Jarvis Clutch Chapter 4 – Question
After reading chapter 4 . . .
Choose one of the following:
- Answer one of the questions at the end of the chapter. Make sure that you write down the full question and number at the start of your response.
- Respond/reply to one of your classmates who has already posted a response. Take the question to the next level or in another direction. Be thoughtful and respectful in your response. Remember: If you take this option, make sure that you click the reply link in the comment to which you are responding.
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5.Can you give any examples of times when you’ve had trouble knowing what to talk about with someone? What did you do in that situation?
This is from this weekend. Me and Anna had a sleepover and we had no clue what to talk about when she first walked through the door. All we were saying was “how much homework do you left?” we got past that, and then we started playing games.
Another thing that was said a lot was “How are you doing” because its sort of a way of starting a conversation.
Yah whenever I see someone I always ask how are you and then we get into and detailed conversation and then it stops and I ask how they are again, then again and again etc. (Eventually it gets awkward)
Whenever I play with one of my friends that I hadn’t seen in a while, we usually sit in silence for a while until we start laughing. Then we start talking and it gets less awkward.
5. Can you give any examples of times when you’ve had trouble knowing what to talk about with someone? What did you do in that situation?
I can’t remember a specific example but this happens to me a lot. I’m with my friends and I can’t start a conversation and then no one is talking and it’s really acward.
List the different language codes that you think you speak. What are the different kinds of people from who you have to change the way you talk?
For me when I talk to a parent my voice is polite and interested in what they’re saying. When I talk to my dog Bella I’m in a high pitched voice and often say cute thing. When I talk to a teacher I’m in a serious tone and not goofing of. When I talk to my best friend I’m happy, funny and really just being me. And When i talked to my brothers it’s often I’m yelling at them or were fighting about something.
4. I think that having a good sense of humor includes knowing when to joke around, otherwise it can get on people’s nerves or really annoy them. It is also important to know if your jokes are funny or not. When your jokes are not funny, or no one is laughing at them, you should know to stop.
I agree with Maisy I think that there is a limit of when you can joke around. Also it can get a little out of hand and it will hurt people’s feelings.
1.A kid is always boasting and bragging. He or she can’t stop talking about
himself or herself. He or she never seems to say anything positive about anybody else. Is that a social problem? Yes. If he or she were your neighbor, would you say something about it to him or her? Yes. If so, how would you say it? I would give little hints sometime and hope they find out with out hurting him or her.
4. What’s meant by a “good sense of humor”? What things would a person with a “terrible sense of humor” be doing wrong?
A good sense of humor, in my opinion, is someone, when gets laughed at, either shakes it off or laughs with the people that are laughing at him/her. A person with a terrible sense of humor ,in my opinion, is the opposite of of what I just wrote.
I agree, and also its when your just having fun. A person with a terrible sense of humor is someone that is trying so hard to be funny and its not
I agree a good sense of humor is not taking everything so seriously.
I think that your are right partly, but I think that a good sense of humor means that you can make people smile of laphe easley and Peale are happy to be around you. I think a bad sense of humor is when you aren’t funny and you do not make people laph. Otherwise, I totally aggree!
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This happens to me a lot, this week end I saw a very old friend at a basketball try out we both said hi but both of us were to shy to talk about any thing or get into a big conversation. I think this feeling usually accrues when you meet someone again in a very long time or you feel guilty about something you did to that person to hurt them or you did something or said something weird around them.
I totally agree and that has happen to me too.
4. What’s meant by a “good sense of humor”? What things would a person with a “terrible sense of humor” be doing wrong?
I think that a person with a good sense of humor is someone who can easily make a funny joke and have others think its funny. I also think that someone with a good sense of humor can easily laugh at someone else’s jokes to make them feel good, even if its not that funny. Someone with a bad sense of humor cant make a good joke, and just stares at a person if they make a bad joke or actually tells them that it was a bad joke.
4. I think that a person with a good sense of humor would be someone who is able to say a joke but not in a hurtful way. I also think that a person with a good sense of humor is when someone is able to start a good conversation that gives everyone a laugh and gets them engaged. I think someone with a bad sense of humor is someone who makes hurtful jokes and then tries to resolve it by saying just kidding.
I agree with Olivia. You need to be able to know when something is funny and when it is mean. If you say “just kidding” it doesn’t make it any better. Even if you are kidding it will really sound like you are just trying to cover up a mean thing you just said.
