Observation

Dining hall abounds with physical and communicative interaction. It is a social place where people come to not merely get a meal, but also to recount stories of the weekends or what happened in that day. So when the challenge was presented to us to observe a situation, I immediately thought that there is no greater place to observe than in dining hall where people a truly in a social state. As Darwin stated, there are things that "we do not see, or we forget" to see, and that "we do not always bear everything in mind" (Darwin 165). I observed how people interacted with others, and the wide array of emotions that are exhibited by the variety of personalities that interact with each other. I also observed how important hand gestures and physical actions are towards achieving a reaction in others. The people that were truly interacting and seemed to be making the most rouse out of their audience were the ones who expressed action and enthusiasm, two characteristics that seemed to go hand in hand. This was by far the most interesting observation that i had because you could see that hand gestures made a significant addition to the conversation without having any verbal association.