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I can honestly say that I have learned a tremendous amount of useful information regarding conflict this semester. Before I took this class, I had every intension that conflict was always a negative ‘thing.’ There was no way that was ever going to change that, until this class of course. I never really read textbooks in class. The most I do is skim through to find the answer I was looking for. Because this was an online course, I knew I had to do it all on my own so I put everything I had into the class and I believe this was the class to do it in because it has helped me in so many ways. I have learned how to begin to appreciate conflict instead of avoid it. The best thing to do is approach it with knowledge, and now that I have that, I can do so confidently. There are so many different kinds of relationships in life and conflict occurs in EACH of them. Now I can approach each situation with a different approach to conflict, and I APPRICIATE that!

Strengths and Weaknesses

This semester was the first semester of my college career that I endured an online class. It has been an experience to learn and take the responsibility to make sure I knew what was due on time and how to do it correctly. I am one who learns by voice and direct interaction, so getting use to finding everything out by looking at a computer screen was quite a challenge for me. I must say though, this class was set up very clearly and our professor was very professional about this class. Some of the strengths include the blog where you gave deep detailed directions of what we needed to do, using the textbook on a daily basis, the fact that you are approachable for any questions, and how successful you were as a professor because I genuinely learned a lot from this class. To be honest, I don’t really have any weaknesses to say other than the fact that we never had the chance to meet you! I would definitely recommend this class to any other communications major!

Negative View of Conflict

When it comes to conflict, I believe that people have a negative view of it because the outcome of their situation is always a negative one. Before I took this class, I was definitely one of those people. We all need to come to the realization that conflict can help us grow as individuals and help the relationship grow as well. When there is conflict, we have the opportunity to learn from our mistakes, learn how to control our emotions, and learn more about the other person. The key to being able to learn all of these things is knowing how to resolve conflict in an effective way. Many people assume that conflict is bad because we are not happy in the moment it is occurring, but if one knows how to resolve conflicts with some sort of control, and then he/she can begin to appreciate conflict as a whole. And I do believe one hundred percent that if people knew more about conflict it would be feared less. WAY LESS!