I agree with Oliver. People that have a good sense of humor are able to naturally be funny/ enjoyable and people that try to be funny can end up saying hurtful things or things that don’t make sense.
another phrase that came up a lot was how do you start a conversation? I think that this means what do you say back to someone when they say that to you. It could also mean that they are showing respect to you and then you give them respect back in a nice way.
Sometimes starting a conversation can be very hard. Sometimes when you don’t know what to say it becomes very stressful and awkward. Trust me.
I agree. Sometimes people make hurtful jokes and you kinda have to just lay off for a while. Also, maybe trying to be the class clown can get you in A LOT OF TROUBLE. This has happened before… and it is bad.
Yes I agree it is hurtful jokes. Some might that just lay there for awhile and it hurts. Class clown can get you in trouble if you call out and make bad jokes.
I agree because sometimes you can want to have a time mechine to fix everything I have done. Trust me…IT HAPPENED!!!
5. Can you give any examples of times when you’ve had trouble knowing what to talk about with someone? What did you do in that situation?
sometimes i just come across as stupid because i don’t know what to say.
5.Can you give any examples of times when you’ve had trouble knowing what to talk about with someone? What did you do in that situation?
what i think is interesting is that if people are on a team on in a group with people who you aren’t friends with, you can actually sort of have a conversation if you have one other good friend with you.
however, i have found, that it is often new friends who you you dont know haw to talk to.
5.Can you give any examples of times when you’ve had trouble knowing what to talk about with someone? What did you do in that situation?
When I used to live in New Orleans in my school there was “Boy colors” and Girl Colors” and I really liked hot pink so I wasn’t sure if I should risk letting everyone know that I like and people not like me or if I should show how I was different from the others.
4. What’s meant by a “good sense of humor”? What things would a person with a “terrible sense of humor” be doing wrong?
A good sense of humor is not making bad/racist jokes.
A bad sense of humor is making bad/racist jokes
A person with a terrible sense of humor could hurt somebody really badly
5. Can you give any examples of times when you’ve had trouble knowing what to talk about with someone? What did you do in that situation?
I think that this happens a lot with me and my friends, and I think that it also happens a lot when I am talking to grown-ups taht I don’t know terribly well.
One way to solve that is to take your time and think about what you are saying and your actions. I still have to think about that a lot even now. This is a good strategy for talking when nothing else is happening. BREAK THE ICE!
I agree with Olivia, people can’t just say just kidding and make everything feel better. Even if you put a bandaid on something doesn’t make a cut feel better, it just covers it up. Someone with a good sense of humor is definitely someone who can make a joke maybe not easily but, a joke that isn’t hurtful, to a person, race, place, etc. I guess some people would sit thinking that was a hurtful joke. But since it didn’t effect anyone else they would move on with their life.
“How you doing’ is a very conversation starter and maybe a friend starter!!
4 If a person had a bad sense of humor but only in your opinion not theirs. But to another person the jokes might be funny
5. Can you give any examples can you give of time when you’ve had trouble knowing what to talk about with someone? What did you do in that situation?
Sometimes when I am going to see an old friend during dinner with my and their parents, there is always an awkward silence until I say,”So, how’s school?”, and that is the topic I always start out with.
When I am with friends during recess, sometimes we sit on a bench and just stare at all the kids who are playing soccer or basketball or four-square and then we say, “Oh, during math, it was sort-of weird because…” or “It’s really weird because…” or “I understand ______ because it’s very ____ that _______________.”
4. What’s meant by a “good sense of humor”? What things would a person with a terrible sense of humor be doing wrong?
I think that people who have a terrible sense of humor are trying to be funny, but they aren’t. Some people that have a terrible sense of humor tell dumb or cheesy knock- knock jokes that no one else thinks that they’re funny. They also could be saying really weird not funny things and everyone who is listening would walk away. Also sometimes when a person is trying to be really funny, they can stop realizing what they’re really saying and they might say something that is offensive or cruel.
I think that a person with a good sense of humor can naturally tell funny jokes that aren’t hurtful, cheesy or weird. I think that a person that has a good sense of humor can make people laugh without even trying to make them laugh.
I think that sometimes un-popular people try to tell jokes and do funny things so the popular people will be like oh, that guy is funny, I like him we should be friends with him. Or something like that. The unpopular kid is hoping the joke will be really funny to them, he thinks it’s really funny but then when he tells it it’s not funny and he is the only one laughing. This makes him even more less popular, I think that someone who is not popular, to get popular, they shouldn’t try. In this book everyone is trying and they fail.