student.  Navigating these multiple roles can lead to stress.  In response to Lindsey Ferguson’s question, we all shared a common remedy: removing ourselves from the stress factor(s). Exercise, reading books, spending time with family, fishing, putting the situation in God's hands, playing video games and shooting guns were a few stress-reducing tools shared.

As expected, but reassuring to read, many of our questions and answers portrayed the personalities of industrious individuals. All having a common goal of improving personal lives through a pursuit of knowledge.

Elizabeth Clark's question about how past events defined our present characters initiated some intuitive answers. Recognizing how the past shapes our character requires an individual to evaluate inner feelings and emotions.

Conceptual and creative thinkers gave elaborate descriptions of the weapon they would be, and why, in response to Jacob gardener's question. I was surprised by the vivid details given by many classmates. This seems to hint that many of us have an imaginative mind. The question brought out contrasting offensive or defensive personality traits.

Answers to Nathan Hamilton's question of how we would spend a million dollars in a week provided insight into value systems, along with personality types. Some answered with accountant-like descriptions of how the funds would be allocated. Others responded with a bigger picture priority list, vague in terms of dollar amounts. This indicated “thinker” versus “feeler” personalities.

The values and dreams shared in our most recent discussion caused me to conclude that I’m in the “online” presence of some vary caring and passionate individuals.  Many of you are looking past your world to see how the lives of others might be affected.  Getting to know my classmates better has helped me gain a deeper sense of the real and interesting individuals in this class.  Although I miss the one-on-one interaction typical of a classroom setting, taking this course online has challenged me to effectively develop, and utilize, the voice I have in written word.