week 1c

Communication apprehension is when an individual gets scared or worried about communicating with other people. Communication apprehension seems to have an effect to how well a person does in class or over all in school. In the book the small Group Communication used for class, it says that communication apprehension affects 20 percent of the population (13). When transferring that percentage to numbers it makes it clear that apprehension affects about 20 out 100 people. I can personally say that when I was a child I was very apprehensive about communicating with new people. When growing up children are normally kept with a few of their classmates if not most for the next school year meaning that children are used to those student and are not so apprehensive until they are moved from elementary to Junior high or from Junior high to High school. When I reach college I left the comfort of my high school classmates. As the first college semester started I was scared about having to communicate with other people, as the semester continued I learned to control such the anxiety. When a person lets their anxiety or fear control their communication skill they are not liked by others since they do not contribute to group discussions or society. The main focus with communication apprehension is that it can affect how well a person does in school or liife and makes a person look socially awkward but the apprehension should be controlled by the individual.