Adjouring

The hardest group I had to adjourn from was my cohort at Virginia Intermont where I received my Bachelor’s Degree. We were a group of 15 to start and dwindled down to only 4. We were there for each other and built wonderful friendships. After we graduated we all kept in touch for about a year or so, now I am only in contact with one other. It is sad that we built such a wonderful bond and now we don’t even know where the others are in their lives and careers.

It will be hard to once again adjourn from such a wonderful and supportive group of colleagues. I believe that we all have the same vision in mind. We all have a passion for children (at least I hope we all do). We all want to make a difference. We all want to make a change in society. With that being said, I will always feel connected to my colleagues for these reasons. I will always know in my heart that we are serving our purpose. I do not believe we would be in this degree program if we were planning to do otherwise.

I do believe that we need closer so that we can experience our success as well as build new relationships for our future endeavors. I am taking the Administrative, Leadership and Management endorsement for this degree; hopefully I will see some of you there also.

Conflict Management

This week I had a conflict with my youngest son, he is 19. He still lives at home, dropped out of college and quit his job. We are constantly arguing about his education and employment. He gets very defensive when I mention him going back to college or getting a job.

I have learned this week to incorporate cooperative strategies by striving to produce a solution that will benefit the both of us (O’Hare & Wiemann, 2013). We sat down and came up with a compromise that seems to benefit the both of us. He decided not to go to college right now but will keep an open mind about it. He also agreed to get a part-time job and I will continue to help him with the insurance on his car, as long as he is working.

The three R’s (respectful, reciprocal and responsive) may positively impact communication by using them as a guide to communicating. The three R’s were very beneficial in our conflict resolution. We have learned to respect each other’s opinion. I had to learn to respect him not going to school and he had to respect my needing him to pay some of his bills. We were both very responsive to our agreement.

Reference

O’Hair, D. & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication: An introduction. Boston, MA:
                Bedford’s/St. Matin’s.