Between the Lines

Random reflections from the youth in a juvenile correctional facility.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Shouting from the rooftops!

Communication is an expression of feelings, thoughts, ideas, viewpoints, and opinions. Choose your favorite way in which you communicate and explain WHAT it is that you communicate in this way.

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My favorite way to communicate is to use humor in what I say. It makes me feel like I can come in touch with people and I get to know the person. I also build a good relationship that way. CH

I like to communicate by playing my guitar. It helps me by expressing my feelings. I express my self by creating different types of songs to go with different moods I have. I play heavy metal for anger and Bob Dylan or Jim Croce when I am happy, feeling glad, or just want to play because it is soothing for me. It calms me down and it is a big help. BA

My favorite way to communicate is by talking, I communicate feelings by telling them to people. I like to communicate what my opinions and feelings are to people who I have a relationship with. NB

I communicate by letting people know how I’m feeling. I talk and my looks. JT

I communicate with other people. I communicate for different factors like talking, expressing my ideas and sentiments through letters and art. LC

Talking because they can see who I am and to know more about me. AF

I talk because to let people know how I feel about them. AR

My favorite way of communicating is talking. I talk so I can let other people know how I am and what I’m about. DE

How I communicate is to dance cause it makes me happy and it makes you communicate cause touching each other. EL

I want other people to know about me about my past and how they can help me. I communicate by singing. TM

My favorite way to communicate is by talking. I like to verbally express myself. The best way for me to express myself is through many methods but for the most part my mouth. I communicate how I feel, ideas, thoughts, opinions, facts, and viewpoints. I like to tell how I’m doing and I really like to talk to and meet new people. NC

My favorite way to communicate is writing a letter and what I communicate is things about what I am going through and sometimes I like to communicate to people with my words and tlak to them about life or things that’s going wrong with me or them. And they listen to me and that’s how I communicate. AW

Shaking someone
S hand is my way of communicating. The reason why I shake someone’s hand is because it makes them feel good. Also, it shows them my self-respect for me and others when I shake someone’s hand I let it come from my heart. That’s why I hand shake. TR

My favorite way to communicate is talking. I usually express my feelings and find out information. I also communicate ideas for my thinking. I also like face to face so I can look people in their eye just so they know I am keeping eye contact and so we both know we are being respectful to each other. GD

My favorite way to communicate is face to face. It lets you see how you affected that person. You can’t see any of that thing with out seeing. I love to communicate with my family, friends, girls, staff, counselor and etc. So I guess it’s just that I like to talk. TB

My favorite way to communicate is by texting. In text messaging I tell the latest news of what’s happening or what is the objective for the day. I text message people on my phone to communicate. I also use body language to girls when I see them. I talk to them by expressing myself, introducing and tell them my feelings. That is my favorite ways to communicate. SR

When I am happy. That feeling makes me feel good inside and I can do a lot of good things. And I would be a good person inside. I show people when I’m happy. I sing a lot. GB

My favorite way to communicate is by singing. When I am happy I like to sing good songs. When I am depressed I listen to slow songs, and when I am angry I listen to loud music. GY

My favorite way to communicate is to rap. I rap when I am angry or about to fight someone. I sing when I am sad or depressed about something. I communicate that people will respect me and if they don’t there will be consequences. MA

My favorite ways to communicate is to use humor in what I say. It makes me feel like I can come in touch with people and I get to know the person. I also build good relationships that way. CH

My favorite way to communicate is with my non-verbals. The reason why is because my face expression can tell a person if I’m mad or not. I do like to say more than I have to and that might be why I like to use non-verbals. I communicate my feelings and my attitude and if I feel like playing or not. JA

My favorite way to communicate is by talking and showing body language. Expression. I like to express my thoughts and I like to show my communication by me dancing, listening and eye contact. I just show feelings and thoughts along with ideas and opinions. That’s all what I like to say. They’re my way of expressions. SB

My best way of communicating is talking about football. I like talking to my social worker about football. But, when I am mad, I do not talk to NO BODY. That is how I communicate with people. I like to communicate with my Dad and we talk about football and ball. JF

My favorite way to communicate is over the phone because it is easier for me to express my feeling to my girl and I communicate about a lot of stuff how my day went, what I did, and where I went. It is a lot of stuff I communicate about. MR

The way I communicate is talking, singing, dancing, writing poems down that I come up with saying words like “I love you, I need you, or you’re my world”. RA

Internet. I communicate my feelings my thoughts my ideas and my opin ions to my family and my friends. JS

I like to communicate by words. The reason that I like to communicate by words is because it helps to improve your vocab and shows respect to the others. When talking by words you express your opinions, thoughts, and also your ideas and feelings. JL

The way I like to communicate is by art because I can show the mood of the community by different colors or what not. Or I can show what people will wear in the time period, what they eat, drive, and what they do for fun. JP

My favorite way to communicate is to talk. That is the only way to fully get your point across. Another way I like to communicate is by showing. I communicate my feelings and what I am thinking, because I don’t like to hide my feelings. MD

