[quote name='lordwow']Good call Mana. I forgot about Reading, that is definitely huge in Comm classes as well. Writing is a big part of it, but I can't tell you how many research articles I had to read before even sitting down to write the article. It's a skill that you can improve with repetition though.
Luckily, I did really well in Public speaking, but I've never had a problem in front of audiences.[/quote]I had a typo, where I meant to say reading (not ready). Anyway, while taking Mass Communication & Society over the summer (It was a 4 week class), we talked about interesting things, but we had a test every week and quiz everyday there wasn't a test. Every night we had a reading assignment, and our quizzes/tests were over reading/lectures. My problem is that if I read something, I completely forget everything I read (low reading comprehension level). I just can't read stuff and remember it well. Mostly, I'm all about memorizing terms (which is why I did well on Latin/Greek word tests) and math problems. I did worse on the SAT Verbal than probably every CAG out there.
Let's say in H.S., I did really well in public speaking because I wanted to be a TV/Radio Broadcaster. Once I got to college, where I didn't know most of the audience, I was a bit nervous. What killed me mostly in speech classes was not doing too well on the written test (because I sucked at reading and memorizing stuff). If it weren't for the test during the two Public Speaking classes I took, I'd have an A.
I tried to take an interviewing COM class (I already had enough credits), but it gave me a hard time because I'd have to actually interview a person in real life I'm not related to (yuck), do interviews for a grade (on both sides, yuck), and the test/homework were not fun, so I dropped out (I didn't know a single person in the class, had me even more nervous).