On Wednesday we did an experiment where we partnered up and asks each other questions given to us in three different sets. The point of the experiment was to illustrate how the Social Penetration Theory works. I was partnered with Adrian Romero. He is on the basketball team with me and I previously met him on my recruiting visit. From the beginning I felt the experiment wouldn't work the same for us because we had already known each other for a while. The first set of questions continued to make me feel that way. The first set of questions scratched the surface and were also things I already knew. It wasn't until the second set began to get more personal and I realized I didn't know as much as I thought I did. I feel really comfortable with Adrian and I think it attributes to his character and I feel like the reason we never discussed these topics before was simply because we never had the space to. At basketball practice we push ourselves to become better players. There's never really time to engage personal experiences. Other times when we hang out, we are usually cracking jokes and having a good time. Given the time and space I would easily open up to him, and the third set of questions made that very clear to me. The third set of questions were extremely personal. It talked about death and things that showed your character and what you valued. This was my favorite experience in this class all semester. It felt like it was real time evidence of the things we were studying. Now I feel closer to Adrian and I also think it is important to have space to get closer to express personal experiences and feelings.
This will be my final blog post. I feel like I have received everything I can from blogging and I have learned a lot during this process. I also appreciate connecting face to face more rather than online. This blog has helped me realize that. I want to thank everyone who has ever read or commented on my blog. All of your time and feedback was appreciated. A special shoutout to my interest group for the great discussions and the inspiration to write these blogs. Finally the biggest shoutout to my professor Daena Goldsmith for giving me this platform and opening my eyes to a deeper understanding of relationships and connections. Stay fresh y'all!
Thanksgiving where you at?
4 comments:
Zeke, I wrote my blog post this week about the exercise as well! I didn't know my partner at all but I really loved the experience and felt like I learned a lot about myself, my partner, and Social Penetration Theory. I've really enjoyed reading your blog, we blog about similar topics but we both bring new ideas and thoughts to the table. I'll miss reading and commenting on your posts, we can all celebrate our hard work with a huge Thanksgiving meal!
I thought your post was very cool and insightful about the activity. Also I think that it was really cool that you had an amazing experience blogging. I really enjoyed reading your blogs throughout the semester. I wish you the best of luck in all of your classes and tests.
Another fresh blog Zeke. I'm glad we got to to be paired up for the social penetration theory activity. I also didn't think that we were going to get much out of it because were already friends. I learned a lot more about you in that short period of time and feel closer to you now. I felt that it was good experience for the both of us. Thank you for your blog posts this semester I really enjoyed reading your blog. Stay fresh Zeke.
Thank you Zeke so much for sharing a bit of who you are through your posts! I appreciate it a lot. I also thought the exercise was great, though I was skeptical about it in the beginning, it turned out rather well! :)
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