My favorite way to communicate is talk. I talk about my feelings cause it makes me feel better. Also I talk about my opinions cause it makes me happy to escape myself. DR

My favorite way to communicate is talking. I like talking because I think it’s the best way to get a point across and express yourself. You can do that by talking to other person about what you think is right to you, or express yourself by yelling. JS

My favorite way to communicate is talking because it is easier to express my self to the people I want to understand me better that way than any other. VN

My favorite way to communicate is to rap, because when I do this I feel better and can relax more and it relieves a lot of pressure on me. SB

My favorite way to communicate is by talking. I express the way I feel and what I think about things. CW

I communicate with people by talking with them. I like to communicate when I’m playing sports. I talk about how good he or she is. And then I talk about how good he or she thinks how good I am. I would ask them was that a good shot or not. I would say good pass, good shot, stuff like that. AP

I communicate when I’m playing basketball. I try to tell people how to play as a team and pass the ball. Give everybody a chance to shoot and make baskets. KL

My favorite way of communicating is talking. So it can go to a person direct so they know how I really feel inside. And I also like communicating by writing people if they are far away from me. When I’m locked up that is a second way of getting in contact with them, the first way is calling them. DL

I communicate by words because I like to talk. I use it whenever there is an appropriate place. I also enjoy it because it is a gift. I use to communicate with other words of feelings, thoughts and concerns. AS

My favorite way to communicate is by rapping to who sometimes my girls or family such as talking about sports and other special things. KJ

I like to communicate face to face so that I can bring my thoughts out to them face to face so they don’t think that I’m lying of trying to mess with them. If you won’t show your feelings and emotions especially to females you can’t do it on the phone or a text message. You have to tell them face to face. No games. DM

My favorite way of communicating is my thoughts and my ideas. They are good ways to hold a conversation. You get stuff done faster when you express your ideas. Your thoughts are part of your personality. TR

My favorite way to communicate is writing raps. I communicate the struggle in my life, what I want to accomplish, and where I want to be in life. GG

I like to communicate by talking to my boy about my problems. TG

My favorite way to communicate is talk and write. When I talk it’s the truth. When I write I express myself. Writing is easy. When I talk I sometimes bend stuff to make it fit. KW

My way of communicating is talking to people because that’s how you communicate. DD

I communicate by talking and moving my body. The way I move my body people know what I am trying to say. When I am about to fight people know because the way I move and talk. People know how my feelings are because I get sad and my voice change and my eyes get big and my face gets red. JS

I communicate by talking and shaking people’s hands so I can greet people in the proper way and make friends. CL

I like talking to people face to face because I want to get my point across when I don’t like something so talking face to face I can do that so that’s why I like it better than cell phones and all that. DA

How I like to communicate is to be friendly because I treat people how I want to be treated plus when I am not with my family I want them to be respected too. I also communicate with feeling like be a gentleman, say hello, thank you and please. JM

My favorite way to communicate is by talking. I think if you talk to a person you can find out a lot about them. Talking also solves a lot of problems. I think it’s the best way to communicate. BP

My favorite way to communicate is by computer, cell phone, because I like talking to people or write to them on a computer cause I can espress myself out and not say it out loud. JT

I communicate through music. I like to play my electric guitar and when I do it it gets my feeling out. I make my own music. I learn new power cords and notes. JK

2 Comments:

Blogger Synergy School said...

Synergy School's AR Class
Shouting from the rooftops!

I COMMUNICATE BY PHONE, COMPUTERS, AND WRITING. I LOVE TO GET MY POINT ACROSS BY WRITING CAUSE I HAVE THE CHOICE TO SURE OR KEEP IT TO MY SELF BUT PHOONES TO GET VERBAL COMMUNICATION ACROSS.LLA



I USE THE MUSIC I MAKE TO EXPRESS MYSELF AS WELL AS ART, AL



THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT I CANT LIMIT MY SELF.AEP



I COMMUNICATE IN A PHYSICAL WAY…AND EXPRESS MYSELF BY CHILLIN WITH THE MY FRIENDS.
RM



I EXPESS MY SELF BY WHAT I DO IN LIFE, LA



MY FAVORITE WAY OF COMMUNICATING IS TEXT MESSAGING BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT THEY WROTE YOU DON’T GOTTA WRITE BACK-HB



I COMMUNICATE BY TALKING V.L



I EXPRESS MYSELF BY READING POEMS AND QUOTES. DC-R

I LIKE TALKING. J.F.

My best way of communicating is speaking with people with a calm voice and the same thing I expect back as well as respecting me. This reason is for the simple fact you yell or argue you can’t hear each other and find out the main issues or problems. Plus it’s a good expression to carry yourself also to come and confront a person in public or private. I communicate like that because yelling or arguing isn’t more mature like as well as having a better understanding of each other. D.L.

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Blogger BJB said...

Thanks for your comments, Synergy School! I can't wait to share your responses with the boys in school tomorrow!

The following quote reflects the importance of being able to communicate:

"We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers" ~~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader.

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