Know Your Audience

This was one of the most exciting discussion boards thus far. It is very interesting to me to hear where everyone comes from along with their like and dislikes; what makes them tick. The wide span of questions were very intriguing. I think that probably one of the most expected questions was about "favorite food". What was even more interesting about this question was how many people seemed to like mexican food. I love it too - although not my top pick; but out of all of the food that this country and world offers and so many had the same tastes. Probably one of the least expected, and yet relatively humorous questions was regarding your plans for today if you had to go to prison tomorrow. Hadn't much thought about that before but you really start thinking about all of the possibilities. A lot of people would choose to spend it with family and make the most out of that day. I do recall though, one response I read talked about robbing a bank and such. This really is quite hilarious - what a creative response. When you stop to think about it, as Lauren said, you are going to jail anyways! I think so many in our class have so much in common without completely realizing it. When you read through the responses; so many are completely family-oriented and that is what their life's dreams and ambitions revolve around. There was one more thing that caught my attention, although I can't really explain why. The "birth order" question. As I looked back through these responses, it appears that no one in our class is an only child! Why this is so fascinating is beyond me, but what is the likely hood of 18 people in a class all having siblings? This discussion really let us into each others lives and made me really even think back to some of my responses as I read others. That leads back to maybe that is exactly what this class, or at least the interaction part is all about; getting everyone to provoke their inner thoughts and portray them on a screen for others to interpret.