Know Your Audience Analysis Blog Post

     I found the “Know Your Audience” assignment surprising in a few different ways. First and foremost, I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this assignment like Ms. Anthony had told us to. I thought that it might just be busy work, but as I made my way through the questions and read what everyone had answered and I found myself interested and involved to the point I didn’t want to stop reading. One question that stands out for me was Ron’s. “What drives you crazy, makes you mad, or frustrated you?”  I laughed my way through most of these responses, because the same things that drive my classmates nuts, does me too! Why DO drivers pull out in front of me, then proceed to drive slow? Why can’t McDonald’s count the number of drinks you have and give you an equal amount of straws to go with them? Just any straws at all would be nice!  I could go on and on about Mickey D’s, but I won’t,  I must move on. But if we ALL have the same issues with society then why don’t WE ALL try to change to make things better? 

     The second thing that stood out to me with this assignment was whether it was a question or an answer, the topic always went towards family. This is a very family oriented group. Whether it was, “What we would do with a million dollars?”, or “What would you do with a superpower?” some of us would always come back to our family, me included.  I feel like we all have a common bond now as a class for this reason.

     The last thing that surprised me was when I responded to the question, “What would you do if you had 24 hours left to live?” I didn’t expect it to stir emotions the way it did. I found myself with tissues having a good cry. I guess since I’m 28, I’ve never put much thought into it before and I knew as soon as I read the question what my answer would be to spend time with my family at home. I barely got through answering this question and probably cut the answer off short do to all the tears! I was never a crier before my children.

     In the end, I think knowing all of this new information about my classmates has helped me to realize just what they are interested in reading. I now know many of their personal interests and feelings about different topics. It’s good to know my audience.