The show that I watched was Once Upon a Time and I watched the first episode.This program is suppose to be about fairy tail characters coming to life and all are trapped in a town named Story Brook Main.
Except for snow white the dwarfs and the prince all of the assumptions I made about the relationships between people were all wrong while watching the program with no sound. Henry which happens to be (snow whites daughter) Emma's son that she gave up for adoption was not apparent. She did not seem to know who he was. At the same time she seemed concerned because she put him in her car. Arriving in the town of story brook Emma stopped her car and got out. A man stopped her she did not seem to know him and I figured he was trying to hit on her.When Emma met Henry's adopted mother she seem friendly towards her. The other times they crossed path she seemed to become more hostile towards her. When snow white and the prince visited someone in prison her husband seemed very apprehensive but upon leaving snow white turned and said something to the man. So I thought what ever the man was saying got her attention. When the witch came to the wedding of snow white the prince seem to know her by the way he reacted to her. Henrys adopted mother seem to have a estranged relationship with her son because upon arriving at home he did not want to go in and he ran passed her. Except for the very beginning I was totally lost as far as what was going on . When I viewed the program again with the sound a new form of communication emerged.
I figure my assumption would of been more correct if I was watching a show that I watch often. One thing that was brought more to my attention is that you cannot judge a book by it's cover. In other words all is not what is seems to be in nonverbal communication. Nine times out of ten the assumptions will probably be wrong. It is almost like reading in between the lines.
Deborah
ReplyDeleteYou are right we can’t judge a book by its cover. We make assumptions on what we think we know and our train of thought could be totally off. I think this assignment teaches us to take notice of those non- verbal cues, but before we make any decisions we need to find out additional information. We can relate this to the children and families we work with because we don’t know every body’s story.
Deborah,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like it would be a really hard show to understand without the sound and knowing the context of who the characters are. You make a great point that we can not make assumptions about people or what we think we know. The family that comes in the classroom with the brightest smiles and always seems happy could have many problems at home. We have to be careful not to make judgments and learn to read and listen to nonverbal and verbal cues from both the children and the families.
Jennie Ingram