What did I learn over the course of the semester?

This semester I think the things I learned all were very relative to the course, and some of the readings, but for the most part it all is attributed to self learnings. For the most part, I really feel that I have come to terms with confrontation. Most of my life I turned my cheek when it came to confrontation, because I didnt like the animosity that came from it. With that, I also didnt like how confrontation triggers anger for those who dont know how to have a productive confrontation. I think that the number one most important learning from this course was the S-TLC system, more importantly the stopping and taking a time out. Too many times when engaging in a conflict, my temper and irrational thoughts would come out. I wouldnt give myself a chance to just think about things. I feel that taking a time-out is the most important thing for people to do when having some sort of conflict, because you really need to think about what is going on and thoughts need to be gathered. I feel that with that my relationship with my mother has become so much better. And in turn with that S-TLC has been good for me, because I have been able to relay this and help my mom as well. I really think this course can be helpful for many people and I would actually make this course a basic requirement for all Comm majors, because it really can change your life with the learnings.