Communication

Communication. According to the Encarta English dictionary the word communication has five meanings. The first is the exchange of information between people by means of speaking writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior. The second definition is a spoken or written message. The third definition states that communication is the act of communication information. The forth one says that communication is a sense of mutual understanding and sympathy. The fifth one is not important for my little rant here.

I just wanted to be sure that everyone knew what communication was because I have recently learned that some very important information that should have reached a friend did not reach her as quickly as it should have. From what I have been told this information became public knowledge on Monday and my friend was not informed about it until Tuesday or Wednesday, even though this information affected her directly.

For that matter I am still puzzled as to why this information was not spread across the community like wildfire. How are people supposed to defend others from bad situations that can, will, and have come up when people do not have information on what is happening or what has happened? How are we as a community supposed to watch out for each other when we do not communicate the proper information to people? Is it a matter of pride not to spread around this information for fear that it may not look good that such a tragic event happened under our noses? In my opinion it would look even worse if people in the community did not know about this, that it was hidden from the community like a skeleton in a closet. I can understand wanting to shield certain people from certain information, however I feel that this information was information that should not have been kept quiet. Especially due to the fact that once the offending situation was discovered we as a community took swift action in taking care of the situation, and that, to me, makes our community look stronger.

People are always asking how do we grow our community, how do we prevent tension between different groups in the community, how do we keep our community strong. Well I have an answer for all of that, one word COMMUNICATION. If people in the community would actually openly communicate with each other then I can guarantee that most if not all of our problems will disappear.

This does not just apply to information either this applies to all aspects of the community even rumors. If people are saying rumors about someone first tell the person spreading the rumor that it is rude to be doing so in the first place and second of all ask the rumor spreader if they even asked the person they are spreading the rumors about if the rumor was true.

Now normally this is the part where I would put in the “Random Bachelor Card of the Day” however I feel that this blog is too serious of a subject to put it in, so tomorrow I’ll give two.