“What IPC means to me”

Interpersonal Communication is a process of exchanging ideas to a person or to a group of people. It is a process in where everyone communicates. Since we all need people and we all need communication in order to survive, I’ve found studying IPC a necessity.

IPC makes me realize the importance of communication. It is a requirement for human survival. To live a better life doesn’t mean that there must be more communication involved. However, it must be present and one must know it. As the saying goes, “No man is an island.” And in order to have a companion, one must know how to communicate in its most efficient way as possible. IPC has a goal of making ourselves more confident by sharing our thoughts to others.

On a personal note, IPC means Interpreting People through Communication—be it verbal or nonverbal. It’s the thought of having the senses capable of interpreting the message behind what the person presents to the public. However, a good communicator must be conscious of themselves first in order to study others. An ideal communicator must have a clear conception about himself. He must study his self first before going to the next level. On the other hand, the individuals who study IPC are trained to be sensitive to the feelings of the people around him. Behind the smiles, there are those tears; behind the words, there are those hidden meanings which are to be discovered—and those are a few of the challenges to be considered. In addition to that, Interpersonal communication involves people who have known each other for some time. You see, it would be very difficult for the other person to read his mind without having a single background of that person. Most important is that, these people must view each other as unique individuals, not as people who are simply acting out social situations. To make it easier to define, IPC can be equated to the word “understand”. That is, to be able to understand ourselves and to understand what people say in context since we may have different interpretation of their messages. Finally, we cannot deny the fact that each of us wants to belong to an environment of friends or of people. There’s always that loneliness in us which is a reason of having our friends. And one must understand this loneliness in order to overcome it.

I can describe the IPC classes under Maam Shiella in a few words — learning while enjoying. This is where we learn loving and we love learning. The theatre lab turned out into playgrounds, clubs and more. It’s not only me who will miss and is missing the class already in our group. It’s impossible not to miss this class. And it is impossible not to miss the people who have been true during the class hours. Learning with bundles of enjoyment isn’t impossible at all. And our IPC class is irreplaceable. Now I have a new definition of “fun”, and that is IPC.