Communication With Teenagers
At a family home, in the living room, immediately following dinner,
is where I begin my observations. I have chosen to observe teenagers
communicating. I chose this as my topic of observation because I believe
that it will be very interesting to see teenagers converse and use slang
and body language, or nonverbal communication. I believe teenagers speak
their minds most of the time so it will be fun seeing what they are
thinking and how they communicate. My observational period is brief and
definitely not adequate time to gain a complete view of teenage
communication. But it is enough to give us a taste of what teenage
communication is like.
My first observation is of teenagers ...
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her. The brother is eyeing the sister
now and at times glancing at the television. The sister wears a frown as
she sits down and the brother has a blank, half-smiling, almost mocking
look upon his face as he stares at the sister.
The sister’s tone of voice is sarcastic and she appears to be
irritated simply by his presence. He begins to talk to her from the chair
across the room. “You didn’t do your dishes!” he declares, loud enough for
their parents to hear.
Bluntly she replies, “So?”
He rolls his eyes in response and then asks if she wants the old
television, because it still works. She scoffs at him as if he doesn’t
know anything. “No, we’re gonna give it away.”
“Na-uh, Dad said we can keep it if someone wants it,” he says in
an arrogant tone.
“Why would I want it?” she responds quickly, I don’t even have
cable in my room.”
“You can still get like three channels,” he immediately remarks.
Her eyes begin to show surprise, but her mouth still wears a frown
and her voice ...
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an adult. In this example I am the teenager and the dentist that I
work for is the adult.
I am standing, pulling on latex gloves, while the Doctor, Lowell,
is leaning on the counter facing me, taking off his glasses and rubbing the
bridge of his nose. We maintain eye contact, except when he closes his
eyes as he rubs his nose and I look down to put my gloves on. I am smiling
and so is Lowell apart from a slight grimace as he rubs his nose.
“Hi,” I say with a smile.
“Hello,” Lowell begins, “not much work for you today.” He nods
toward the shelves of dirty trays.
I laugh and reply, “Good, then I can go home early and do my
homework.”
Lowell sighs as he tells me that Amy, the ...
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